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The 1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage covers the games from the second round through to the final at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The top two teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage.
[3] [45] In the round of 16, France faced Group D runners-up Argentina, on 30 June at Kazan Stadium. In a match dubbed by writers for The Week as "the classic of Kazan", France won 4–3. [46] Griezmann gave France the lead early in the game with a penalty, after Marcos Rojo had fouled Mbappé as he ran with the ball into the penalty area.
France failed to register a shot at the goal for the vast majority of the match until a 97-second brace by Kylian Mbappé tied the game 2–2 in the 81st minute. During extra time, Messi then scored again to give Argentina a 3–2 lead.
France 3-5 New Zealand. Friday 8 September 2023 20:29, Lawrence Ostlere. 7 min: France have a scrum 10 yards inside the All Blacks half, and an exchange of kicking follows. It ends with Matthieu ...
France 3 (French: [fʁɑ̃s tʁwɑ]) ... On 29 January 2018, during a replay of the game (Le Grand Slam), a trailer and the new logo appeared at the end.
In 2006, Ronaldo became the first player to score eight goals in knockout matches (excluding the third place play-off) at the World Cup, coming in his three tournaments for Brazil, a feat which would be equalled in 2022 by France's Kylian Mbappé. [6]
In a match which Richard Williams of The Guardian said they "dominated throughout", France won 3–0 with a goal in the first half from Christophe Dugarry, a 77th minute own goal by South Africa's Pierre Issa and a last-minute strike by Thierry Henry. [31] Their second game was against Saudi Arabia at the Stade de France on 18 June.
In five games so far in the tournament, all of France's goals have come either from own goals or penalty kicks. Les Bleus have also had two games where they went scoreless, with a 0-0 draw against ...