"Kylian Mbappé scored one and made another as 10-man France avoided a shock by battling back to scrape a 2-1 victory over Iceland in World Cup qualifying. The goal brought Mbappé's international total to 52, one ahead of Thierry Henry and five short of Olivier Giroud's record tally. Andri Gudjohnsen -- son of former Chelsea and Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen -- fired the visitors into a surprise 21st-minute lead at Parc des Princes in Paris."
"Under pressure from Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson, Olise conceded possession in his own 18-yard box, allowing Blackburn forward Gudjohnsen to direct an instinctive, first-time finish into the roof of the net from 10 yards. Olafsson then repelled Thuram's header and Manu Kone's follow-up with a superb double save to further frustrate the dominant hosts. Iceland, who began their campaign by thrashing Azerbaijan 5-0, were set to take their unexpected advantage into the break until VAR intervened when Thuram was brought down in the box by Mikael Anderson and Mbappé converted the spot kick."
"France were a man down for the final 22 minutes of the Group D encounter due to Aurélien Tchouaméni being sent off for a studs-up lunge on Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson. Gudjohnsen thought he had claimed an 88th-minute leveller, only for his bundled effort to be disallowed on review because of a foul on Ibrahima Konaté. Real Madrid star Mbappé equalised from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time before teeing up Bradley Barcola for the 62nd-minute winner."
Kylian Mbappé scored and created a second-half goal as France recovered to beat Iceland 2-1 in World Cup qualifying. Andri Gudjohnsen put Iceland ahead in the 21st minute after Michael Olise lost possession under pressure. Mbappé levelled from the penalty spot just before half-time after Thuram was brought down, then set up Bradley Barcola for the 62nd-minute winner. France finished the match with 10 players after Aurélien Tchouaméni was sent off for a studs-up lunge, and Iceland had a late leveller disallowed following a foul on Ibrahima Konaté.
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