Yahoo Sports reports: Kylian Mbappé passed Pelé on the World Cup goal-scoring list and inched closer to setting the overall goal record for the tournament. Iraq coach Graham Arnold — tasked with slowing down Mbappé and the 2022 World Cup finalist France on Monday in the second Group I match — had an idea that might have worked.
sports | sports | Yahoo Sports | June 21, 2026 9:23 PM
France's Mbappé is having a record-setting World Cup, other marks could fall as Les Bleus advance
Kylian Mbappé passed Pelé on the World Cup goal-scoring list and inched closer to setting the overall goal record for the tournament. Iraq coach Graham Arnold — tasked with slowing down Mbappé and the 2022 World Cup finalist France on Monday in the second Group I match — had an idea that might have worked.
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