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France struck early through Michael Olise and sealed the points with a late Kylian Mbapp? breakaway to open their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 victory over Ukraine in Wroclaw, Poland.
Mbapp??s 82nd-minute strike, set up by his Real Madrid teammate Aur?lien Tchouam?ni at the end of a rapid counter attack, took the forward to 51 international goals, drawing him level with Thierry Henry in second place on France?s all-time scoring list behind Olivier Giroud, who has scored 57.
Olise gave them the lead after 10 minutes, sliding in a Bradley Barcola pass, and only Ukraine goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin?s sharp reflexes prevented further damage as he denied Olise a second.
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