Kylian Mbappé broke the French goalscoring record with his 54th goal of the season in France’s 1-0 win over Greece in Euro 2024 qualifying.
The record was previously held by Just Fontaine who scored 53 goals in a single season in 1957-58. Mbappé’s goal came from the penalty spot in the second half after Antoine Griezmann was fouled. Greece were reduced to 10 men for the final 20 minutes when Konstantinos Mavrapanos was sent off for a foul.
Mbappé’s goal took him level with Erling Haaland for the most goals scored in a single season. The Netherlands could regain the lead when Norway take on Cyprus on Tuesday.
France head coach Didier Deschamps was happy with his team’s performance but said they should have scored more goals. “My only regret is that I didn’t play safe because we had chances to score the second goal,” he said.
Monday’s goal was Mbappé’s 40th in just 70 appearances for France. He is now just 14 goals away from equaling Les Bleus’ Olivier Giroud’s record.
France top their qualifying group with 12 points from four matches. They next face the Republic of Ireland in September.
