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Who scored the first World Cup goal?

Who scored the first World Cup goal?

Lucien Laurent
In the first round, France’s Lucien Laurent scored the first-ever World Cup goal. In its second game, France lost to Argentina 1-0 amid controversy over the referees ending the game six minutes early.

Who scored for France 1998 final?

Henry gave France the lead in the first half, scoring from a cross by Bixente Lizarazu, before France scored three goals in the final fifteen minutes through David Trezeguet, Henry again and Lizarazu to complete a 4–0 win….France.

Opponent Result
SF Croatia 2–1

Who scored the winning goal for France in the World Cup?

Kylian Mbappé
France won 1–0 through a goal scored by 19-year-old Kylian Mbappé, who became the country’s youngest goalscorer at a major tournament.

Who was the top goalscorer in the 1998 World Cup?

Top scorers by tournament

Year Player(s) Goals scored
1998 Davor Šuker 6
2002 Ronaldo 8
2006 Miroslav Klose 5
2010 Thomas Müller 5

Who was the captain of France in 1998 World Cup?

Didier Deschamps
It was a privilege to captain that team.” Didier Deschamps on captaining the France team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Who scored the winning goal in the World Cup 2018?

Mario Mandžukić
Finals goalscorers

Year Player Result
2014 Mario Götze 1–0
2018 Mario Mandžukić 4–2
Ivan Perišić
Antoine Griezmann

Who knock France from World Cup?

The tournament was hosted in France once before in 1938, where France was eliminated by defending champions Italy in the quarter-finals. In 2018, France won the World Cup for the second time, defeating Croatia 4–2 in the final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Russia….By match.

Year as 1930
Round Group 1
Against Chile
Score 0–1

Who scored most goals FIFA?

This graph depicts the players with the most goals scored at the FIFA World Cup from 1930 to 2018. The German striker Miroslav Klose is the leading goal scorer at FIFA World Cup tournaments, having scored a total of 16 goals across 4 World Cups.

Who was in the final of the 1998 FIFA World Cup?

The final was contested by Brazil, who were the defending champions having won the previous FIFA World Cup four years earlier in 1994, and the host nation France, who had reached the final of the tournament for the first time. France won the match 3–0 to claim the World Cup for the first time, with the timing of the match two days…

How did France win their first World Cup?

France defeated holders Brazil 3–0, with two goals from Zinedine Zidane and a stoppage time strike from Emmanuel Petit. The win gave France their first World Cup title, becoming the sixth national team after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina to win the tournament on their home soil.

Where did the World Cup draw take place in 1998?

The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995. As tournament hosts, France was exempt from the draw as was defending champion Brazil. 174 teams from six confederations participated, 24 more than in the previous round.

Where did Brazil play the Netherlands in the 1998 World Cup?

In the semi-finals, Brazil faced the Netherlands in Marseille. The game finished 1–1 at full-time, Ronaldo scoring just after half-time and Patrick Kluivert equalising for the Netherlands in the 87th minute, and the score remained the same through extra-time.