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Why France's Olise is moving into Ballon d'Or picture
Key takeaways
- Michael Olise scored his first international hat-trick against Northern Ireland on Monday
- With more than 100 goals combined across club and country last season, France unleashed four of the game's best attackers in their final World Cup warm-up on Monday.
- The Bayern Munich winger scored his first international hat-trick to give France a winning send off to Boston, Massachusetts.
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Michael Olise scored his first international hat-trick against Northern Ireland on Monday
With more than 100 goals combined across club and country last season, France unleashed four of the game's best attackers in their final World Cup warm-up on Monday.
But while Kylian Mbappe's bid to match Olivier Giroud's France goalscoring record fell short and, after winning the Champions League with PSG, Ousmenne Demebele and Desire Doue were kept relatively quiet, it was Michael Olise who stole the show against Northern Ireland.
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