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Project Mbappe - the road to becoming France's record scorer
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- Project Mbappe - the road to becoming France's record scorer
- France have had their fair share of brilliant attacking players over the years.
- But none better - in goalscoring terms at least - than Kylian Mbappe after his goals in his country's World Cup opener against Senegal.
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Project Mbappe - the road to becoming France's record scorer
Image source, Getty Images By Sean Kearns, BBC Sport and Andy Cryer, BBC Sport senior journalist Just Fontaine, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin, Thierry Henry, Olivier Giroud.
France have had their fair share of brilliant attacking players over the years.
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