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35 Yards. 58 Goals. The Screamer That Rewrote French History.

MetLife Stadium, 90+6'. A 35-yard dipping screamer. France's all-time top scorer. Mbappé breaks Giroud's record — 58 goals and counting.

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Chickenpie illustration: MetLife Stadium erupts as the ball dips into the top corner — 58 goals, France all-time record
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France 3-1 Senegal. MetLife Stadium. 90th minute plus six. Mbappé picks up the ball 35 yards out, shapes up, and bends a dipping screamer into the top corner. The net barely has time to react.

Goal number 58 for France. Giroud's record is gone. The MetLife scoreboard said it in gold. We drew it in stadium lights and mist.

58 and counting. France's new king writes his name in the NY sky. ⚽🇫🇷

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