{"id":394732,"date":"2022-11-22T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=394732"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:00:16","slug":"france-come-from-behind-to-thrash-australia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/france-come-from-behind-to-thrash-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"France come from behind to thrash Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">World champions France secured their first 2022 World Cup win when they came from behind to outclass Australia 4-1 in an incident-packed Group D encounter at Al Janoub Stadium on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Australia made a blistering start to the game when Craig Goodwin put them ahead after nine minutes with a lef-footed shot following Mathew Leckie&#8217;s clever assitance.<\/p>\n<p>But France, missing Karim Benzema, N\u2019Golo Kante, Paul Pogba, Christopher Nkunku and Presnel Kimpembe, turned the tide in the space of five frantic first-half minutes, with Adrien Rabiot first levelling the score with a header from Theo Hernandez&#8217;s corner before Olivier Giroud nodded home in the 32nd minute for the lead with lively Rabiot turning provider.<\/p>\n<p>Rabiot became the first Frenchman to both score and assist on his World Cup debut since Christophe Dugarry against South Africa in June 1988.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1 &#8211; Adrien Rabiot is the first France player to both score and assist a goal on his World Cup debut since Christophe Dugarry against South Africa in June 1998. Rebellion. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FRAAUS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FRAAUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yt3v5dZ1gI\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/yt3v5dZ1gI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OptaJean (@OptaJean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaJean\/status\/1595141504733155328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>France continued to dominate after the break with Kylian Mbappe making it 3-1 with a delightful header and Giroud added another to equal Thierry Henry as France&#8217;s all-time top scorer with his 51st international goal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Olivier Giroud equals Thierry Henry as France&#39;s all-time top scorer (51) \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zCgusC6inG\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/zCgusC6inG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1595153819905757188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>France top the standings with three points, followed by Denmark and Tunisia with one. 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