'First since Ronaldo and Rivaldo': Mbappé and Dembélé set new record with '5+ goals each in the World Cup' for the first time in 24 years

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France, the national football team of France, which is ranked as the top favorite to win the 2026 FIFA North American World Cup, advanced to the quarterfinals without any upsets. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) and Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain·PSG) jointly set a historic record that has not been seen in 24 years in World Cup history.

On the 10th (Korean time), France defeated Morocco 2-0 in the quarterfinals held at Boston Stadium in the United States. Mbappé scored the opening goal in the 75th minute, and Dembélé added another six minutes later. With this victory, France successfully advanced to the quarterfinals for three consecutive World Cups following their 2018 Russia tournament (champions) and 2022 Qatar tournament (runners-up). The quarterfinal opponent will be the winner of the Spain-Belgium match.

While Mbappé scored his eighth goal of the tournament to tie Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) for first place in scoring, Dembélé also scored his fifth goal of the tournament with an assist from Mbappé, setting a new record. This marks the first time in 24 years that two players from the same team have each scored five or more goals. This is the first occurrence since Brazil's Ronaldo (eight goals) and Rivaldo (five goals) during the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. At that time, Brazil went on to win the tournament.

Mbappé scored consecutive multi-goal performances against Senegal and Iraq, followed by another multi-goal game against Sweden in the Round of 32, and then back-to-back goals against Paraguay and Morocco in the Round of 16 and quarterfinals. The only match where he did not score was the final group stage game against Norway, but even in that match, Mbappé provided two assists. Dembélé reached five goals after scoring one against Iraq, a hat-trick (three goals) against Norway, and adding another goal in this match against Morocco.

Meanwhile, Mbappé, who scored the decisive goal leading his team to victory today, also set a new record by scoring eight consecutive final goals in World Cup history, the most ever. With one goal and one assist today, he accumulated eight goals and three assists in this tournament alone, following his 2022 Qatar campaign (eight goals, two assists), achieving the first-ever double-digit attacking points across two consecutive World Cups. Mbappé's total of 11 attacking points is the highest single-tournament record since Gerd Müller's 10 goals and three assists in 1970. With only two matches remaining — the final or third-place play-off — Mbappé has a chance to surpass Müller's record as well.

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