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– Kylian Mbappe scored his first hat-trick for France as the reigning world champions secured their place at next year’s World Cup in Qatar in style by thrashing Kazakhstan.
– Mbappe got four of the eight goals, with the striker’s first three coming in the opening 30 minutes.
– He completed the rout with a late fourth.
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– Karim Benzema got two after the break. Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann, with a penalty, were the other scorers.
– Mbappe’s hat-trick was the first by a France player in a competitive international since Dominique Rocheteau in 1985.
-His first came in the sixth minute when he turned in an early cut-back before he finished a Kingsley Coman cross from close range and headed in a third.
– Les Bleus sit top of Group D with 15 points and four clear of Finland in second with a game to play.
