🇸🇪Swedenvs🇹🇳Tunisia

How do you beat a team with so much attacking firepower? If France's win over Sweden is any indication, it might be impossible.

Kylian Mbappé broke the record for most goals in World Cup knockout matches and moved within a single goal of Lionel Messi's overall tournament mark, as his two goals led France to a 3-0 win over Sweden.

A brace from Kylian Mbappé contributed to an electric France performance as they swept Sweden 3-0 to progress to the last 16 of the World Cup.

What went wrong for Sweden vs. France?

Leboeuf: Mbappé will hold the World Cup goalscoring record in the future

Kylian Mbappé scored twice as France comfortably beat Sweden 3-0 in the World Cup round of 32.

Group F at the 2026 World Cup features Netherlands, Japan, Tunisia and Sweden. Find out more about their history at the World Cup.

France fans in Paris celebrate Mbappé's goal vs. Sweden

Maja Nilsson Lindelöf posted an Instagram video Thursday of herself getting tossed from the bar-based bovine the night Sweden played Japan in Texas during the World Cup, adding: "Still a bit drunk while posting this, might delete later."

Gyökeres: Sweden 'have to be perfect' to beat France

Renard was appointed to try and salvage something from Tunisia's campaign, but was only able to oversee losses against Japan and the Netherlands.

The 48-team format of the World Cup is proving to be quite the puzzle to work out the permutations of third-place qualifiers, even for some of the players.