{"id":112512,"date":"2022-11-23T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=112512"},"modified":"2022-11-23T09:14:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T06:14:16","slug":"giroud-equals-record-as-holders-france-beat-australia-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/giroud-equals-record-as-holders-france-beat-australia-4-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Giroud equals record as holders France beat Australia 4-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champions started their World Cup campaign with a win, as Olivier Giroud become France\u2019s joint record scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Olivier Giroud netted twice to become France\u2019s joint record scorer as they fought back to put Australia to the sword, opening their World Cup defence with a 4-1 win in Group D on Tuesday, which silenced talk of a holders\u2019 curse.<\/p>\n<p>Australia had taken a stunning lead at Al Janoub Stadium when Craig Goodwin applied a super finish to Mathew Leckie\u2019s cross after nine minutes, but France levelled when Adrien Rabiot headed home and Giroud\u2019s tap-in gave them the halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p>Kylian Mbappe\u2019s glancing header in the 68th minute was followed by Giroud\u2019s 51st international goal three minutes later, drawing him level with Thierry Henry as France\u2019s all-time top marksman.<\/p>\n<p>French coach Didier Deschamps\u2019s side, who lead Group D after rivals Denmark and Tunisia drew 0-0 earlier on Tuesday, ended a run of poor starts for World Cup holders after the previous three \u2013 Italy, Spain and Germany \u2013 all failed to win their openers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champions started their World Cup campaign with a win, as Olivier Giroud become France\u2019s joint record scorer. 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