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The Socceroos went forward by way of Craig Goodwin and bossed Les Bleus for the preliminary 25 minutes at Al Janoub Stadium.
However the Australians had been then swamped by wave after ominous blue wave as France scored 4 targets in a 45-minute burst.
Veteran Olivier Giroud netted twice whereas Adrien Rabiot and megastar Kylian Mbappe additionally scored in opposition to the outclassed Socceroos.
Goodwin’s ninth-minute purpose was from Australia’s prime shelf, with the Adelaide United captain scoring from a surprising fast-break.
Harry Souttar’s laser lengthy ball from defence was collected by Mathew Leckie on the correct flank and he reduce inside French defender Lucas Hernandez.
The Frenchman’s proper knee buckled as Leckie arrowed throughout the face of purpose to Goodwin who scored to place the Socceroos on prime of the world champions.
Australia might have gone 2-0 up within the twenty second minute when a flying Mitch Duke 20-metre shot simply curved proper of the online.
However 5 minutes later, the tide turned in direction of France.
Rabiot squared scores with a close-range header from a superbly weighted ball from substitute Theo Hernandez, who changed his injured older brother.
5 minutes later, Giroud put the French 2-1 forward after a blunder from Australian right-back Nathaniel Atkinson, one in all six Socceroos on debut in Doha on the World Cup finals.
Atkinson failed to manage a routine Jackson Irvine move and was dispossessed in a twinkling by Rabiot and the ball rolled to the good Mbappe.
With an audacious back-heel, he returned possession to Rabiot, who in flip discovered Giroud unmarked metres from purpose.
The French went near scoring 4 extra instances within the subsequent 10 minutes earlier than Australia’s Irvine, in opposition to the stream, bounced a header into the submit simply earlier than halftime.
After the break, the French rout was accomplished with correct headers from the good Mbappe within the 68th minute and Giroud, who simply three minutes later equalled Thierry Henry’s file for many targets for France, 51.
The Australians subsequent meet Tunisia (Saturday from 8.00pm AEDT) with Denmark (Sunday, from 1.30am AEDT) to observe.
Tunisia and Denmark performed out a scoreless draw of their first Group D recreation. Watch the highlights from the match beneath, or head over to the SBS On Demand Match Hub for all of the highlights and replays.
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