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Video: Mbappe taps home to give France first blood

France v Peru: Group C - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

YEKATERINBURG, RUSSIA - JUNE 21: Kylian Mbappe of France is challengedby Edison Flores of Peru during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group C match between France and Peru at Ekaterinburg Arena on June 21, 2018 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

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The match is really opening up now, and France has begun to assert itself with an opener just beyond the half-hour mark.

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Kylian Mbappe has given Les Bleus a 1-0 lead over Peru after a deflected Olivier Giroud cross found the Monaco attacker just in front of goal for a tap-in finish.

The sequence began after Paul Pogba dispossessed Peru deep in their own half, before dishing the ball off to Giroud.

The goal for Mbappe is his first at a World Cup, as the 19-year-old continues to impress for both club and country.