Mbappé double sinks Senegal, France open with 2–0 win

Mbappé fires France past Senegal 2–0

Your team is up and running. Kylian Mbappé scored both goals as France beat Senegal 2–0 in the World Cup opener on Saturday (2). Clean. Professional. No drama.

Iraq next, Deschamps warns against complacency

France face Iraq on Monday and Didier Deschamps is not letting anyone relax. "Temos tempo, ainda faltam alguns dias, mas nenhum de vocês deve pensar que será fácil só porque é a seleção francesa, porque talvez outras seleções tenham pensado isso. Grandes seleções que já jogaram contra times mais fracos que o Iraque," he said after the Senegal win (2). Iraq have Aymen Hussein and Mohanad Ali up front. Norway and Spain both struggled against Bolivia earlier in the tournament, and Deschamps made sure his squad heard about it.

Arsenal ready €80m for a France star

Arsenal have drawn up an €80m bid for an unnamed France international at this World Cup (1). No name yet, but the figure is serious. More to come once the player is identified.

Fan reactions

France supporters online were mostly fixated on journalist France Pierron, who sparked heavy backlash after calling it "incomprehensible" that Jérémy Doku would leave the World Cup to attend his child's birth. Reddit tore into it. The thread is still blowing up.