California, June 23 -- Kylian Mbappe has once again rewritten football's record books, turning a routine World Cup night into a historic statement of greatness as France marched to a commanding 3-0 win over Iraq in their FIFA World Cup Group I clash.
At the centre of it all was Kylian Mbappe, who struck twice to take his World Cup goal tally to 16 - drawing level with Germany's Miroslav Klose as the second-highest scorer in men's FIFA World Cup history. Only Argentina legend Lionel Messi, with 18 goals, now stands ahead of him in the all-time list.
But this was not just another milestone. It was a night of records falling in clusters.
Mbappe became only the fourth male footballer in World Cup history to score two or more goals in three c...