France beat Messi’s Argentina 4-3 to reach World Cup quarter-finals

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KAZAN, Russia, June 30, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – France beat Lionel Messi’s Argentina 4-3 in a thrilling last 16 World Cup match on Saturday as teenager Kylian Mbappe scored two goals in a superb performance in Kazan.

Mbappe, 19, struck twice within minutes in the second half to put France 4-2 ahead and although Sergio Aguero gave the French a late scare with a goal in injury-time they held on.