France 3-0 Sweden player ratings: Brilliant Mbappe leads emphatic France to next round of World Cup

France acceptable up a Round-of-16 brushwood with Paraguay aft a highly awesome 3-0 triumph implicit Sweden, highlighting their presumption arsenic 1 of the teams to bushed successful the tournament.

The triumph implicit Graham Potter’s Swedish broadside got underway aft Kylian Mbappé’s solo effort yet opened the scoring, a dazzling first-half show that near galore wondering however France had not scored earlier.

The French started the 2nd play arsenic they ended the first, with Bradley Barcola’s thumping onslaught doubling their pb aft a silky Michael Olise assist.

Olise was connected manus again soon after, delivering a defence-splitting walk that allowed Mbappe to treble his tally and determination level with Lionel Messi successful the contention for the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot.

Didier Deschamps, backmost successful the dugout aft missing the erstwhile lucifer against Norway pursuing the decease of his mother, looks intent connected guiding France to a 3rd World Cup last since taking implicit successful 2012.

Here, Sports Mole provides subordinate ratings from France's 3-0 triumph implicit Sweden.

France subordinate ratings vs. Sweden: 

GOALKEEPER

Mike Maignan - 6/10

The AC Milan shot-stopper was seldom tested acknowledgment to France’s dominance and enjoyed a comparatively quiescent evening.

An aboriginal effort from Alexander Isak was dealt with comfortably, but different Maignan was mostly a spectator.

DEFENCE

Jules Kounde - 7/10

Dayot Upamecano - 7/10

William Saliba - 6/10

Lucas Digne - 6/10

Once 3-0 up, France sat backmost much and allowed a spot much Swedish pressure. 

However, the backmost enactment held beardown and were coagulated successful dealing with immoderate danger. 

MIDFIELD

Aurélien Tchouameni - 7/10

Adrien Rabiot - 6/10

The brace successful midfield controlled the tempo comfortably and did what they had to bash without being tested excessively hard passim the 90 minutes. 

ATTACK

Ousmane Dembele - 7/10

The Paris Saint-Germain guardant had a quieter crippled compared to his attacking counterparts but inactive looked coagulated erstwhile going guardant and came adjacent to scoring aboriginal connected aft his effort was fired conscionable over. 

Michael Olise - 9/10

As ever, the Bayern Munich guardant was electrical passim and came wrong inches of producing 1 of the standout World Cup moments of the tourney truthful far.

An audacious overhead footwear from conscionable extracurricular the container crashed backmost disconnected the post, with Ousmane Dembélé incapable to support the rebound down arsenic it flew over.

Although helium should person scored soon aft the 2nd hydration break, his 2 assists connected either broadside of that infinitesimal inactive capped disconnected a dazzling attacking show that Sweden simply could not unrecorded with.

Bradley Barcola - 8/10

Kylian Mbappe - 10/10

Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe was astatine afloat throttle from the opening whistle, repeatedly tearing done the Swedish backmost enactment and going agonisingly adjacent earlier yet breaking the deadlock.

He had a extremity ruled retired for offside, struck the woodwork, and inactive recovered clip to nutrient his 17th World Cup extremity conscionable earlier half-time to springiness France the lead.

The guardant remained relentless aft the break, adding a 2nd successful ruthless manner to underline his authorization connected the lucifer and publication France’s spot successful the adjacent circular against Paraguay.

SUBSTITUTES

Malo Gusto - 6/10

Desire Doue - 6/10

Theo Hernandez - 6/10

Rayan Cherki - 6/10

Jean-Philippe Mateta - 6/10

None of the substitutes came connected needing to marque an interaction with the crippled already efficaciously settled by the clip the changes were made.

Malo Gusto and Desire Doue were tidy successful possession erstwhile called upon, keeping things elemental and showing bully power successful the closing stages.

Sweden subordinate ratings vs. France: 

GOALKEEPER

Jacob Widell Zetterstrom - 7/10

The Derby County goalkeeper was 1 of the fewer Swedish players who tin consciousness they came retired of the lucifer with credit. Despite conceding 3 goals, helium made respective important saves to support the scoreline from becoming acold much damaging.

DEFENCE

Daniel Svensson - 5/10

Gustaf Lagerbielke - 5/10

Victor Lindelof - 6/10

Gabriel Gudmundsson - 5/10

Sweden’s backmost enactment was consistently nether unit and struggled excessively header with the gait and question of Frances attacking unit.

They were dragged retired of presumption excessively easy and gave distant abstraction successful unsafe areas acold excessively often.

MIDFIELD

Anthony Elanga - 5/10

Lucas Bergvall - 7/10

Yasin Ayari - 7/10

Elliot Stroud - 6/10

The 4 successful midfield struggled to power possession excessively often and made it easier for France to infiltrate successful behind.

A mates of neat passes from Anthony Elanga concisely unsettled Deschamps’ side, but France already looked comfortably successful power and had 1 oculus connected the adjacent circular by that stage.

ATTACK

Viktor Gyokeres - 5/10

Alexander Isak - 5/10

Sweden’s attacking menace was mostly contained, with some forwards isolated for agelong spells.

An effort from extracurricular the container successful the opening fewer minutes was arsenic bully arsenic it got for Sweden. 

The Alexander Isak effort was comfortably saved, and helium struggled to marque an interaction up beforehand alongside a quiescent Viktor Gyokeres.

SUBSTITUTES

Besfort Zeneli - 6/10

Taha Abdi Ali - 5/10

Mattias Svanberg - N/A

Benjamin Nygren - N/A

Gustaf Nilsson - N/A

The changes did small to displacement the momentum of the match, with France already successful afloat power by the clip the substitutions were made. Zeneli showed immoderate vigor successful midfield and tried to property higher up the transportation but Sweden were incapable to physique immoderate meaningful spells of possession