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Mbappé makes it rain as storms delay France win

The France star scored twice -- once before and once after the weather delay -- as the 2018 World Cup champions cruised to an easy 3-0 win against an overmatched Iraq team.

Mbappé makes it rain as storms delay France win
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In a World Cup match that was delayed for over two hours due to thunder and lighting in the Philadelphia area, it was France star Kylian Mbappé that made it rain while the game was being played.

The France star scored twice -- once before and once after the weather delay -- as the 2018 World Cup champions cruised to an easy 3-0 win against an overmatched Iraq team.

The brace took Mbappe's total to four for this year's tournament, but perhaps more impressively it put him on 16 career World Cup goals -- level with Germany legend Miroslave Klose, whose all-time goals record was equalled and then…

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