📸 A picture for the Louvre: Bayern star just misses goal of the year | OneFootball

Just how damn good is France? The Equipe Tricolore’s wealth of world-class players completely dominated Sweden in the round of 32 and could just as easily have won 6-0 instead of 3-0.

Need a few examples? First, Kylian Mbappé scored from the slightest of offside positions, and just a few minutes later he hit the post with a close-range effort. Adrien Rabiot and Ousmane Dembélé also came close to getting on the scoresheet.

But the most spectacular moment of the match came from Michael Olise. The Bayern Munich star unleashed a scissor kick from the edge of the box that crashed against the right post. It was this close to being the clear goal of the year...

At least France got their reward for all their hard work shortly before halftime. Mbappé put "Les Bleus" ahead with what was already his fifth World Cup goal. Bradley Barcelona and Mbappé again made it 3-0 in the second half.

But we were denied the best goal of the tournament so far...

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