[alephnerd]

> How has France no cohesion

Look at the Paraguay game. When striking, Mbappe was trying to optimize for making goals on his own instead of coordinating with Kone or Rabiot.

There were multiple cases in the Paraguay match when Mbappe attempted a goal in a risky manner instead of passing to Kone or Rabiot who were in better positions to score.

Mbappe is basically concentrating on exclusively getting his own goals because he is on track to beat Messi's World Cup record and unlock a mess of sponsorships 4 years ahead of schedule.

Heck, all my Moroccan friends were rooting for a French win explicitly because they think they have a better shot at winning against France based on how France played against Paraguay.

The same lack of team cohesion has been a hanging albatross for Portugal, Germany, Brazil, and Netherlands as well.

[sailingparrot]

Mbappe is 1st in the golden boot race specifically because on top of his 7 goals he has 2 assists to break the tie. Thats the most number of assists (tied with 3 other players) of all the top 20 scorers in the golden boot race [0].

But ok.

[0]: https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexi...