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Iraq Coach Jokes It Needs 'Three Goalkeepers' vs. Kylian Mbappé, France

Kylian Mbappé passed Pelé on the World Cup goal-scoring list and inched closer to setting the overall goal record for the tournament. And, Mbappé also set France’s national team goal-scoring record. All that in just his first World Cup game of this tournament. Stopping the 2022 Golden Boot trophy winner seems almost impossible. Iraq coach Graham Arnold — tasked with slowing down Mbappé and the 2022 World Cup finalist France on Monday in the second Group I match — had an idea that might have worked. "I asked if we could play three goalkeepers," Arnold said with a laugh on Sunday. "But they said...