In the early hours of Saturday morning (14th), France beat the Netherlands 2-1 with Kylian McBarbee scoring twice, winning all six matches and securing a place in the final week of next year's tournament. McBarbee has already scored 42 goals in international matches, surpassing the number of goals scored by France's hall-of-fame star Bertini, and closing in on the record of his team's all-time leader, Keith Oliver Kiott.
Kylian McBarbie had four consecutive blanks at Paris Saint-Germain, but was a rejuvenated player for France, firing a shot into the net in the opening seven minutes from a cross from the right, and then firing a long-range shot into the net to give France a two-goal lead after a change of sides. Holland had to wait until the 83rd minute until the 21-year-old 21-year-old left-handed Quinlensge Hertwijn, who was making his debut in the match, scored a goal to make it 1-2, but it was too late to recover the lost ground.
Kylian McBarbie has scored 42 goals for France, surpassing Bertini and moving up to 4th place on the national team's all-time scoring list. Although he is still 12 goals behind his brother Chiote, it is only a matter of time before the 24-year-old McBarbie will be crowned as the country's all-time leading goal-scorer as Chiote is 37 years old and has very few chances to play in the national team.
