his dayjob is scoring goals for this french club. this match will pitch two of france s footballing heroes against each other. kylian mbappe and lionel messi usually both play for the paris club paris saint germain. but today they ll be facing each other on opposing sides, mbappe as france s star striker, messi as argentina s. in the bar next to the paris ground, there is anxiety ahead of today s game. the french know how messi plays football too. i m super tense because we saw what argentina did. and they have a mission it s to win. but france has a mission, too it s win twice! so does france have what it takes? translation: of course, kylian mbappe, for sure. l he s younger, he s faster. everything is possible. translation: it s going to be a battle because it s the only l title messi doesn t have. we can tell they re nervous. they want to win the world cup,
in the past, but france are hoping to become the first country since brazil in 1962 to win in consecutive competitions. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has this report. for french footballers, team loyalty is a way to win matches. for french fans, it s a way of life. for guillaume, practising his game near paris this week, not even argentina can shake his faith in the national side. nothing, no fear, because i know that they are the best team in the world and that will never change. i m only 19 years old, and i would see see my country win a second world cup. at this age it s pretty incredible, so yeah, it definitely means something. argentina s star player lionel messi already knows how the french play football.
are still waiting. david sillitoe, bbc news, in london s west end. hosts qatar were eliminated from the competition today. they were beaten 3-1 competition today. they were beaten 3 1 by senegal. it s the earliest a host nation has been knocked out of the world cup. all eyes are on england in their second world cup match. they face the usa, having beaten iran 6 2 on monday. captain harry kane has been deemed fit enough to play, afterfears he d been injured. our correspondent danjohnson has been soaking up the atmosphere with fans in the west midlands. this is stourbridge fc, one of those places that is at the grassroots of the game. it is filling up and they are expected to be absolutely packed tonight. you can feel how the excitement has grown since that barnstorming win on monday. they will have a particular interest here, a keen eye on one player especially, because one of england s
only a win against england offers wales any chance of staying in this tournament. their world cup hopes hang by a thread. by by the end of the game today, wales and seemed to be devoid of ideas, the players drained of self belief, it is hard to see how they will pick themselves up for tuesday, they should have because remember the words of the song that wales have sung all the way to this world cup, wales are still here, but based on today s performance, probably not for much younger. this was, of course, meant to be a day of history, the reason thousands of schoolchildren back in wales were given the morning off to watch the match, plenty of parents will have worked from home, or maybe even the pub. tomos morgan was following that emotional rollercoaster.
zealand next year. for wales, they ve faced two matches already which manager gemma grainger called the biggest in their history. the first to reach the play offs and the second was last week as they won in extra time to face switzerland in zurich this evening. it s a complicated qualification process, but a two goal win in normal time should be enough for them to reach their first ever world cup. if we do with this game and we qualify for the next stage, that is an incredible moment for us. we have made history already, but it is almost important to know that if we are not successful, this campaign is not a failure. we are really clear about what we do what we do and off the pitch how we have inspired the crowd, the attendances, and every thing that has grown in the game. we have to be proud of that. but we are on track for a team who will qualify for a major tournament. if it is not this time, it will be next time. and it s a similar story for scotland as they look to reach their sec