France powered its way through to open its World Cup with a dominant display over disputed African champions Senegal on Tuesday as Les Bleus looked for ways to break tight defences and find a breakthrough despite a goalless first half.
Goals starting pouring in the fixture after, propelling the former champions to the top of their group, avoiding a repeat of an earlier upset to Spain, deemed one of the favourites to win the title, who opened their campaign with a goalless draw with Cape Verde on Monday, despite close to two dozen shots on goal.
Meanwhile, reigning champions Argentina led by football icon Lionel Messi played their opener where they cruised past Algeria 3-0 with a convincing display and as Norway delivered a 4-1 performance to pound their way past Iraq in their opening match.
Here are all the matches you may have missed on Tuesday and into the early hours of Wednesday.
France v Senegal
