Kylian Mbappe was the difference maker for France as his two goals earned his side the win they needed to progress into the World Cup knockout stages.
Mbappe was the star of the show for France once again as his brace won it for France. His second goal came inside the final ten minutes.
Denmark have beaten France twice in the Nations League this year but they fell behind after 61 minutes. They weren’t behind for long though as they soon levelled through Andreas Christensen.
Mbappe’s double puts him alongside Pele as the only players to score seven or more World Cup goals before their 25th birthday.
The victory extended defending champions France’s World Cup winning streak to six games.
France named Raphael Varane in their starting line-up, the Manchester United defender’s first football since being injured at Chelsea on October 22 and leaving the Stamford Bridge pitch in tears.
Varane replaced Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate while Theo Hernandez came in for his brother Lucas, who suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury during the 4-1 win over Australia.
Christian Eriksen, Varane’s United team-mate, was part of a Denmark side seeking to improve on their opening goalless stalemate against Tunisia.
France took time to create chances but there was no doubting their aerial threat at Doha’s 974 Stadium.
Denmark scrambled clear after Adrien Rabiot headed Hernadez’s cross into Olivier Giroud’s direction and then when Varane flicked on Antoine Griezmann’s corner.
Giroud was chasing the 52nd international goal that would take him clear of Thierry Henry as France’s all-time record scorer, but it was to prove a frustrating night for the former Arsenal and Chelsea forward.
There was a moment of huge controversy after 19 minutes as Mbappe tore on to Griezmann’s pass through the middle.
Christensen took decisive action by hauling down Mbappe and the Barcelona defender was spared a red card with two teammates around him.
But Mbappe was in full flow and might have been through on goal. France thought so, but their calls for a red card were ignored by Polish referee Szymon Marciniak.
Rabiot saw his header pushed out by Kasper Schmeichel before the Denmark goalkeeper stuck out a foot to stop Griezmann from profiting.
Denmark briefly broke out from their defensive shape as Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Andreas Cornelius created a counter-attack from nothing.
Hojbjerg fed Cornelius down the right but, with no-one for company alongside him, he fired…
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