France beat the Polish National Team 3-1 on Sunday and settled in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, leaving a great image, the champion looks solid.
The champion’s goals were the work of Oliver Giroud, at 44 minutes and became the team’s top scorer, with 52 goals, surpassing the legendary Thierry Henry, who was 51, and Kylian Mbappe who celebrated twice.
Mbappé, the best in the field, once again showed that he is a pure scorer, of caste and scored at 74 and 90, two great goals to also establish himself as the top scorer in the World Cup with five goals.
Poland’s goal came in added time, after a penalty was awarded, and Robert Lewandowski payment. In the first attempt he missed, but the center-back had the shot repeated due to invasion into the area, and in the second option he scored and it was the final 3-1.
In this way the champions go ahead in the World Cup, in the defense of his title, leaving a great image on the field, with an explosive, fast game and with a lot of talent on the field.
Now France awaits the rival of the quarterfinals that will come out of the duel between England and Senegal, this Sunday at 2:00 in the afternoon (Colombian time).
Minute by minute
Minutes 90+8: The front Robert Lewandowski charges again and this time he does score for the discount in Poland.
Minutes 90+6: The front Robert Lewandowski charges very badly and the goalkeeper Lloris covers. The center-back makes him repeat by invading the area.
Penalty for Poland, by hand in the area.
Minutes 90+5: The center-back goes to the VAR call for a possible penalty in favor of Poland, for a handball in the area.
Minute 90: Great goal from Mbappé! … and reaches five goals in Qatar. The Venezuelan center-back announces five minutes of addition.
Minute 87: Yellow for Matty Cash from Poland.
Minute 87: More changes in Poland; Jan Bednarek and Kamil Grosicki enter the field, while Jakub Kiwior and Przemysław Frankowski leave.
Minute 76: Double change in France Ousmane Dembélé and Oliver Giroud leave the field, and Kingsley Coman and Marcus Thuram go to the field.
Minute 74: Mbappé alone and with all the patience in the world scores the second for France in a quick start in which the ball reached his feet and with a cool head and total precision he scores.
Minute 71: Doble cambio en Polonia, salen Jakub Kamiński and Grzegorz Krychowiak couple darle paso a Nicola Zalewski and Krystian Bielik.
Minute 70: France continues to insist on expanding the lead, with arrivals from Mbappé, Dembelé and Giroud, but Poland and their goalkeeper Szczęsny respond well.
Minute 66: Exchange in France; Aurélien Tchouaméni, a midfielder who had a yellow card, leaves the field and goes to the field Youssouf Fofana.
Minute 65: Great action from France, arrival of Jules Koundé who sent the ball and Giroud, with a heel, almost increased the advantage for the Frenchmen.
Minute 64: Exchange in Poland; Sebastian Szymański leaves the field and Arkadiusz Milik enters in his place.
Minute 56: Poland is saved, Mbappé took a shot that was deflected by the Polish defense and the ball went near the goal defended by goalkeeper Szczęsny.
Minute 54: Mbappé-Giroud on one wing and Griezmann-Dembelé on the other are the pairings that generate the best scoring options for France.
Minute 52: The Mbappé-Giroud duo is a headache for Poland, which defends itself with everything to avoid another celebration by the Gauls.
Minute 46: Yellow card for Bartosz Bereszyński of Poland for a foul on Dembelé
Start the second half without changes in the two selections.
Minute 45+1: ends the first half with partial victory for France 1-0 over Poland with both Oliver Giroud, who received the ball in the area and after great control of it, turned to cross the ball and send it to the bottom.
With this score, Giroud reaches 52 goals with the French National Team and exceeds the figure he had Thierry Henry out of 51 as many.
At the moment, the Russian champion partially wins and settles in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar, with the second half to go.
Minute 45: in an action by Lloris he went out for the ball and Poland narrowly equalized, after the ball bounced off Lewandowski’s head.
Minute 44: Goal for France! Finally Giroud sends it to the bottom of the goal, with a crossed ball.
Minute 41: The game is stopped for a few minutes, because the linesman warns the central defender that the player Jules Koundé had several chains on his neck.
Minute 37: in three actions France is saved from the goal of Poland. First Piotr Zieliński and Lloris avoided him, then it was his defenders who prevented his goal from falling.
Minute 35: Mbappé is looking for him by all means and goalkeeper Szczęsny from Poland has won the duel so far.
Minute 31: Yellow card for Aurélien Tchouaméni from France for a foul close to the area defended by the Frenchmen.
Minute 30: the game has leveled out and there are already side and side options, although France continues to be more poignant.
Minute 28: Oliver Giroud misses the first for France, he was unable to reach the ball to address it.
Minute 25: Mbappé is the headache for the defense of Poland, with speed the striker wins the band and reaches the rival’s goal with danger.
Minute 20: Robert Lewandowski narrowly surprised France, after a quick start he finished off from medium distance and the ball passed close to the French goal.
Minute 19: Giroud’s double shot and again goalkeeper Szczęsny saves Poland.
Minute 15: The scoring did not open, but France came closer to scoring, making goalkeeper Szczęsny from Poland a figure.
Minute 10: in the first minutes of the match the two goalkeepers are protagonists drowning out the goal cry of the rival. The one with the most work so far is Wojciech Tomasz Szczęsny from Poland.
Minute 5: the match started quite dynamic with the two teams proposing on offense.
The game starts in which the French goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris, he completes a record of 142 official matches with his country’s national team.
The teams of France and Poland They delivered the payroll with which they will face the game this Sunday in Qatar. The current world champions want to advance to the quarterfinals, despite the losses they have, while Poland dreams of one more step in Qatar.
In France announce their stars Hugo Lloris, Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Ousmane Dembelé and Kylian Mbappé.
On the Polish sides, alongside Robert Lewandowski, will be Piotr Zieliński and Marcin Kamiński on offense.
Previa
France will face Poland starting at 10:00 am, match corresponding to the round of 16 of the World Cup. In this match, France will seek to ratify itself as the favorite of the competition, to achieve this they must beat Poland, who trusts the great level of their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny and Robert Lewandoski to surprise and advance to the round.
Where to watch the match between France and Poland in Colombia?
The match to be played at the Al Thumama stadium in Qatar and in Colombia can be seen on the open television signal of Caracol Televisión and RCN. EL COLOMBIANO brings you minute by minute with the incidents of the game.
How France and Poland arrive at the match
France opted for rotate their roster in the last game of the group stage and this cost them a 1-0 defeat against Tunisia, which surpassed it in intensity. Beyond this defeat, France is confident in their solid style of play and their individualities Mbappé, Griezmann, Tchouameni and Giroud to overcome this phase of the competition and continue on his way to the two-time world championship.
For its part, Poland comes from a defeat against Argentina in a match that it never managed to decipher and in which it was vastly outclassed by the South Americans, however; thanks to their two previous results against Saudi Arabia and Mexico, He managed to qualify as second in the group, without leaving very positive feelings in his game.
History of France vs. Poland
In total, 16 matches have been played between the two European teams in which there have been 8 victories for France, three for Poland and five draws. As additional data, France is undefeated in seven games against Poland in all competitions with 3 wins and 4 draws.
possible alignments
France
Lloris, Pavard, Conate, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Tchouamen, Rabiot, Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe and Giroud.
Poland
Szczęsny, Cash, Glik, Kiwior, Bereszyński, Zieliński, Bielik, Krychowiak, Frankowski, Świderski and Lewandoski.
