The French confidently beat the Poles with historical records
Giroud scored once, Mbappé scored twice.
In the third round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar, the French, who won Group D, met the Poles, who finished second in Group C.
In the beginning, the teams tried from a distance, on one side Szczesny hit Tchouameni’s shot to the side, while on the other Lewandowski aggressively won the ball and then shot with the left foot from 22 meters, but it was wide of the goal.
In the 29th minute, a huge defensive error by Frankowski almost cost the Poles a lot, he saved the ball from a throw-in, but then gave it to Griezmann, who outkicked Dembele, but Giroud’s cross did not find the target.
Not long after, Mbappé also tried, laying Cash on the left side of the penalty area, Szczesny hit his shot for a corner.
In the 38th minute, a huge Polish chance was missed, first Zielinski’s shot was brilliantly saved by Lloris, then the replay and the third attempt were self-sacrificingly blocked by the defenders.
In the 44th minute, the French took the lead, Mbappé teased it brilliantly Giroud, who shot from 12 meters, with his left foot, into the bottom left corner. With this, the attacker overtook Thierry Henry, and with 52 goals, he is now the most successful footballer in the history of the French national team.
The Poles could have responded in the extra time, but first a French foot blocked a corner, then Lloris dropped the ball on Lewandowski’s head, which bounced towards the goal, but luckily he was still able to throw it at him.
After the turn, Szczesny had Griezmann’s free kick to deal with, then Mbappé shot again, which Krychowiak got into, luckily for the Polish keeper who froze to death, the ball avoided the left corner.
In the 74th minute, Didier Deschamps’ team doubled their lead, after a clearance, Giroud put the ball to the right for Dembele, who then Mbappét on the left side of the penalty area, and the PSG attacker fired into the upper right corner after two adjustments. The 23-year-old footballer broke Eusébio’s record, he became the youngest player to score 8 goals at the World Championships.
Turning to extension Mbappé he took it again from almost the same place Szczesny’s net, only now he chose the upper left corner.
In the 96th minute, they were awarded a penalty due to the handling of Upamecano by the Poles, which Lewandowski initially missed, but Lloris moved away from the goal line, thus kicking the referee again, the Barcelona striker did not make a mistake for the second time.
The match brought another record, as Lloris saved the French goal for the 142nd time, for which Lilian Thuram topped the national team’s all-time ranking.
World Championship, round of 16
France-Poland 3-1
goal: Giroud (44), Mbappé (74, 91) or Lewandowski (99.)
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