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France – Poland 3-1 (1-0)
Kylian Mbappé was the man of the match, notching an assist and two goals as France swept Poland off the pitch on Sunday night.
– He doesn’t just score goals, but he is in the build-up to everything that France does offensively, says Andrine Hegerberg on NRK’s broadcast after the end of the match.
France were the best in the first half, but Poland showed that they had not planned to be a throwaway ball against the French star gallery.
Just before the break, Poland had a crazy triple chance, but the French players threw themselves forward and blocked it.
– Absolutely incredible, exclaimed NRK’s Andreas Stabrun Smith.
– It will not work, added Nils Johan Semb.
Not long after, the stage was set for history in Qatar. Olivier Giroud was played into the back room by Mbappé and sent France into the lead with a neat finish in the far corner.
He made the goal to play with the most scores for France in the past. Scoringa was his goal number. 52 with the flag on his chest, and he thus passed the legend Thierry Henry in the number of national team goals.
After the change of sides, many chances await, and France did not want to attack as much as in the first half.
– With a 1-0 lead to France, it says in the papers that Poland will have a gigantic opportunity on the pitch, commented Stabrun Smith, and referred to the fact that 1-0 is «always» a dangerous lead.
The NRK commentator is often right, but not this time. Because in the present it was France’s great star Mbappé who found the way to the goal.
The PSG player got the ball on the corner of the penalty area and banked balls into the goal bar Szczesny.
– What a player, said Stabrun Smith.
– What an achievement, Semb continued.
And just before the end, he just as easily snuck in his second for the evening.
– Football art, said Semb.
It was also his fifth goal this championship.
Robert Lewandowski scored a consolation goal on the pitch from the penalty spot, but scoring for the Polish star player was insignificant.
Thus, France is ready for the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Either England or Senegal are waiting. They meet at 20:00 tonight.