The French team took a step towards retaining their title after they eliminated Poland yesterday with a 3-1 win in a match between the two teams in the round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappé scored a brace in the 44th, 74th and 91st minutes, while Robert Lewandowski scored Poland’s only goal from a penalty kick in the 99th minute.
The Roosters owe this victory to Kylian Mbappe, who scored and scored two goals to qualify the world champions to face the winner of England’s match against Senegal. It is noteworthy that the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, predicted a victory over Poland (3:1) with the same names of players who scored four goals.
France coach Didier Deschamps put forward his striking power, relying on a 4-2-3-1 plan, and the “roosters” from the first minutes pressed at full strength and threatened the Poles’ goal with more than one dangerous attack.
Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Cesney shone in block shots by Jules Condé, Osman Dembele, Choameni and Kylian Mbappe, while Antoine Griezmann’s crosses were dangerous, including Varane’s header over the bar. In the 29th minute, Olivier Giroud conceded a goal by following the ball outside the empty net of his Polish goalkeeper after a Dembele pass. The match went on until Mbappé outweighed his country by two goals in a row, and Lewandowski closed the difference with a goal in the last minute of stoppage time, so that the French match ended 3-1 and reached the quarter-finals. , and Poland says goodbye to the championship.