The French national team continued its campaign to defend the World Cup title, beating Poland by 3 goals today, Sunday, to qualify the roosters for the quarter-finals.
Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe scored a “double” 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 his young star, Kylian Mbappe, who made a goal and scored two goals, to qualify the world champions to meet the winner of the England match against Senegal.
It is also interesting that the French national team fulfilled the prophecy of the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who predicted victory over Poland (3-1) with the same players who scored the four goals.
France coach Didier Deschamps pushed his striking force, relying on the 4-2-3-1 plan, and the roosters pressed with full force from the first minutes and threatened the Polish goal with more than one dangerous attempt.
Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Chesney shone in blocking shots from Jules Conde, Osman Dembele, Tchoameni and Kylian Mbappe, while Antoine Griezmann’s crosses posed a great danger, including Varane’s header over the crossbar.
In the 29th minute, Olivier Giroud missed a goal by following the ball outside the empty goal of his Polish goalkeeper, after a cross pass from Dembley.
The Polish attempts were few, but very dangerous, as Lewandowski hit a powerful ball near the post, while Hugo Lloris saved his goal from a goal in front of Zelinski’s shot from inside the penalty area.
The same attack bounced off the Polish striker Kaminski to hit a ball that the French defense cleared from the goal line, in addition to another attempt by the same player into the net from outside.
And the roosters translated the advantage with a goal in the last seconds of the first half, which Giroud scored to become the historic scorer for the French national team, benefiting from Kylian Mbappe’s pass.
