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France v Poland - as it happened

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We bring live coverage of the last-16 clash between France and Poland as both sides battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. The winner of this tie will go up against either England or Senegal in the next round.

List of goalscorers

O. Giroud
44'
1 - 0
K. Mbappé
74'
2 - 0
K. Mbappé
91'
3 - 0
3 - 1
99'
R. Lewandowski

Match report in news

  • 90'
    FT: France 3-0 Poland. Mbappe shines in an easy win for France. His two second half goals prove sufficient to see off a clearly weaker Poland side. Thanks for joining today and see you again soon!
  • 90'
    GOAL to Poland, but Lewandowski's penalty does nothing to change the result.
  • 90'
    Lloris was well off his line so it's a retake...
  • 90'
    Penalty to Poland after a VAR check which saw the handball.
  • 90'
    SUB for France: Kounde off for Disasi
  • 90'
    GOAL FOR FRANCE!!! Another great goal from that man Mbappe again, the second better than his first! His curled shot from the left side of the box curls past a sprawling Szczesny.
  • 88'
    SUBS for Poland: Kiwior and Frankowski off for Bednarek and Grosicki

Substitution

at Francia

Substitution

at Francia
  • 76'
    SUBS for France: Dembele and Giroud off dor Coman and Thuram
Goaaaaaal!
de Francia en el 74'
  • 74'
    GOAL FOR FRANCE!!!! Mbappe finds himself in space in the box, and makes no mistake, firing it into the top corner. Poland should know by now you can't give the young Frenchman so much free space.
  • 72'
    SUBS for Poland: Kaminski and Krychowiak off for Bielik and Zalewski

Substitution

at Francia
  • 66'
    SUB for France: Tchouameni off for Fofana.
  • 66'
    Another shot goes into the side netting, this time from Giroud after he was trying to put a Kounde cross goal-bound.
  • 62'
    France still knocking on the door and they're hungry for more here. Poland holding the fort for now.
  • 58'
    Collision in the Polish box between Szczesny and Cash which has the Polish defender down hurt for now.
  • 55'
    A low Griezmann cross put out for a corner.
  • 53'
    France teasing the Polish goal once again, with everything going through Mbappe on the left flank. He offloads but the resulting cross is easily blocked.

Yellow card

a Polonia
  • 47'
    Bereszynski gives away first free-kick of the second half, just on the edge of the box.
  • 46'
    Start of the second period here, Poland need to up their game here.
  • 45'
    HT: France 1-0 Poland: Both sides with great chances in a thrilling first half. Giroud is the one who broke the deadlock, after calmly slotting home after being threaded through nicely. This goal means he is now France's all-time top goalscorer!!
Goaaaaaal!
de Francia en el 44'
  • 44'
    GOAL FOR FRANCE!!!! Giroud gets well threaded through and camly slots past Szczesny. Can't say it has not been deserved as France star becomes all-time top scorer for Les Bleus.
  • 38'
    POLAND SHOULD BE AHEAD!!! After what seemed like hundreds of shots on goal, the pinball in the box ends up getting cleared off the line a couple of times then eventually cleared. French lucky to be level.
  • 35'
    Mbappe doing what he does best by out-smarting the defence by weaving in and out, but his shot fired into the side netting.
  • 35'
    Poland still enjoying the bulk of the current possession, but still nothing to show for their efforts. matty Cash with the most recent shot.

Yellow card

a Francia
  • 32'
    Tchouameni with the first yellow after going in late, now a free-kick in a dangerous position for Poland.
  • 29'
    Poland lucky to still be level! A great move by the French which lead to a great cross from Dembele, but Giroud was unable to fire home into an empty net from 2 yards out. The ball was moving quickly in his defence.
  • 25'
    Poland slowly coming back into this one, stretching the French defence's legs, but unable to test them properly yet.
  • 21'
    On the break, Lewandowski fires just wide from just outside the box. Lloris lucky he wasn't forced into a save.
  • 20'
    France keeping Poland camped in their own half here, getting the occasional cross in.
  • 17'
    Dembele easily wins the ball in midfield, goes on a dizzying run but is unable to put a venemous enough effort to test Szczesny.
  • 15'
    Poland trying to get some momentum by passing it round the back. France dispossessing them fairly regularly though.
  • 13'
    Szczesny makes a low diving save to push it out for a corner.
  • 9'
    Corner for France after a teasing cross from Mbappe gets headed out.
  • 9'
    France putting some nice passes together, but nothing which has arrived at Szczesny's arms as of yet.
  • 5'
    Poland's best chance so far, but Lloris comes to collect it.
  • 3'
    France enjoying early spells of possession here, the best chance falling to Griezmann who put the free-kick wide.
  • 1'
    Underway here for what promises to be a cracker of a last-16 tie!

Start of match

  • PRVW
    Both sides out for the anthems here in Doha! Kick-off moments away!!
  • PRVW
    Stay tuned as our coverage will bring you everything that happens in this crucial last-16 tie, which is less than 50 minutes away from kick-off...
  • PRVW
    Five changes for Poland from their last clash against Argentina. They ended up losing that one 2-0, so they have brought in a swathe of changes in order to try and go up against a very strong French side.
  • PRVW
    Poland starting XI: Szczesny, Cash, Bereszynski, Kiwior, Glik, Zielinski, Frankowski, Szymanski, Lewandowski, Kaminski.

  • PRVW
    All change for Les Bleus, as nine players are different from the one which started against Tunisia. Deschamps was obviously resting a lot of his strength in that game, and they are now back, freshly prepared to fight against Poland.
  • PRVW
    France starting XI: Lloris, Kounde, Hernandez, Varane, Upamecano, Tchouameni, Rabiot, Giroud, Dembele, Mbappe, Griezmann.

  • PRVW
    Stay tuned for team news shortly, as we will bring you the latest as soon as possible...
  • PRVW
    It's knock-out from here on in, so no conservative playing allowed! Both sides will be looking to get into the quarter-finals where a match-up against either England or Senegal awaits.

Pre-match

04 December 2022, 16:00

Referee: Valenzuela Sáez | VAR: Juan Soto

Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the last-16 clash between Deschamps' France and Poland!

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