Girou 's goal in the first half helped him become the French team's scorer.
Even though Polish "set up the bus" in front of his own door, the French team still ended the battle in 90 minutes.
In the early morning of December 5, Beijing time, at the Tuma Polo Stadium in Doha , the defending champion France finally defeated Poland 3-1, becoming the third team to advance to the quarterfinals. In the first half of the game, Poland relied on its solid defense for a long time to ensure the goal was not lost, but at the last moment, Giroud helped France break the deadlock. With this goal, he surpassed Henry and enjoyed the title of the French team's scorer king. In the second half, the French team continued to attack wildly, with Mbappe scored twice and scored a goal. In the last moment, Lewandowski helped Poland score a goal.
For nearly half a century, defending the title has become an "impossible task" on the World Cup stage. Now, France, which has advanced to the quarterfinals, is one step closer to this goal.
Decchamps said bluntly before the game that Poland's defense will become the biggest obstacle for French team to score goals.
Poland wants to drag a penalty with defense? Deschamps saw through
As French media analyzed before the game, the " Gaul Rooster " in this game continued the 4-2-3-1 formation against Denmark in the second game of the group stage. Goalkeeper Lori , Conde , Varane , formed four defenders on Pamecano and Teo, Joan Armeni and Rabio partnered with two midfielders, Mbappe and Dembele were separated from two wings, and Griezmann played an attacking forward behind center Giroud.
According to statistics, this is the 142nd time in Lori's career to play in the national team, tying the previous record of the French national team set by Turam . Before the game, Giroud expressed his respect to the captain Lori in an interview, "Hard work and professionalism have given Lori the status he is today. All of this is well deserved. Enjoy these times and look forward to a better future."
29 years old and 223 days Varane became the third youngest player in the 90 games of the French team. Henry and Pogba were ranked first. Henry reached this achievement at the age of 29 and 55 days, and Pogba was 29 and 10 days. Most of the time in the game, Poland relies on playing less to defend.
French head coach Deschamps expressed his importance to Poland before the game. "The Polish team focused on defense in the first three games, and they are very good at defense. They have many experienced players, such as Szczesny and Lewandowski . We must respect their achievements. They have many ways to cause trouble for us."
This game is the second time the two sides faced in the competition. The first encounter between the two sides was in the 1982 World Cup. Poland defeated France 3-2 in the third place. The last time the two sides met was in a friendly match in 2011, when France defeated Poland 1-0.
In fact, judging from the group stage performance, there is a clear gap in strength between the two teams. In the group stage, Poland's tactics are conservative, which has also aroused doubts from the outside world.
For the game against France, Polish coach Michnevic said that he had to take the initiative to put pressure on his opponent. Having said that, Michnevic still said that he had made a penalty shootout, "Punishment? Yes, we did practice penalty kicks in recent training. Now everyone is very excited and everyone is ready. If we can drag the game into a penalty shootout, it would be a big surprise. If we can defeat the strong French team, it will definitely cause a big sensation."
Polish goalkeeper Szczesny performed remarkably in the game.
scored 52 goals for France. Giroud's record night
At the beginning of this game, the offensive and defensive situation between the two sides can be said to be within the expectations of the Polish coach. For most of the time, Poland's defense was quite solid, and goalkeeper Szczesny continued to have a stable state and made wonderful saves many times. There is also an interesting little episode in the
game. In the 22nd minute, Kong De's long shot missed, and the slow motion gave Kong De a close-up shot. It was found that Kong De was wearing a gold necklace.FIFA stipulates that players are not allowed to use or wear any dangerous items. Obviously, the referee on duty did not find that Kong De was wearing jewelry to play.
In the 42nd minute, Kongde was about to throw the sideline ball, but his necklace was found by the sideline and asked to remove the necklace.
In fact, the French team had a chance to break the deadlock in the 29th minute. Griezmann made a straight pass, Dembele stepped forward on the right and passed the cross from the penalty area, Giroud crossed the ball in the middle, facing most of the empty goal.
After missing a good opportunity to score many times, the French team was also seized by Poland to counterattack. When the game was nearly 40 minutes, the Polish team got an excellent opportunity. Their three shots in the penalty area were resolved by French goalkeeper Lori and two defensive players respectively. That wave of offense also caused a burst of surprise from the fans on the scene.
Giroud completed his own milestone in the first half.
But the French team, which took the lead in breaking the deadlock, was the French team, which took the initiative in the offense. In the 44th minute, Mbappe made a straight pass in front of the penalty area, and Giroud's left-footed shot in the penalty area passed by the ground and scored. After scoring the goal, Mbappe rushed towards Giroud immediately and hugged him to celebrate.
It is worth mentioning that this goal is Giroud's 52nd goal scored on behalf of the national team, surpassing Henry's exclusive title of the French team's scorer.
Not only that, Giroud is the fourth-year old goal-scoring player in the history of the World Cup knockout stage, and today his specific age is 36 years old and 65 days.
Before that, the older goals scorers were 38-year-old Cameroon player Mira , 37-year-old Swedish player Green, and 36-year-old 2 Uruguay player Barrera.
Mbappe rushed forward to congratulate Mbappe immediately.
In the second half, France still maintained a strong attack, while Poland could only be tired of defense.
In fact, before this game, the showdown between Mbappe and Lewandowski was the focus of attention from the outside world. According to statistics from the data website Squawka, Mbappe and Lewandowski directly participated in 59 goals and 55 goals in the league since last season, ranking among the top two players in in the five major leagues of .
But judging from the situation of this game, Lewandowski does not have many chances to catch the ball due to the tactical arrangements of both sides. Mbappe is the more popular side. At the beginning of the second half, he had a "heavy gun" hit Polish players and changed direction, almost getting into the net. Then, he even scored.
Mbappe's shot helped the French team expand the score to 2-0.
In the 75th minute, France counterattacked, Dembele made a cross, Mbappe swung his legs on the spot and shot with full force, directly breaking through the upper left corner of the goal. France led Poland 2-0. In the injury stoppage time, Mbappe scored twice and set the score at 3-0.
Mbappe scored the fifth goal of this World Cup, currently the top scorer list of Qatar , and he has scored 9 goals in two World Cups. His current World Cup goals exceeds C Ronaldo (7 goals), tying Messi 's World Cup goals.
Not only that, Mbappe has scored 33 goals in the national team, surpassing Zidane , and enjoying the 7th place in the history of the French national team.
Mbappe celebrated after scoring a goal, and he had the chance to surpass Messi's World Cup goals in this Cup.
commentator Chris Sutton commented, "This is Mbappe's wonderful performance, it is true. Poles must press the attack, but it makes them vulnerable to counterattack. It was a wonderful ending, and it seems that the game was over. Mbappe was calm and what a perfect ending." In the last moment of injury stoppage time in
, Poland won a penalty kick. Lewandowski got another chance to make up the penalty without a penalty for the first time, and then hit the game with the booing of the whole game, but this goal could not change the result of the game.
As the defending champion, the French team is under a lot of pressure. After all, in the past 60 years, there have been no teams that have won the World Cup for two consecutive times. In Qatar, the French team still has several hurdles on the road to Hercules Cup , but advancing to the quarterfinals is a solid step.
