Welcome to Sportstar’s stay weblog of the France vs Poland FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match on the Al Thumama Stadium.
HALF-TIME!!
Olivier Giroud’s objective retains France forward on the break with a 1-0 lead towards Poland.
45+1’
Poland seems for an instantaneous response as Kaminski’s shot is deflected into the side-netting. The ensuing nook might have led to hazard as Looris spills a easy catch however recovers effectively and catches it in his second try.
45’
Two added minutes on the finish of the first-half!!
44’
GOOOALL!!! FRANCE SCORES!! ITS OLIVIER GIROUD!! HE BECOMES THE ALL-TIME TOP SCORER FOR FRANCE!! Mbappe does effectively to slide a cross to Giroud who makes run contained in the field. Once he will get the ball, he finds the bottom-right nook with a well-taken shot. He turns into the all-time France prime scorer with 52 objectives, overtaking Thierry Henry.
42’
The referee simply notices that Kounde is sporting a gold chain round his neck. Kounde removes it after being ordered to take action by the referee.
38’
It simply gained’t go in – Poland gamers can not consider that they aren’t main the match. Zielinski’s shot is saved by Lloris and the France keeper makes one other save of the rebound. The hazard was nonetheless not over as one other shot got here in from Kaminski on the France objective however Varane cleared it off the road.
36’
Save- Mbappe makes use of his fast ft to make angle for himself inside a crowded Poland field. He shoots at Szczesny’s near-post and the Polish keeper does effectively to make the save.
34’
Zielinski lays the ball off for Cash who takes a first-time shot from the left flank. The effort will not be heading in the right direction.
33’
Lewandowski’s freekick is poor as he hits the France wall along with his shot.
32’
Booking: Tchouameni sees the primary yellow card of the match for bringing down Frankowski. Poland has a freekick in a harmful space.
29’
What a chance- Dembele makes a pact run down the appropriate flank. Once contained in the field, he finds Giroud on the far submit with a measured cross. Giroud connects with the ball however can not maintain it heading in the right direction. It would have been a foul miss if not for the assistant referee’s offside flag.
27’
Mbappe makes a bursting run down the left flank. He will get previous his marker with relative ease however holds on to the ball too lengthy. He is finally pressured into dropping the ball. He didn’t have a lot assist to work with in that occasion.
24’
STAT: Poland solely has one participant averaging within the opposition half. France has six.
20’
Poland comes ahead for the primary time and Lewandowski picks the ball in area. He sends a left-footed shot however it misses the goal.
20’
Poland is below stress from France’s incessant attacking. Mbappe’s cross contained in the field will not be cleared Giroud tries to poke the ball previous Szczesny. The Polish keeper does effectively to get his hand to the ball and make the save.
17’
Dembele makes a run from the left, cuts in and shoots low and exhausting within the hope of discovering the bottom-corner. But Szczesny is alert sufficient to get down shortly and maintain maintain of the ball.
15’
Giroud is performed cross and he would have had a transparent probability at objective if not for Szczesny’s well timed anticipation the place he got here off his line and picked up the ball.
13’
Tchouameni’s shot from distance is difficult and low however Szczesny will get down effectively to make the save and parry the ball to his proper.
9’
Mbappe makes use of his tempo to get previous his marker on the left flank. He crosses contained in the field aiming for Giroud however Poland’s Bartosz Bereszyński will get the ball away with a diving header.
5’
Lloris performs a dangerous cross to Upamecano however the centre-back does effectively to not the ball regardless of being below stress.
4’
France doing all of the attacking on the opening minutes of the first-half. Poland resorting to its common defensive strategy.
1’
Griezmann’s supply contained in the field is overhit and is a wasted probability for the Les Blues.
1’
Early freekick for France as Griezmann is introduced down. France has probability to ship a cross contained in the field.
KICK-OFF!!
AND WE ARE UNDERWAY!!France and Poland kick-off their Round of 16 conflict on the Al Thumama Stadium.
The veteran!!
Less than 10 minutes to kick-off!
STAT-ATTACK!!
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This would be the second assembly between France and Poland on the World Cup, with its earlier assembly coming within the third-place playoff match of the 1982 World Cup. Poland clinched a 3-2 win in that match. - ⦿
France is unbeaten towards Poland in its final seven conferences throughout all competitions (W3 D4), with its final defeat towards it in a pleasant match in August, 1982 (0-4). - ⦿
France has develop into the primary reigning World Champion to achieve the knockout levels since Brazil in 2006. The final reiging champion to exit from the Round of 16 was Italy in 1986, after dropping 2-0 to France.
FRANCE VS POLAND STARTING LINEUPS
France: Hugo Lloris (c), Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Antoine Griezmann, Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot, Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe.
Poland: Wojciech Szczesny, Matty Cash, Kamil Glik, Jakub Kiwior, Bartosz Bereszynski, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Piotr Zielinski, Robert Lewandowski (c), Jakub Kaminski, Sebastian Szymanski.
Match Preview
The curse of the champion is not there. France, the earlier World Cup winner, is there within the knockouts. The ominous streak had began with the French themselves in 2002 once they had completed final, with no wins in a bunch that had Denmark, Senegal and Uruguay.
Brazil was the aberration in 2006, however its run too was reduce quick within the quarterfinals by Les Bleus. Since then, Italy, Spain and Germany have faltered within the first hurdle. But Didier Deschamps’s group, brimming with attacking riches, topped its group in Qatar 2022 regardless of the last-game loss to the Tunisians.
Deschamps had launched a number of modifications in that last league match, benching Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Antonie Griezmann, amongst others. It, nonetheless, was made to pay the worth for the leisurely stroll as Wahbi Khazri scored the all-important objective.
But towards a shot-shy Poland on the Al Thumma Stadium, France will want the velocity of Mbappe to load the left channel, whereas Griezmann will usher in a further objective menace along with his runs from deep. The scorer of 42 worldwide objectives has been the guts of this French aspect in his right-sided midfield position and had arrange Mbappe to attain the profitable objective towards Denmark. Griezmann has ventured ahead each time wanted and solely a late VAR name (towards Tunisia) stopped him from scoring his first objective of this match.
Robert Lewandowski largely wandered alone within the Argentina sport as Poland was busy defending, pulling males again to shut the gaps that Argentina created. Against France, too, it’ll look to park the bus and hit the opponents on the counter.
“Poland had to defend a lot in the three games. And they defend very well; I would even say that they like it, that they love to suffer. But we must not limit ourselves to that. We know their attacking players. They are a competitive team, they have a hard core of players with a lot of international experience, who have already participated in various competitions, with almost a hundred caps,” Deschamps mentioned within the pre-match press convention.
Despite Lewandowski main its line, Czeslaw Michniewicz’s group managed simply 4 photographs heading in the right direction and scored twice.
The focus for Michniewicz will once more be on the defensive form however striker Arkadiusz Milik was relaxed sufficient to have amusing. “We need to buy scooters for our defenders,” he mentioned concerning the group’s plan to cease the explosive Mbappe.
Michniewicz is conscious of the standard France packs in each division. “I searched and searched [for a weakness in France]. I didn’t find it. But I’m sure every team has phases in the game where they make mistakes. We must draw out these mistakes from the French and put pressure on them all the time,” the coach mentioned. “France is on a similar level to Argentina. Maybe it has even more individuality in the squad, more faster players on the wings. If we beat the defending champions, we can call ourselves world champions for a moment. We dream about it.”
Poland, although, has historical past on its aspect. The solely World Cup assembly between the 2 led to a 3-2 Polish victory within the 1982 third-place play-off.
-Ayon Sengupta
Head-to-head file
Played: 16
France wins: 8
Poland wins: 3
Draws: 5
France objectives: 27
Poland objectives: 16
France vs Poland Predicted XI
France potential XI: Lloris(GK); Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, T. Hernandez; Tchouameni, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe; Giroud
Poland XI: Szczesny(GK); Cash, Glik, Kiwior, Bereszynski; Frankowski, Bielik, Krychowiak, Zielinski; Lewandowski, Milik
When and the place to look at
When will the France vs Poland Round of 16 match kick-off?
The France vs Poland Round of 16 will kick-off at 08:30PM IST, December 4.
Where will the France vs Poland Round of 16 match kick-off?
The France vs Poland Round of 16 match will kick-off on the Al Thumama Stadium.
Where are you able to watch the France vs Poland Round of 16 match in India?
The France vs Poland Round of 16 match can be telecasted stay on Sports18 and Sports18 HD. On Android and effectively as iOS, the 2022 FIFA World Cup can be stay streamed on JioCinema.
Where are you able to watch the France vs Poland Round of 16 match outdoors India?
Argentina – Live Stream: Telemundo
United States – TV: FOX, Telemundo; Live Stream: fuboTV, Fox Sports app, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo
Canada – TV: CTV, TSN; Live Stream: fuboTV, TSN app
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Malaysia – TV: RTM, Astro; Live Stream: Astro Go
Singapore – TV: Mediacorp Channel 5; Live Stream: StarHub TV+, IPTV, Singtel TV
Hong Kong – TV: BeIN Sports, ITV; Live Stream: Now TV, ViuTV
Nigeria – TremendousSport and Showmax Pro.
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