France, the defending champion, defeated Poland 3-1, on Sunday, at Al-Thumama Stadium, and reached the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring (44), becoming the best scorer in the history of his country with 52 goals, before Kylian Mbappe added a beautiful double (74 and 90 + 1).
Poland’s top scorer, Robert Lewandowski, responded with an honorable penalty kick in his second attempt (90 + 9 from a penalty kick).
The roosters presented a strong match that erased the memory of the sudden defeat once morest Tunisia in the last group stage matches, and the team’s strong attack missed several goals that might have doubled the final result.
Mbappe and his companions Dembele, Griezmann, Jiro, Theo Hernandez and Lloris also appeared able to achieve a historic achievement by winning the World Cup for the second time in a row.
Since Brazil won the 1958 World Cup in Sweden and then 1962 in Chile, no team has been unable to win the most famous tournament twice in a row.
France will meet in the quarter-finals next Saturday with the winner of the England-Senegal match, which will be held later at Al-Bayt Stadium in Al-Khor city.
Jiro scored the net just before the break, following a pass from Mbappe, to raise his tally to 52 goals with France, and to become the historic scorer for his country, one goal behind Thierry Henry.
France continued attacking pressure in the second half, and Giroud almost added a goal following a cross from Jules Conde, but he shot wide of the goal.
Mbappe scored the second goal with a massive shot from inside the penalty area, a short distance away in the 74th minute, then added a goal with another amazing shot into the top corner in the first minute of stoppage time.
Mbappe raised his score to five goals in the top scorer of the 2002 World Cup, while his total score reached 8 goals from two participations.
Poland striker Robert Lewandowski pulled one back from a penalty kick in the ninth minute of stoppage time, following taking advantage of returning the kick he missed at the start due to the early movement of France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
