France vs Poland Live Commentary, FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Group A
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	7
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4
4	Qatar	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6	0
Group B
1	England	3	2	1	0	9	2	7	7
2	USA	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	5
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1
Group C
1	Argentina	3	2	0	1	5	2	3	6
2	Poland	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
Group D
1	France	3	2	0	1	6	3	3	6
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1	6
3	Tunisia	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Denmark	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1
Group E
1	Japan	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	9	3	6	4
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	5	1	4
4	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	11	-8	3
Group F
1	Morocco	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
2	Croatia	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	5
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0
Group G
1	Brazil	3	2	0	1	3	1	2	6
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
3	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	5	8	-3	1
Group H
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	6	4	2	6
2	Korea Republic	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Ghana	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3

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Matches Won

Matches Drawn

Matches Lost

Goals For (Goals scored by a team)

Goals Against (Goals conceded by a team)

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Total Points

3 - France will play in the quarter finals of the World Cup in three consecutive editions of the tournament (2014, 2018, 2022) for the first time in their history. Didier. pic.twitter.com/XuD3MTVHDx
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) December 4, 2022

That would be all on this live commentary. Hope you had fun following our coverage. We will be back shortly to bring you the live coverage between England and Senegal as one of them prepare to face France in the quarter-finals. Until then, take care and ta, ta!!

Mbappe has overtaken Ronaldo for World Cup goals!

He's 14 years younger 😳 pic.twitter.com/aEm6vF3dO4
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) December 4, 2022

Kylian Mbappe scored twice and registered an assist tonight. What an incredible performance from the youngster as he takes a big leap in the Golden Boot race. France now await the result between England and Senegal later tonight to find out their quarter-final opponents.

France make it to the quarter-finals as they register a 3-1 victory over Poland. With Giroud's record-breaking goal, Les Blues took the lead in the first half. It only got better for them when Mbappe scored in the second half, only for the Paris-Saint Germain superstar to double his tally later on. A late penalty to Poland saw them pull a goal back but in the end it was a convincing win for the defending champions.

90+10' FULL TIME!! France cruise through to the quarter-finals with a 3-1 win over Poland.

90+9' GOOOAALL!! Lewandowski scores from the spot kick this time as he stutters in his run-up and sends Lloris the wrong way. Consolation goal for him.

90+8' Lewandowski misses the penalty but it is to be retaken as French players rush inside the box before it is taken. One more chance for the Polish captain.

90+6' Penalty to Poland. Upamecano is guilty of handling the ball inside the box from Grosicki's cross. Poland given the chance to pull one back.

What a goal. Kylian Mbappé scores his brace. He now ties Lionel Messi for goals at the World Cup. 9. What a star.

3-0 to #FRA
— Luis Miguel Echegaray (@lmechegaray) December 4, 2022

90+2' Kounde is subbed off. Axel Disasi comes on.

Additional time: 5 minutes

90+1' GOOOAAALLL!!! Mbappe strikes again. A similar goal to the first one. Mbappe is given the space and time to shoot in the box as he once again makes Poland pay for doing so. His blistering curler goes past Szczesny in the top-right corner. Even Szczesny's fingertips were not enough to stop them.

Kylian Mbappe's last 14 games for France:

⚽️ 15
🅰️ 7#BBCFootball #BBCWorldCup pic.twitter.com/747fe8B6Ix
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 4, 2022

88' Matty Cash is shown a yellow for a rash tackle on Thuram.

87' Frankowski is subbed off. Robert Gumny comes on.

87' Jakub Kiwior is subbed off. Kamil Grosicki comes on.

84' With his goal tonight, Mbappe takes the lead in the Golden Boot race with four goals to his name.

4️⃣ World Cup goals for Mbappé in 2018
4️⃣ World Cup goals for Mbappé in 2022

🤙 pic.twitter.com/5bwMlzNfi0
— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 4, 2022

81' Poland seem to have lost their confidence now as France keep possession.

8 - Kylian Mbappé is the first player in history to score 8 goals in the World Cup before his 24th birthday. Monster. #FRAPOL pic.twitter.com/3dWFiV6hLu
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) December 4, 2022

76' Olivier Giroud is subbed off. Kingsley Coman comes on.

76' Ousmane Dembele is subbed off. Marcus Thuram comes on.

74' GOOOOAAALLLL!!! Mbappe scores and doubles France's lead. On the counter, France find plenty of space as Dembele plays the ball to Mbappe on the left. The Paris Saint-Germain forward takes his time and takes a thunderous striker to score his fourth goal of the tournament.

71' Krychowiak is subbed off. Krystian Bielik comes on.

71' Kaminski is subbed off. Nicola Zalewski comes on.

66' Aurelien Tchouameni is subbed off. Youssouf Fofana comes on.

66' CHANCE!! Giroud hits the side-netting from Kounde's cross from the right. Difficult chance with the angle being narrowed.

64' Sebastian Szymanski is subbed off. Arkadiusz Milik comes on.

62' Milik is about to come on. Poland trying to increase their options upfront.

Antoine Griezmann is thriving in his new role for France 🙌
#BBCFootball #BBCWorldCup pic.twitter.com/3hFSvNe3ze
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 4, 2022

58' Szczesny gets injured while clearing the ball in the air. Seems fine now.

56' Mbappe's shot is deflected just wide off the goal. Corner for France.

55' The game has been more open now with Poland trying to attack more, giving France more opportunities to counter.

Kylian Mbappé has now been directly involved in more goals than any other player at the 2022 World Cup:

◉ 3 goals
◉ 2 assists

Turned provider this afternoon. 🅰️ pic.twitter.com/3ryVp4f41Q
— Squawka (@Squawka) December 4, 2022

48' SAVE!! Szczesny makes a decent save from Griezmann's freekick as France push for a second goal.

47' Bereszynski is yellow carded for a late tackle on Dembele.

46' We are underway for the second half with no changes from either side.

Big second half for Poland. Can they turn it around and go full throttle to challenge France in the coming 45 minutes?

🇫🇷 leading scorer 100% complete
■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ https://t.co/M6rUDILY11
— Squawka (@Squawka) December 4, 2022

Giroud now becomes France's all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing Thierry Henry in the process. France have done well so far but Poland have shown their capability of hurting the defending champions. If Poland continue with the same confidence, we could be in for an entertaining second half.

It has been an interesting half with France dominating for almost the first 25 minutes. Giroud was guilty of a big miss from Dembele's cross after which Poland grew into the game and created their own chances. Lloris' save and Varane's clearance off the line kept the scoreline goalless until Giroud stepped up to score just minutes before the half time.

45+2' HALF TIME!! The first half comes to an end as France score just minutes before the break.

Olivier Giroud has scored more goals for France than any other player in the history of the men’s national team, overtaking Thierry Henry.

◎ 117 games
◉ 52 goals

The most underrated striker in the world. 🌎 pic.twitter.com/4rf0f61UMI
— Squawka (@Squawka) December 4, 2022

45+1' Kaminski's shot is deflected onto the side-netting from Cash's fine cross from the right. Poland have threatened in bits and parts.

Additional time: 2 minutes

45' Terrific movement from Giroud and fine vision from Mbappe to find him. Record goal for Giroud as he becomes France's all-time top goalscorer.

44' GOOOAAALL!! Giroud scores to give France the lead. Mbappe plays a fine ball to find Giroud in space who makes no mistake in beating his former Arsenal teammate Szczesny. France lead 1-0.

43' Krychowiak has been quite impressive so far with his positional play, helping out his defenders time and again.

◉ Saved
◉ Blocked
◉ Cleared off the line

Somehow Poland haven't scored!#FIFAWorldCup
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) December 4, 2022

39' First real chance for Poland as they continue to grow confident on the ball.

38' SAVE!!! Chaos in the French box as Lloris pulls off a great save from Zielinski's strike. The save is followed up by a wonderful clearance off the line by Varane to deny Krychowiak.

31' Tchouameni gets a yellow card for crashing into Frankowski. Free kick from 25 yards out for Poland.

29' WHAT A MISS!! France find space on the counter as Griezmann sets up Dembele who makes a wonderful cross. Giroud just has to tap it in but he fails to time it right. First clear chance of the game.

Mbappe's top speed in the game has just flashed up on the big screen as 35km/h.

Rapid.#Fra #FIFAWorldCup
— Shamoon Hafez (@ShamoonHafez) December 4, 2022

27' Poland slowly settling into the game after keeping some possession in the last few minutes.

22' Kounde takes a shot from long-range now and hits straight at Szczesny. Decent hit that.

21' CHANCE!! Lewandowski finds some space just outside the French box and takes a shot with his left foot. The ball goes just wide, a rare attempt for Poland.

France have had 69% possession in the opening 15 minutes vs. Poland.

Nice. #FIFAWorldCup
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) December 4, 2022

17' Dembele takes a shot from outside the box but it ends up being a routine save for Szczesny.

16' One-third of the first half gone and as expected, France are dominating proceedings so far.

14' Massive test for Matty Cash today as he faces one of the deadliest attackers in the world today in the form of Kylian Mbappe.

13' SAVE!! Tchouameni forces Szczesny into a save from his long-range effort. Another corner for France.

11' Another fine cross by Mbappe in the box but no French player was around to capitalize on it.

9' Mbappe makes an incisive run from the left and puts in a good cross, only for Bereszynski to head it out for a corner.

History is on Poland's side 👀#BBCFootball #BBCWorldCup pic.twitter.com/C4KbUsheME
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) December 4, 2022

4' Griezmann's corner is met by Varane's head but the header is quite wide .

3' The first corner of the game goes to France. Can they make something out of it?

The World Cup brings the best out of Antoine Griezmann 🤙#BBCFootball #BBCWorldCup pic.twitter.com/t2QguNMSHI
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) December 4, 2022

2' Griezmann's free-kick is a bit too strong and goes out for a goal-kick.

1' Early freekick to France. Test for Poland early in the game.

1' The referee blows the whistle as France kick off the proceedings tonight.

We aren't far away from kick-off as both teams are now out.

Robert Lewandowski, despite being a top goal-scorer in his career has struggled to impose himself in this tournament. Can he change it around today and spring a surprise?

Hugo Lloris starts today against Poland and becomes the most capped player in France football history with 142 caps, level with Lilian Thuram. What an incredible achievement!
— Julien Laurens (@LaurensJulien) December 4, 2022

Kylian Mbappe, who has scored three goals already in the tournament, will once again be looked up to make a difference and hopefully take the lead in the Golden Boot race. Wojciech Szczesny has been in stellar form between the sticks for Poland as he prepares to face a top-quality French attack.

No surprises as far as the French lineup is concerned, Didier Deschamps selects his best starting XI. Poland will play with a back three and will be hoping to hurt the reigning champions on the counter.

71 consecutive appearances.

Antoine Griezmann will break a France record against Poland—he hasn’t missed a game since 2017 👏 pic.twitter.com/lsXzxcLdba
— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 4, 2022

Substitutes available for Poland: Kamil Grabara, Łukasz Skorupski, Artur Jędrzejczyk, Mateusz Wieteska, Robert Gumny, Jan Bednarek, Damian Szymański, Nicola Zalewski, Michał Skóraś, Szymon Żurkowski, Kamil Grosicki, Krystian Bielik, Krzysztof Piątek, Karol Świderski, Arkadiusz Milik.

Substitutes available for France: Steve Mandanda, Alphonse Aréola, Benjamin Pavard, William Saliba, Ibrahima Konaté, Axel Disasi, Mattéo Guendouzi, Eduardo Camavinga, Youssouf Fofana, Kingsley Coman, Jordan Veretout, Marcus Thuram, Randal Kolo Muani.

Poland (3-4-2-1): Wojciech Szczesny, Bartosz Bereszynski, Kamil Glik, Jakub Kiwior, Matty Cash, Sebastian Szymanski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Piotr Zielinski, Jakub Kaminski, Robert Lewandowski (C).

France (4-2-3-1): Hugo Lloris (C), Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot, Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud.

The line-ups for both teams are out. Let's have a look at them.

Poland's defensive approach hasn't been as fruitful for them and it will surely not help against the mighty France. That being said, they are yet to concede a goal in the first half in this tournament so far.

France have been impressive so far after winning their first two group games but lost to Tunisia in the third match after making a number of changes to their starting XI. On the other hand, Poland just managed to qualify despite winning just a single game in the group stages.

Hello and welcome to Sportskeeda's live coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup fixture between France and Poland. This is third match of the round of 16 as the defending champions face Lewandowski-led Poland.

Date & Time

04 December, Sun 08:30 PM IST

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