France vs. Poland live updates: France holds 1-0 lead in 2nd half

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The 2022 FIFA World Cup continues Sunday on FS1 with France (2-0-1) taking on Poland (1-1-1) at Qatar’s Al-Thumama Stadium in the tournament’s third match of the round of 16.

Later, England will face Senegal in Sunday’s second knockout-stage game (2 p.m. ET, FS1 and the FOX Sports app). The winners will advance to play each other in the quarterfinals, which begin Dec. 9.

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France vs. Poland

13′: Szczęsny starts where he left off

After recording nine first-half saves in Argentina, Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny made a diving save on Aurelien Tchouaméni’s promising strike to keep the game scoreless.

21′: Robert Lewandowski looking for a goal

The Polish star nearly made a spectacular goal happen as he searched to give his team a 1-0 lead in its hopes of upsetting France.

29′: Giroud so close

Olivier Giroud’s redirection in front of the net went just wide as France appeared to have Szczęsny beat, leaving the match scoreless. The goal also would’ve given Giroud the French record for most goals in international play.

35′: Mbappé nearly makes magic

The French star faked out a Polish defender and nearly scored one of the top goals of the tournament – but his shot went just wide of the net.

38′: Poland created chaos but was somehow unable to score

Poland was able to get multiple shots in front of the net with France off-guard. However, Hugo Lloris stepped up to make a save while France’s defense was able to make a collective save off the line to keep Poland off the board.

44′: Giroud makes it happen for France

The French finally broke through when Giroud got away from the pack to get one-on-one with the goalie and scored right off the pass to give France a 1-0 lead. It also gave Giroud the all-time French record for most goals in international play.

France’s Olivier Giroud scores goal vs. Poland in 44′

65′: Giroud goes for it all

After scoring a goal earlier in the match, the new all-time French scoring leader tried to one-up himself with a bicycle kick. His shot went just wide of the post, keeping the match at 1-0.

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PREGAME

Setting the stage

France continues its quest to be the first nation to repeat as men’s World Cup champions since 1962. It made to the knockout stage with ease as it won its first two matches in group play decisively.

Meanwhile, Poland is looking to make it past the round of 16 for the first time since 1982, when it finished in third place in the World Cup. It barely survived group play as it lost 2-0 to Argentina in its last match.

The sensation of Mbappé

France manager Didier Deschamps broke down what makes Kylian Mbappé so special as the 23-year-old has already scored three goals in this World Cup.

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