2022 World Cup: Giroud-Mbappe Records When France Follows The Netherlands And Argentina To The Quarter Finals

JAKARTA - The French national team stepped into the quarter-finals of Qatar's 2022 World Cup after beating Poland at the Al Thumama Stadium, Sunday, December 4, evening. Les Bleus won 3-1 in the last 16.

No surprises were made even though Poland actually put up a fight. France also followed in the footsteps of the Dutch and Argentina, who had already qualified for the next round.

In the next round, France will face the winner of the match between England and Senegal. France's meeting with England is certainly highly anticipated.

France's match against Poland went tight and entertaining. France had a chance in the 16th minute with Ousmane Dembele's strike. Although the ball was aimed at the goal, goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was in the right position to catch him.

The same condition also occurred on Jules Kunde's chances in the 22nd minute. The ball was easily caught by the Polish goalkeeper.

Olivier Giroud also almost scored the opener in this match. But unfortunately, even though it was without escort, his flick was still far from the target.

Poland is not without a chance. They even almost scored in the 38th minute.

Luckily for France, their defenders were quick to block all the balls that wanted to get into the net, Hugo Lloris, Theo Hernandez and Raphael Varane got up and down to keep the score 0-0.

In the 44th minute, it was France that managed to break the deadlock. Receiving a pass from Mbappe, Giroud escaped the offside trap. Calmly, the AC Milan player defeated Szczesny.

This goal further solidified Giroud's record as the France's all-time leading goalscorer. He has scored 52 goals for Les Bleus.

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨! 👑Les Bleus take the lead in the 44th minute!! 😍Thanks to that strike, @OlivierGiroud becomes France's 𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀 𝙇𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙎𝘾𝙊𝙍𝙀𝙍 with 5️⃣2️⃣ goals 🇫🇷🇫🇷1-0🇵🇱 #FRAPOL | #FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/7Cfde6zLYF

— French Team ⭐⭐ (@FrenchTeam) December 4, 2022

In addition, Giroud's goal was also the last in the first half. The 1-0 score lasted until the break.

The second half went as exciting as it was. Poland continued to put up fierce resistance. While already ahead France did not want to just survive.

The act of buying and selling attacks also occurred. Although no results have been achieved by both teams because their defense is both playing extraordinaryly.

Entering the 74th minute, Les Bleus scored his second goal. This time, Mbappe was the scorer for Didier Deschamps' team.

Starting from a counterattack, Giroud collaborated with Dembele. The ball was then awarded by the unsupervised Barcelona player Mbappe. Mbappe's hard kick made the ball slide unstoppable into the Polish goal.

In the remaining time, Poland seems no longer passionate. They also had difficulty penetrating the strength of the French defense.

Justu Les Bleus who added to the advantage towards the end of the match. Mbappe scored his second goal with a hard right foot kick from inside the box.

The goal made Mbappe also set a record in this match. He became the first player in history to score nine goals in the World Cup before his 24th birthday.

MAKE IT 9️⃣! https://t.co/ePE4KCRMPx

— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 4, 2022

Poland got an entertainment goal in the second half extra minutes. They were awarded a penalty after the referee saw in the VAR show that a French player had handsball.

Robert Lewandowski, who became the executioner, actually failed at the first opportunity. Hugo Lloris managed to secure his first execution.

However, the penalty had to be repeated because the French players had already entered the penalty box before Lewandowski executed it. On the second occasion, the Barcelona player did not make the same mistake. The final score was 3-1 for France's victory.

Lineup:

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

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