FIFA World Cup

FT Sunday, December 4, 2022
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France WLWWL 3
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Al Thumama Stadium · 40,989 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud net as France beat Poland to secure World Cup quarterfinal place

Goals from Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe secured France a place in the World Cup quarterfinals on Sunday with a convincing 3-1 win over Poland.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
1
45.1
Possession
54.9
12
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
377
Accurate Passes
476
456
Passes
551
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
4
16
Crosses
25
0.4
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
42
12
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
9
20
Effective Clearances
8
20
Clearances
8

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-1

Lineups

FRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 18Dayot UpamecanoCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 22Theo HernándezLB
  5. 5Jules KoundéRB
  6. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  7. 14Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 8Aurélien TchouaméniRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Kylian MbappéAM-L
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Matteo GuendouziSUB
  2. 26Marcus ThuramSUB
  3. 15Jordan VeretoutSUB
  4. 12Randal Kolo MuaniSUB
  5. 23Alphonse AreolaSUB
  6. 16Steve MandandaSUB
  7. 3Axel DisasiSUB
  8. 13Youssouf FofanaSUB
  9. 20Kingsley ComanSUB
  10. 25Eduardo CamavingaSUB
  11. 17William SalibaSUB
  12. 24Ibrahima KonatéSUB
  13. 2Benjamin PavardSUB

POL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 14Jakub KiwiorCD-L
  3. 15Kamil GlikCD-R
  4. 10Grzegorz KrychowiakDM
  5. 18Bartosz BereszynskiLB
  6. 2Matty CashRB
  7. 19Sebastian SzymanskiCM-L
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiCM-R
  9. 24Przemyslaw FrankowskiLM
  10. 13Jakub KaminskiRM
  11. 9Robert LewandowskiF

Substitutes

  1. 26Michal SkorasSUB
  2. 5Jan BednarekSUB
  3. 4Mateusz WieteskaSUB
  4. 7Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  5. 3Artur JedrzejczykSUB
  6. 11Kamil GrosickiSUB
  7. 17Szymon ZurkowskiSUB
  8. 22Kamil GrabaraSUB
  9. 6Krystian BielikSUB
  10. 21Nicola ZalewskiSUB
  11. 25Robert GumnySUB
  12. 16Karol SwiderskiSUB
  13. 23Krzysztof PiatekSUB
  14. 12Lukasz SkorupskiSUB
  15. 8Damian SzymanskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Goal! France 1, Poland 0. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a through ball.
  3. 47' Bartosz Bereszynski (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 64' Substitution, Poland. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Sebastian Szymanski.
  5. 66' Substitution, France. Youssouf Fofana replaces Aurélien Tchouaméni.
  6. 71' Substitution, Poland. Nicola Zalewski replaces Jakub Kaminski.
  7. 71' Substitution, Poland. Krystian Bielik replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
  8. 74' Goal! France 2, Poland 0. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé following a fast break.
  9. 76' Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  10. 76' Substitution, France. Marcus Thuram replaces Olivier Giroud.
  11. 86' Substitution, Poland. Jan Bednarek replaces Jakub Kiwior.
  12. 87' Substitution, Poland. Kamil Grosicki replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
  13. 88' Matty Cash (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+1' Goal! France 3, Poland 0. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marcus Thuram.
  15. 90'+2' Substitution, France. Axel Disasi replaces Jules Koundé.
  16. 90'+9' Goal! France 3, Poland 1. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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