If the game is not smooth, the best thing is to have strength and France has that in abundance, which, on the way to renew the title of champion, pulled the dynamite from its attackers, this time Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappé, who won his second double in the World Cup, to end the Polish resistance and advance to the quarter-finals.
The first was responsible for opening the cake with his number 52 as well as internationally, which recognizes him as the top scorer in the history of France, and the second reinforced the result with two geniuses that take him a little more to the legend who has word start writing.
The champion, who will face the winner of the match between England and Senegal for a place in the semi-finals, has never lost a round of 16 and this time once again showed that she is one of the main candidates for the title.
If there’s anything surprising about France’s 2022 vintage, it’s the composure with which it approaches the assault on its second successive title, as if the vertigo of what it can achieve, becoming the first nation to renew the title in 60 years, wasn’t enough to make Didier to harass The company of Deschamps.
The team acts like a tuning fork that, boringly, tries to destroy rival defenses on the wings, especially on the left, where it has a sting that already scares before it hits the ball.
Mbappé was once again in charge of spreading fear, although this time he credited Giroud for making it happen. And it is that the veteran Milan striker had a personal appointment with history, a matter between him, a much-discussed player, and the irrefutable statistics that have placed him as the top scorer in France’s history since tonight in Qatar.
GIROUD OPENES THE CAN
The striker took advantage of a cross from Mbappé as he was eager to do what he does best in the first half, slip through enemy lines and define powerfully. Thus, he defeated Thierry Henry without appeal and continued France’s journey to the quarter-finals, which had not seemed like a smooth ride until then.
France had crashed into two Polish lines, which silenced Antoine Griezmann, thus silencing the French attack, reduced to a long shot from Tchouaméni and a few jabs from Mbappé on the wings, where his quick tip hurt less for the abundance of Poland, and a soft shot from Dembelé.
Almost nothing for the arsenal that the “bleus” have and in addition they saw how Poland came to protest against them and when they lowered the piston a little Bartosz Bereszynski decided to make life impossible for Jules Koundé for his band and the “white eagles seemed to spoil Hugo Lloris’ celebration of his 141st game in “bleu” to tie Lilian Thuram’s record.
However, the Tottenham goalkeeper showed why he has accumulated so many games and in Poland’s most dangerous game, a combination between Bereszynski and Piotr Zielinski that he finished almost scoreless, he answered with a good interception, supported by a clearance from Raphael Varane to the next shot from Jakub Kaminski.
Lewandowski hardly got any balls and the Barcelona player left little news on the field.
The flip side of the coin was placed by a Giroud who took advantage of the first he had, in the 44th minute, after receiving from Mbappé and confident in definition to beat Wojciech Szczesny.
The goal forced Czeslaw Michniewicz’s men to revise their plans and hatch their heads, but also to take more risks and leave more space in the back.
There, France breathed, Mbappé found meters and Griezmann began to take over, making the second plan more than the draw.
The PSG striker put on his best face and had the desired prize in 74, when a long ball from Griezmann landed in his own area at the feet of Giroud, who served Mbappé alongside Dembelé, with enough yards to aim and shoot the Pole . plow. The four musketeers who serve the team.
With matters settled, the PSG striker took the opportunity to add another stab to his legendary suit with a goal full of class and beauty, the fifth so far in the World Cup, another of the goals he has already brought back from his adventure in Russia.
He is four behind Just Fontaine as France’s top scorer and already has two more than Pelé when the Brazilian was under 24.
In extra time, VAR saw a handball from Dayot Upamecano in the French area and the penalty, the second time, enabled Robert Lewandowski to score his second goal in the World Cup, after the maximum penalty had to be repeated.
The Pole says goodbye to the competition with good news that does not make up for his sad performance.
– Data sheet:
3- France: you cry; Koundé (Disasi, m.92), Varane, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez; Tchouameni (Fofana, m.66), Rabiot; Griezman; Dembele (Coman, m.76), Giroud (Thuram, m.76), Mbappe
1- Poland: Szczesny; Cash, Glik, Kiwior (Bednarek, m.87), Bereszynski; Krychowiak (Bielik, m.71); Kaminski (Zalewski, m.71), Zielinski, Szymanski (Milik, m.64), Frankowski (Grosicki, m.87); Lewandowski
Goals: 1-0, m.44: Giroud; 2-0, m.74: Mbappe; 3-0, m.91: Mbappe; 3-1, m.99: Lewandowski (p)
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (VEN), admonished the French Tchouaméni (37) and the Poles Bereszynski (47) and Cash (88)
incidents: Round of 16 match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup played at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha in front of 40,989 spectators.
Source: El heraldo
I’m George Gonzalez, a professional journalist and author at The Nation View. With more than 5 years of experience in the field, I specialize in covering sports news for various print media outlets. My passion for writing has enabled me to craft stories that capture the attention of readers all over the world.
