France made the talk against Poland (3-1) on Sunday, with the untenable gunner Kylian Mbappé and the record scorer Olivier Giroud, continuing their historic quest for a double at the World Cup, before a quarter-final on Saturday next, against Harry Kane's England.
Pillar of the 2018 title, without a goal scored, Giroud took the Blues to qualification with a historic fifty-second pawn before the break, one more than Thierry Henry.
Kylian Mbappé then scored twice before Poland reduced the score from the penalty spot in stoppage time. The evening in pictures.
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Olivier JUSZCZAK
After the third game of hen without stake, the team of France was adorned with its best clothes with the return of the cadors at the kickoff like Antoine Griezmann and Adrien Rabiot, still solid.
And Kylian Mbappé had put on his best shoes for the occasion.
Olivier Giroud tried his union bicycle per game, but, unfortunately, a fault had been committed just before not one of his teammates.
After a great fear in front of the tricolor cage of Hugo Lloris, co-holder of the selections record for the France team (142), a serious warning for the Blues who were not always calm in defense in the first half, the Blues reacted.
Arising on a small ball from Kylian Mbappé in the back of the defense, Olivier scored with a cross shot (44th).
Kylian Mbappé immediately came to hug him to congratulate him!
Football is beautiful sometimes!
With this 52nd goal for the France team, Olivier Giroud alone seized the record he co-held with Thierry Henry (51 goals).
“I was expecting it, the sooner the better, reacted the big bearded man from AC Milan.
Above all, it's very good for the team, because it puts us on the right track for this match, after the triple chance they had.
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And on the second goal, it was Giroud who launched the action with splendid control in the center of the field before launching Dembélé, passer for…
The clear strike of "Kyky" (74th)!
Unaffected by the pressure, the Paris SG superstar has taken care of his statistics.
To the delight of his teammates!
With a second light strike (90 + 1), Kylian Mbappé came to register his second double of the competition.
Here he is firmly established at the top of the scorers of the World Cup-2022, with five achievements at this time.
"This World Cup is an obsession, it's the competition of my dreams", savored Mbappé, admitting to having built his season for this mission, "whether physically or mentally".
After the reduction of Poland's score from the penalty spot in stoppage time, France are in the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the third time in a row, a clear round under the Deschamps era.
And it will therefore be against the English, vice-champions of Europe and fourth in the World Cup-2018, that the Blues have only faced twice in the World Cup for two defeats, in 1966 (2-0) and in 1982 ( 3-1).
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