The trump cards for the "roosters" are ready for the round of 16

France is looking forward to a 40-year-old vendetta against Poland

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40 years after their only meeting in the FIFA World Cup finals, the French national team returns to face its Polish counterpart in the World Cup again in a purely European match.

The French national team's campaign to defend its title, which it won in the last World Cup in Russia in 2018, will be at stake when it meets Poland at Al-Thumama stadium today, in the round of 16 of the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

The two teams met in 16 official and friendly matches, with the preference given to the French team, which achieved eight victories, while the Poland national team won three matches, and the draw was over five matches.

Despite this, the Polish national team settled the only confrontation that took place between the two teams in the World Cup in its favour, when it defeated France 3/2 in the match for third and fourth places in the 1982 edition of the competition in Spain.

It is noteworthy that the winner of this meeting will meet next Saturday in the quarter-finals with the winner of the England-Senegal match.

The French national team advanced to the knockout stage, after being at the top of Group D with six points, after achieving two victories and receiving one loss, outperforming the general goals difference over its closest opponents, Australia.

Despite the strong start of the "Roosters" team in the tournament with its crushing victory 1/4 over Australia, it overcame the hurdle of the Denmark national team with difficulty, after defeating it 1/2 in the final minutes of the second round, before losing 0/1 to the Tunisian national team at the end of its matches.

The fall of the French national team against Tunisia, which came after guaranteeing early qualification for the next round, ended the series of non-loss in the World Cup, which coach Didier Deschamps' team achieved during its past nine meetings in the World Cup, as this was the team's first defeat in the tournament since losing 0/1. Against Germany in the quarter-finals of the competition in 2014 in Brazil.

And it seems that all the winning cards that the French national team currently possess are ready to face Poland, led by Kylian Mbappe, Osman Dembele, Kingsley Coman and Antoine Griezmann.

The Polish national team passed the first round for the fifth time in its World Cup history, after finishing second in its group standings with four points, after winning one match, drawing one match and losing another.

Poland opened its campaign in Group C with a goalless draw with Mexico, in a meeting whose star Robert Lewandowski missed a penalty kick, before the Barcelona star scored his first goal in his World Cup career, leading the team to a 2-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in the round. second to the group.

The Polish national team concluded its campaign in the group stage with a 2-0 loss against Argentina.

The two teams met in 16 matches, France won 8, while Poland won 3, and the tie overshadowed 5 confrontations.

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