France 3-1 Poland: Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe score
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Olivier Giroud became France’s all-time leading goalscorer as the World Cup holders coasted past Poland to reach the quarter-finals.
The AC Milan striker scored his 52nd goal for France to claim the country’s outright record, surpassing the great Thierry Henry.
The historic goal came on the stroke of half-time after Giroud controlled Kylian Mbappe’s pass before converting low into the net beyond the reach of Wojciech Szczesny.
But having provided the assist for the first goal, the brilliant Mbappe turned on the style by scoring two fabulous strikes in the second half.
He hit a powerful drive into the roof of the net from 16 yards for his first and curled home a wonderful second in injury time to take the lead in the Golden Boot race with five goals.
Didier Deschamps’ side had been left frustrated up until the opener and could well have fallen behind.
Poland’s best opening in the first half came when the ball dropped for Piotr Zielinski in the centre of the penalty area, but his strike was straight at Hugo Lloris.
Robert Lewandowski did manage a consolation for the Poles, rolling in a penalty with the last kick of the game.
England and Senegal meet on Sunday (19:00 GMT) for the right to play France in next Saturday’s quarter-final.
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France
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Squad number3Player nameDisasi -
Squad number13Player nameFofana -
Squad number20Player nameComan -
Squad number26Player nameThuram
Line-ups
France
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Lloris
- 5KoundéSubstituted forDisasiat 90+2′minutes
- 4Varane
- 18Upamecano
- 22Hernández
- 8TchouaméniBooked at 31minsSubstituted forFofanaat 66′minutes
- 14Rabiot
- 11DembéléSubstituted forComanat 76′minutes
- 7Griezmann
- 10Mbappé
- 9GiroudSubstituted forThuramat 76′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Pavard
- 3Disasi
- 6Guendouzi
- 12Kolo Muani
- 13Fofana
- 15Veretout
- 16Mandanda
- 17Saliba
- 20Coman
- 23Aréola
- 24Konaté
- 25Camavinga
- 26Thuram
Poland
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 1Szczesny
- 2CashBooked at 88mins
- 15Glik
- 14KiwiorSubstituted forBednarekat 87′minutes
- 18BereszynskiBooked at 47mins
- 10KrychowiakSubstituted forBielikat 71′minutes
- 13KaminskiSubstituted forZalewskiat 71′minutes
- 20Zielinski
- 19SzymanskiSubstituted forMilikat 64′minutes
- 24FrankowskiSubstituted forGrosickiat 87′minutes
- 9Lewandowski
Substitutes
- 3Jedrzejczyk
- 4Wieteska
- 5Bednarek
- 6Bielik
- 7Milik
- 8Szymanski
- 11Grosicki
- 12Skorupski
- 16Swiderski
- 17Zurkowski
- 21Zalewski
- 22Grabara
- 23Piatek
- 25Gumny
- 26Skóras
- Referee:
- Jesús Valenzuela
- Attendance:
- 40,989
Live Text
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Match ends, France 3, Poland 1.
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Second Half ends, France 3, Poland 1.
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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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VAR Decision: Penalty Poland.
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Penalty conceded by Dayot Upamecano (France) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
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Offside, Poland. Robert Lewandowski tries a through ball, but Arkadiusz Milik is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kamil Grosicki with a cross.
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Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
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Substitution, France. Axel Disasi replaces Jules Koundé.
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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.
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Matty Cash (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Marcus Thuram (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Matty Cash (Poland).
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Foul by Youssouf Fofana (France).
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Krystian Bielik (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Substitution, Poland. Kamil Grosicki replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
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Substitution, Poland. Jan Bednarek replaces Jakub Kiwior.
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Foul by Kylian Mbappé (France).
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Nicola Zalewski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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