France 3 Poland 1 LIVE RESULT: Stunning Mbappe brace sets up potential World Cup quarter-final with England – updates
KYLIAN MBAPPE has fired France into the World Cup quarter-finals, scoring twice in a 3-1 win over Poland.
Olivier Giroud opened the scoring with a fine effort before half-time and it's got even better for Les Bleus since.
Then Mbappe picked the ball up on the edge of the area and took his time before slamming the ball into the top corner to put France in command.
And the PSG star did the same minutes later, putting the ball in the opposite corner before Poland scored a late penalty.
- Start time: 3pm GMT
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- France XI: Lloris; Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez; Tchouameni, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe; Giroud
- Poland XI: Szczesny, Bereszynski, Glik, Kiwior, Cash, Krychowiak, Zielinski, Szymanski, Frankowski, Kaminski, Lewandowski
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France 1-0 Poland
66. Rabiot is having a more effective half.
He is picking the ball up in dangerous areas and linking play.
Kounde crosses with Giroud getting a slight touch but the ball nestles into the side-netting.
Tchouaméni comes off for Fofana.
France 1-0 Poland
64. Griezmann finds Mbappe on the back post.
He stands the defender up and then looks for a quick one-two.
Shooting immediately as the ball is played back to him, he cannot get it out from under his feet to trouble the keeper.
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62. France are looking to slow play down in possession.
They have their lead, it is for Poland to chase the game now.
Tactically, Poland are holding firm and keeping France at bay.
France 1-0 Poland
60. Referees are told now to immediately stop play for head injuries.
That should be the case but in this instance it resulted in play being stopped unnecessarily.
Bit of a retro throwback to a time where keepers could buy free kicks.
France 1-0 Poland
58. Crazy phase of play there.
Szczesny meets the cross, beating Giroud to the ball.
As he lands he starts holding his back.
The referee immediately stops play just as Giroud overhead kicks the ball into the net.
Replays show Szczesny may have been at it there.
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56. France are knocking on the door again.
Dembele is coming into the game more and more.
For all his skills, his end product is distinctly lacking today.
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54. Mbappe receives the ball and cuts inside.
Rabiot goes on the overlap and the PSG striker feeds him in.
he cuts the ball back to the penalty spot but Bereszynski is able to clear.
France 1-0 Poland
52. In these early stages we are seeing Lewandowski on the right flank a lot.
Not sure it is where you want to find your 34-year-old 'fox in the box' striker.
He has not quite got the pace of Mbappe to utilise there.
France 1-0 Poland
50. Poland need to try and find a way to get Lewandowski into the game more.
France will try and make it difficult for that to happen.
The Barcelona striker is having to get all around the pitch looking for the ball, not in areas where he can hurt France.
France 1-0 Poland
48. Griezmann takes the free kick from a wide position.
He goes for goal but Szczesny is equal to it.
Varane nearly got an awkward touch to that.
France 1-0 Poland - Bereszynski yellow card
46. More of the same is required of Poland in this half.
They will be hoping to create the number of chances they did in the first half.
Bereszynski is given a yellow card for a foul on Dembele.
Kick-off: France 1-0 Poland
Poland get the second half started.
They have it all to do.
Big 45 minutes ahead.
Inside the ground - half time analysis
SunSport's Mark Irwin reports from Qatar:
Well we’ve just seen history being made by Olivier Giroud netting his 52nd international goal to become France’s all-time record scorer.
The veteran striker took Kylian Mbappe’s through ball on the turn to beat his former Arsenal team-mate Wojcicech Szczesny and to put the world champions on course for a potential quarter-final clash with England.
As we expected, Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele have been running riot down the wings but it hasn’t all been one-way traffic.
Piotr Zielinski had a glorious opportunity to fire Poland into a 38th minute lead, but Hugo Lloris marked his own piece of French history with a terrific point-blank save before Raphael Varane cleared the follow up off the line.
Lloris is winning his 142nd cap tonight, another French national record, but there’s still plenty of work to be done before he can be certain of extending that appearance record here in Qatar.
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The tables have turned for Poland now.
No time to try and massage your goal difference in the knockout rounds of the World Cup.
Czesław Michniewicz has to rethink his tactics now as they need to find a way back into this game.
The positive for Poland is that they have created more chances in that first half than they have in the rest of the tournament.
Sadly, their chances so far have fallen to everyone bar Lewandowski.
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France lead at half time at the Al Bayt Stadium.
They have shown some defensive weakness in that first half but a moment of magic from Mbappe and Giroud separates the teams.
HT: France 1-0 Poland
The referee brings the half to a close.
We have witnessed a piece of history here.
Olivier Giroud is France's record goalscorer.
France 1-0 Poland - Kaminski chance
45+1. As the cross comes in, it falls at the feet of Kaminski.
He gets a shot away which deflects and misses the post by inches.
Lloris was scrambling there.
France 1-0 Poland
45. Mbappe plays a neat pass through to Giroud.
He knows where the goal is as he spins and shoots.
The ball nestling into the bottom corner, clinical.
We are going to have two minutes added.
Goal - Olivier Giroud (France)
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43. Kounde holds up play as he has to take his gold chains off.
Fortunately he is not like Mr T or we could have been here all day.
Added time has been quite a player in this tournament already.
France 0-0 Poland
41. Well Poland certainly gave France a scare there.
It should give the Poles some confidence to attack Les Bleus.
They are not made of stone and do look nervy when under pressure at the back.
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France 0-0 Poland - Zielinski chance
39. What a chance for Poland.
The ball is cut back from the byline and Zielinski meets it on the penalty spot and puts his foot through it.
Lloris makes a great save.
The ball allows a second effort for Poland but Varane clears the ball from behind his keeper.
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37. Corner comes in from France but Poland cannot clear the ball completely.
It drops to Giroud with his back to goal, so obviously he tries an overhead kick.
The ball loops up for Szczesny to gather but he is taken out by Dembele.
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35. This is the best phase of play I have seen in this World Cup from Poland as they spend some time in French territory.
Aston Villa's Matty Cash meets the ball on the edge of the box but his effort goes well wide.
Positive stuff from Poland.
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33. Poland have a free kick after a foul by Tchouaméni which also results in a yellow card.
Lewandowski stands over the ball.
His effort is driven straight into the wall, terrible effort.