France vs. Poland The 2022 FIFA World Cup continues Sunday on FS1 with France (2-0-1) taking on Poland (1-1-1) at Qatar’s Al-Thumama Stadium in the tournament’s third match of the round of 16.
Later, England will face Senegal in Sunday’s second knockout-stage game (2 p.m. ET, FS1 and the FOX Sports app). The winners will advance to play each other in the quarterfinals, which begin Dec. 9.
Here are the top plays!
France vs. Poland
13′: Szczęsny starts where he left off
After recording nine first-half saves in Argentina, Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny made a diving save on Aurelien Tchouaméni’s promising strike to keep the game scoreless.
21′: Robert Lewandowski looking for a goal
The Polish star nearly made a spectacular goal happen as he searched to give his team a 1-0 lead in its hopes of upsetting France.
29′: Giroud so close
Olivier Giroud’s redirection in front of the net went just wide as France appeared to have Szczęsny beat, leaving the match scoreless. The goal also would’ve given Giroud the French record for most goals in international play.
35′: Mbappé nearly makes magic
The French star faked out a Polish defender and nearly scored one of the top goals of the tournament – but his shot went just wide of the net.
38′: Poland created chaos but was somehow unable to score
Poland was able to get multiple shots in front of the net with France off-guard. However, Hugo Lloris stepped up to make a save while France’s defense was able to make a collective save off the line to keep Poland off the board.
44′: Giroud makes it happen for France
The French finally broke through when Giroud got away from the pack to get one-on-one with the goalie and scored right off the pass to give France a 1-0 lead. It also gave Giroud the all-time French record for most goals in international play.