“Les Bleus” acquired a de facto qualification earlier than the sport, and the Poles have been eradicated in fourth place. French workforce boss Didier Deschamps did not assume a lot of switching. Celebrity Mbappé performed with a masks from the beginning after hitting Austria defender Kevin Danso on the shoulder, solely Antoine Griezmann was left on the bench this time in comparison with the sport towards the Holland. Bradley Barcola performed for him. There was extra distribution among the many Poles. The famous person Robert Lewandowski, who was injured initially of the European Championship, was within the beginning line for the primary time. Wojciech Szczesny remained on the bench in objective, with Lukasz Skorupski beginning in his place.
The French took management of the sport and had their first likelihood within the eleventh minute via Theo Hernandez from a decent angle. Within the nineteenth, Ousmane Dembele failed alone in entrance of Skorupski after a move from N’Golo Kante. The Poles have been answerable for the counter, however as a result of lack of French stress they needed to take the sport away at occasions. Lewandowski had Poland’s lead on his head, however the ball simply missed (34′). Within the forty second, Mbappé tried once more to cease the objective ban on the European Championships from a decent angle, however he failed. Shortly after, the Italian referee Marco Guida blew the whistle for the primary half of a sport that suffered from each the celebrities and the warmth.
France got here out of the locker room with extra power and pushed for the opening objective. Within the forty ninth minute there was a double likelihood from Dembele and Mbappé, which Skorupski ultimately saved, after which a shot from Mbappé that went previous the far nook. Within the 56th minute the time had come: After a Polish defender introduced down Dembele within the penalty space, Mbappé stepped up, despatched Skorupski into the unsuitable nook and accomplished the Championship objective ban of Europe with punishment. This was additionally the second objective of the French workforce on the European Championships and the primary objective they scored themselves. The 1-0 victory towards Austria was the results of an personal objective from Maximilian Wöber.
A triple change by Deschamps didn’t change a lot of the character of the sport. France pushed for the second objective. Polish goalkeeper Lewandowski had an opportunity to equalize with a long-range shot within the 72nd minute, the ball simply missed Mike Maignan’s objective. The shock got here within the 76th minute: Dayot Upamecano hit Karol Swiderski, who had simply been changed, within the penalty space. Lewandowski went up and Maignan saved the primary try. Nevertheless, Guida did it once more because the French goalkeeper had drifted off the road too early. The Poland captain slotted the replay safely into the left nook.
