France vs Poland : Lineups and LIVE Updates - World Cup Update
Defending champions France take on Poland in their FIFA World Cup 2022 Round of 16 clash on Sunday afternoon.
Les Blues made a wholesale nine changes for their game against the North African opponent and fell to a surprise 1-0 loss in their final group game, with Adrien Rabiot, Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Antoine Griezmann all coming off the bench late in the game.
Despite their loss, France go into the game as overwhelming favorites to beat Poland after snapping the long-running underperformance jinx by becoming the first defending World Cup winner to reach the round of 16 since Brazil in 2006.
Needless to say, Mbappe was France's talisman in the group stages, getting on the scoresheet three times during Les Bleus' opening two group games, having opened his account in a 4-1 victory over Australia before bagging a brace to drag his country over the line in a tricky game against Denmark.
On the other hand, Poland progressed for the knockout stages by a hair's breadth, mainly after their 2-0 loss to Argentina in the last group game. At one point in time, the White and Reds were on their way to round 16 only because they had less yellow cards than Mexico, but Saudi Arabia's late strike in the simultaneous game guaranteed Poland made it to the knockout round for the first time since 1986.
Juventus shot-stopper Wojciech Szczesny has kept Poland's hopes alive thus far in the tournament. He has saved two penalties and is set for another busy night in between the sticks for Poland here.
France vs Poland confirmed lineups
France XI (4-2-3-1): Lloris; Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, T. Hernandez; Tchouameni, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe; Giroud
Poland XI (3-4-2-1): Szczesny; Bereszynski, Glik, Kiwior; Cash, Szymanski, Krychowiak, Frankowski; Kaminski, Zielinski; Lewandowski France vs Poland LIVE updates
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