When will France vs Poland play for the World Cup in Qatar?
The match will begin at 12:00 at the Al Thumama Stadium and will be broadcast by TyC Sports.
France qualified as the leader of Group D, with two victories (4-1 against Australia and 2-1 with Denmark) and a surprise defeat with substitutes (1-0 vs. Tunisia), and Poland passed as escort in C, with four points (0-0 vs. Mexico, 2-0 vs. Saudi Arabia and 0-2 with Argentina).
The styles of both teams are vastly different, as France can be comfortable with a monopoly on the ball with Adrian Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann, and also find space to get out quickly with Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé.
In addition, France has the resource of the aerial game and the effectiveness of its historical scorer Olivier Giroud, who scored a double in his debut.
For its part, Poland, as observed in the first three games, usually plays a closed 4-4-2 -passed to a 5-4-1-, with Robert Lewandoski as the offensive benchmark and often isolated from the previous lines. It is that the lines are too far away to compact in the defensive zone.
How to watch France vs Poland for the World Cup in Qatar
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For example, Poland never bothered with their low possession of the ball, to the point that they had just a 34% average in games in zone C.
The other great figure was Wojciech Szczsny, ratifying his great level at Juventus in Italy, with two penalties saved against Saudi Arabia and Argentina (to Lionel Messi).
The goalkeeper has a 90% save percentage in the 2022 World Cup. He had saved the first 16 shots on goal received in the tournament before Alexis Mac Allister’s goal for Argentina.
This will be the second meeting between France and Poland in the World Cup; the previous one was in the 1982 third-place game: a 3-2 victory for Poland.
In fact, France has not lost to Poland in an official match since that day, then it only did so in a friendly (4-0) in the same year, and it is undefeated in seven games (4 PG and 3 PP).
Formations France vs Poland for the World Cup in Qatar
France: Hugo Lloris; Jules Koundé, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernández; Adrien Rabiot, Aurélien Tchouaméni; Ousmane Dembélé, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappé and Olivier Giroud. DT: Didier Deschamps.
Poland: Wojciech Szczsny; Bartosz Bereszynski, Kamil Glik, Jakub Kiwior, Matty Cash; Przemysaw Frankowski, Krystian Bielik, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Piotr Zieliski; Karol wideski; Robert Lewandowski. DT: Czesaw Michniewicz.
Time: 12.00.
TV: TyC Sports and DirecTV Sports.
Referee: Jesus Valenzuela (Venezuela).
Stadium: Al Thumama.
Source: Ambito
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