By Victor Kanayo
Holders France dominated proceedings, and sent out fellow European side Poland with a 3-1 in the round of 16 match of the 2022 World Cup on Sunday December 4.
The French team that have now reached the quarter-final, now awaits the winner between England and Senegal in the other knockout stage.
After the concluded encounter, striker Oliver Giroud became France’s all-time leading goalscorer.
The AC Milan striker scored his 52nd goal for France to claim the country’s outright record, surpassing the great Thierry Henry.
The historic goal came on the stroke of half-time after Giroud controlled Kylian Mbappe’s pass before converting low into the net beyond the reach of Wojciech Szczesny.
But having provided the assist for the first goal, the brilliant Mbappe turned on the style by scoring two fabulous strikes in the second half.
He hit a powerful drive into the roof of the net from 16 yards for his first and curled home a wonderful second in injury time to take the lead in the Golden Boot race with five goals.
The PSG star is now the leading scorer at the 2022 World Cup, with five goals.
Didier Deschamps’ side had been left frustrated up until the opener and could well have fallen behind.
On the other hand, Poland were awarded a late penalty via VAR but Robert Lewandowski missed it.
However, he got a second go, which he slotted past Hugo Lloris for a late consolation.
