Euro 2024: Draw with Poland, France enters the ‘death’ bracket, continuing a 42-year streak of NOT winning against Poland

Lewandowski scored from the 11m mark, causing France to share points with Poland. This caused France to drop to second place in the group with 5 points, Austria took first place in the group with 6 points.

 

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After the opening whistle, Mbappe and his teammates quickly flooded the opponent’s field with continuous situations of besieging the Polish goal, aiming to dominate the match situation.

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However, the trio of Mbappe, Dembele and Barcola on the attack line all missed many opportunities, especially clear opportunities in the final minutes of the half.

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It was not until the beginning of the second half that France had the opening goal from Mbappe on the 11m mark in the 55th minute. Before that, Dembele dribbled the ball and was blocked by the opponent when trying to enter the penalty area.

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This is also the first goal of striker number 10 at this year’s Euro.

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In the 76th minute, the French defense committed a foul in the penalty area, giving Poland a chance to equalize.

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On the 11m mark, Lewandowski failed the first time and requested a retake when the French goalkeeper violated the penalty kick rule.

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With the second chance, Lewandowski finished with a difficult shot, bringing the match back to the starting line, increasing the drama of the match.

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In the following minutes, France made many personnel adjustments but still could not change the result of the match.

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With this result, France ranked second in Group D (5 points) after being held to a draw by Poland. In the same match, Austria defeated the Netherlands 3-2 to rise to the top of Group D with 6 points. Thereby, Austria and France won tickets to continue with the first and second place in the group. The Netherlands with 4 points kept the hope of continuing by becoming one of the three third-placed teams with the best results.

France will be drawn in the “death bracket”, along with Portugal, Germany and Spain. In the round of 16, they will meet the second team in Group E.