Olivier Giroud became France's all-time men's record goalscorer as his opener and Kylian Mbappe's second-half double gave the World Cup holders a 3-1 win over Poland to move them into the quarter-finals.
2022 World Cup
3-1
Match Report
Giroud scored his 52nd France goal to surpass Thierry Henry's record with a neat first-half finish (44) to help fire Les Bleus to a last-16 victory in Doha and set up a quarter-final against either England or Senegal.
The 36-year-old, who had equalled Henry's tally of 51 after scoring twice in their opening Group D win over Australia, broke the record on his 117th appearance for France.
Mbappe then doubled France's lead in the 74th minute before arrowing in a superb second in stoppage time to make it five goals in Qatar - two more than any other player at the tournament.
Robert Lewandowski scored a 99th-minute re-taken penalty to add a late consolation for Poland to deny Hugo Lloris a clean sheet on his record-equalling 142nd appearance for France.
Match Events
0' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
3' CHANCE! Varane's header over the bar
12' Long shot from Aurélien Tchouameni
16' Dembele's shot too straight
20' CLOSE! Lewandowski’s shot wide out
28' CLOSE! Giroud misses a great chance!
31' Yellow Card! Aurélien Tchouameni booked
34' CLOSE! Szczesny denies Mbappe’s effort
37' What a pity!
43' GOAL! France 1-0 Poland (Giroud)
73' Goal! France 2-0 (Mbappe)
90' Goal France 3-0 (Mbappe)
98' Goal! France 3-1 (Lewy)
Line-ups
France XI: Lloris, Giroud, Griezmann, Varane, Rabiot, Dembele, Theo, Mbappe, Upamecano, Kounde, Aurélien Tchouameni
Subs: Mandanda, Areola, Veretout, Coman, Thuram, Pavard, Axel Disasi, Konate, Guendouzi, Muani, Youssouf Fofana, William Saliba, Eduardo Camavinga
Poland XI: Szczesny, Lewandowski, Glik, Krychowiak, Bereszynski, Zielinski, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Sebastian Szymanski, Matty Cash, Jakub Kiwior, Jakub Kaminski
Subs: A. Jędrzejczyk, K. Grosicki, Skorupski, Milik, Bednarek, Mateusz Wieteska, Damian Szymanski, Piatek, Krystian Bielik, Karol Swiderski, Robert Gumny, Grabara, Szymon Zurkowski, Michal Skoras, Nicola Zalewski