France’s attack was stifled again and it cost them Group D following a Tuesday draw with Poland and an Austria win over the Netherlands at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany.
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The 1-1 draw saw Kylian Mbappe convert a penalty for France and Robert Lewandowski do the same for already-eliminated Poland.
The French finish with five points, one less than an Austrian side it defeated earlier in group play. The Netherlands finish with four points while Poland end with one.
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How to watch France vs Poland, stream link and start time
Kick off: Tuesday (June 25), Noon ET
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
How to watch on TV in USA: Fox Sports
France vs Poland live updates — By Nick Mendola
France vs Poland final score: 1-1
Goalscorers: Mbappe (pen 56'), Lewandowski (pen 79')
Penalty saved! But retaken and scored! France 1-1 Poland (79th minute)
Poland win a penalty, and Robert Lewandowski is going to the spot after a VAR review.
Lewandowski’s double-stuttered run-up ends with a Mike Maignan save, but the keeper left his line early.
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Penalty! France 1-0 Poland (56th minute)
Ousmane Dembele drives into the box and Jakub Kiwior’s challenge chops him down.
Mbappe goes to the spot. The masked man delivers, and it’s 1-0.
Cool, calm, collected 🥶
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Halftime — France 0-0 Poland
Poland will be happy to get to the break and France will be disappointed with their lack of finish in the final third.
The Polish have more than a puncher’s chase and took six of the half’s 14 shot attempts.
Antoine Griezmann and Kingsley Coman are among the options on the French bench..
Two France chances
France chances... Frances?
Aurelien Tchouameni had a shot from the arc deflected out for a corner, then William Saliba tries an acrobatic attempt that has a bit too much height.
0-0, 39'.
French attack in a lull
Les Bleus flew out of the traps but have found it a slog in the second stage of the first half.
Possession barely in the French favor (54%) and Poland have double the shot attempts (4-2).
Big leg save!
Lukasz Skorupski with a huge stop to keep France off the board.
The Bologna goalkeeper has time to get over to Theo Hernandez’s back post run but the AC Milan man has all day to line up a vicious hit.
Skorupski sticks out his right leg to keep it to a corner kick, and Poland deal with the threat.
Austria lead the Netherlands in the other game, so this group is definitely in play.
France lineup
Maignan, Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, T. Hernandez, Tchouameni, Kante, Rabiot, Dembele, Mbappe, Barcola
Poland lineup
Skorupski, Kiwior, Dawidowicz, Bednarek, Zalewski, Zielinski, Moder, Frankowski, Urbanski, Szymanski, Lewandowski.
France team news, focus
Mbappe is ‘raring to go’ and that should be bad news for a Poland team that has scored and conceded before the half-hour of their previous games.
Poland team news, focus
Former Chicago Fire man Adam Buksa scored in the opener while Krzysztof Piatek bagged a goal in the second. Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny started both matches.
France vs Poland prediction
One needs it and the other’s playing for pride. A motivated Kylian Mbappe against a suspect defense is a mood. France 2-0 Poland.