France vs Poland LIVE: World Cup 2022 latest score, goals and updates from last 16 – Olivier Giroud becomes France’s record goalscorer

45 + 2 min France led until half-time, after Olivier Giroud, their main striker, opened the scoring.

This surpasses Thierry Henry’s record as the greatest scorer in French history. It’s a great time to set that record, isn’t it?

44 minutes: It’s a breakthrough

This is French delight. Ousmane dembele passes the ball on to Dayot Upecano, who takes the ball and shoots it. Kylian Mbappe then takes the ball.

He spins towards goal, before sliding his ball into the box. Olivier Giroud hit his shot perfectly and steers a first-time left footed shot into bottom corner!

41 minutes: Jules Conde gets flagged by the assistant referee. He is told to take off two gold necklaces, before he throws a deep throw into Poland’s ha.

France placed the ball in the middle, but Poland fought back and was able to control the cross.

38 minutes: Out Of Line! This is a huge opportunity for Poland.

Berezinski catches the ball from the French line on the left side and carries it to the sideline. After that, he makes a pass into box.

Piotr Zielinski runs for the ball and passes Hugo Lloris a goal shot which Hugo Lloris brilliantly clears. Poland take the lead as they hold onto the rebound but Raphael Varane can clear the ball off the line!

35 minutes: Poland shows France that they can challenge them. Matty Cash moves it to the right and passes it into the box.

Lewandowski tried to catch the ball with his left foot, but it slipped by his left foot.

Coincidence! Coincidence!

Mbappe opens space and fires a shot in the side netting.

32 minutes: Przemyslaw Franckowski brings the ball from Poland’s left side and runs into trouble when it comes up against Aurelien Choumameny.

The French midfielder knocks Poland to the ground and gives Poland a free kick within their shot range.

Robert Lewandowski wins it, but his poor goal attempt hits the wall.

29 minutes: Chance! France should be leading 1-0.

Antoine Griezmann receives the ball from Ousmane Dembele after he misplaces his pass. He quickly controls the ball before sending a quick pass to the six-yard box.

Olivier Giroud makes it to the backpost, but he must race for the ball and watch his attempt roll wide!

27 minutes: Sebastian Szymanski scores a free kick in the penalty box, but the ball goes over everyone’s heads and exits from the opposite side of the penalty box.

France grabs the ball, and Kylian Mbappe is fed on the line. He flew down the field and ran to the sideline of the arc, but had no other options and lost the ball.

24 min: This is better then Poland. They are slowly, but surely building their attack.

After a late clip by Ousmanne Debele, Bartosz Bereszynski flicks to the left the ball and wins his team an extra kick.

21 minutes: Shut down! Giroud & Griezmann combine in the Polish penalty area, but find no penetration. The Poles kick-start a counter-attack starting from the clearance area. The ball falls down the right side before reaching the penalty area.

Raphael Varane fought it, but nodded it directly to Robert Lewandowski. He touched the ball just a few steps from the goal before firing a long shot off of the near post!