1-1, upset! Mbappe's maiden goal was difficult to save, France fell into the death half, and Italy laughed
Chat about the ball in the middle of the mountain
2024-06-26 04:37Published in Fujian
Euro 2024 continues in Germany, with the group stage finalists coming to a close, with favourites such as Germany, Spain, Portugal and Italy all progressing from their group to the round of 16. As the favourites to win the championship, the French team performed unsatisfactory in the first two rounds of the group stage, especially the offensive end did not show the level it should have, and Mbappe continued to perform in the European Championship.
The French team has a blowout of talent in recent years, and the youth training has achieved remarkable results, Deschamps has an attack group that is the envy of European giants, Griezmann, Koeman, Muani, Dembele, Thuram Jr., Mbappe and other stars gathered, this luxury attack group is worth more than 400 million euros, but in this European Cup, the French team's attacking combination did not score a goal, in the first two rounds of the group stage, the French team did not score a goal, and Bao was lucky to get 4 points with an own goal.
The final round of Group D will be a crucial match for France and the Netherlands, as the two giants will need to grab points to compete for top spot in the group, avoiding hosts Germany, Spain and Portugal and other favourites to enter a more relaxed semi-zone. Kylian Mbappe was knocked out of the bridge of his nose in his first game against Austria and missed the highlight game against the Netherlands.
France vs. Poland, Deschamps decided to let Mba wear a mask to start the game, the starting lineup of the French team is worth as much as 640 million euros, Mbappe, Barcorra, Dembele in the midfield, Rabiot, Tchouameni, Kante in the midfield, Te'o, Saliba, Yu Pamecano, Kounde form a defensive line, and Maignan guards the door. Poland has been eliminated from the competition, and the starting lineup sent Lewandowski, Zielinski, Zalewski, Szczesny and other main players to play.
At the beginning of the game, in the first half, the two teams attacked and defended each other, but neither was able to rewrite the score. In the second half, in the 55th minute, Dembele burst into the penalty area on the right and was tripped by Kiwior, and the referee awarded a penalty. In the 56th minute, Mbappe took a penalty, Skorupski guessed the wrong direction, Mbappe scored the ball, and the French team broke the deadlock, 1-0 Poland.
In the 74th minute, Poland counter-attacked, Shividelski broke through and fell in the penalty area, the referee signaled that there was no penalty, but then VAR intervened, and then the referee re-awarded a penalty. Lewandowski took the penalty, Maignan saved the ball, but the referee determined that Maignan moved ahead of time, the penalty was re-penalized, and Lewandowski scored the ball again, Poland 1-1 France.
According to the post-match statistics, France had 58% possession and 8 of 19 shots on target, while Poland had 42% possession and 3 of 10 shots on target. After this game, the French team accumulated 5 points and ranked second in Group D to advance, entering the top half of the zone, and the teams in the same zone also have the host German team, Spain, Portugal, 1/8 finals, France will face the second in Group E, and the 1/4 finals will meet Portugal. In the other half, defending champions Italy smiled, avoiding the four favourites and securing the final.
Mbappe has performed well in the World Cup, has scored 12 goals, but in the European Cup, Mbappe's performance is completely different, in the last European Cup, Mbappe did not score goals and did not assist, plus this European Cup, Mbappe played a total of 5 times, did not score a goal, did not have an assist, which is an extremely unsuccessful event for the French superstar worth 180 million, fortunately, Mbappe started in this round and scored his first goal in the European Cup.
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