Group D: France played steadily, as expected, and although they were beaten by Tunisia in their last match due to a substitution, they are tied on points with Australia. However, France is still at the top of the group thanks to the goal difference they gained from beating Australia 4-1 in their first match. Australia, on the other hand, managed to fight their way out of the chaos, losing their first match to France and looking like the Kangaroos would once again be part of the group, but they won their second match against Tunisia, and then beat Denmark 1-0 in the final round, which made it possible for Australia to make it to the knockout rounds once again since 2006. Denmark and Tunisia, on the other hand, were quite unfortunate, as Denmark's midfielders, especially Christian Eriksen, were unable to feed the offense effectively after being targeted, and ended up scoring only one goal in three matches, and swallowed two losses to stay at the bottom of the table, which was not expected. Tunisia, on the other hand, had a moment when they beat France's second-place team in the final round.
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But with Australia beating Denmark in the other game, the Tunisia
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The suspense of the game crossed the finish line. (Extended reading: [Kada World Cup 2022] Full Record Summary of the Group Stage)
In the Round of 16, France, the top of Group C, faced Poland, the second place in Group D. There was a huge gap between the two sides in terms of reputation and strength. After the opening match, although France still dominated the ball and launched waves after waves of attacks, Poland still relied on the press to create a lot of trouble for France in the center and backfield, and even Hugo Lloris, the French goalkeeper, almost made a cheap mistake, but fortunately did not concede a goal. In the first half, France broke the deadlock with Olivier Giroud's brilliant positioning and shooting, and Giroud also scored 52 goals.
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The goal broke the record held by the legendary Thierry Henry.
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The scales began to tip in France's favor. With Giroud in the center of the defense, Kylian Mbappe was freed up to score, and he eventually did.
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It killed Poland's
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Hopes. Poland, on the other hand, was able to avoid a shutout thanks to a twelve-yard penalty awarded in injury time, which was scored by Robert Lewandowski. The final score was 3-1 in favor of Poland.
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Elite Eight. (Extended reading: [Kada World Cup 2022] Full Record Summary of the Round of 16)
Final 8: The grand finale of the Final 8 was the Anglo-French match between defending champions France and England's Three Lions. Both sides played their best lineups, with France playing a 4-4-2 formation and England a 4-3-3. The two sides exchanged blows in the opening period, but France broke the deadlock in the 17th minute when defensive midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni scored a world-beating goal to take a 1-0 lead. In the second half, England winger Bukayo Saka was fouled in the box by France's goal-scorer Tchouameni, and captain Harry Kane hit a twelve-yard penalty to make it 1-1. However, France helped make it 2-1 with a header from Giroud, assisted by Antoine Griezmann, in the 78th minute, while Griezmann also added his second assist of the match. At the end of the match, England midfielder Mason Mount was fouled by French defender Theo Hernandez in the penalty area, and the referee again awarded a 12-yard penalty kick, but Kane failed to score the second time, and France beat England 2-1,
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Final Four. (Extended reading: [Kada World Cup 2022] Full Record Summary of the Elite Eight)
Quasi-Final: In the second match of the Quasi-Final, defending champions Gauloises France faced the dark horse Atlas Lions Morocco. Morocco changed its 4-1-4-1 formation to a 5-4-1 five-guard formation in the opening match of the tournament, but faced with the strong attacking force on both sides of the road in France, French midfielder Griezmann still managed to penetrate the French midfield in the 5th minute, and finally left back Tio Hernandez cracked a shot in the melee to score the first point for France. France scored first. Morocco still continued to maintain the rhythm of defense after losing a goal, but after the captain Romain Saiss (Romain Saiss) retired in the 20th minute, Morocco returned to the familiar four-guard position, and France only relied on a few times in the midfield to force the creation of opportunities to shoot. However, Morocco in the solid defense, but also began to France's midfield high pressure and blocking counter-attacks, also used to make France pay the price of many fouls, but Morocco was still unable to equalize the score in the first half. In the second half, France began to give the ball to Morocco to try to use the defensive counterattack to open the gap, but Morocco facing the French defense to play the right side of the attack, the right defender Achraf Hakimi (Achraf Hakimi) actively inserted to create trouble in the French defense. However, the French head coach Deschamps also immediately changed the formation, first of all, with Toulam (Marcus Thuram) replaced Giroud, and then Muani (Randal Kolo Muani) replaced Dembele (Ousmane Dembele), Muani came on the field successfully in a counter-attack kicked into the empty goal to help France to expand the lead. Despite a number of striker substitutions and an onslaught of attacks in the last 10 minutes, Morocco were unable to break the French goal. In the end, France beat Morocco 2-0.
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The final, facing Argentina in a challenge to defend their title, and Morocco's amazing journey draws to a close. (Extended reading: [Qatar World Cup 2022] Quasi-Final Full Record Summary)
