Well-known Ukrainian journalist Artem Frankov told what he expects from one of the matches of the 1/8 finals of the 2022 World Cup, in which France and Poland will play today
Artem Frankov“France in the first two rounds of the group was terribly attractive and strong (4:1 with Australia and 2:1 with Denmark), but the third match crossed out a lot. Having de facto secured the first place in the group, Didier Deschamps released a frankly second squad against Tunisia and only with the score 0:1 allowed the guys from the base, such as Mbappe and Griezmann, to run. The latter even scored, but first got offside - in any case, it seemed to prove that it was just a rest, and not a drain tank.
"Kadra" by Cheslav Mikhnevich - no, and this is still very mildly said. Putting aside the socio-political-military sympathies of the current moment, I’ll say that I feel sorry for Mexico, which could have gone through the woods by the number of yellow cards, but still conceded from Saudi Arabia and went through the woods by goal difference - not so insulting. At this time, Poland with the whole team kept 0:2 with Argentina - in order not to miss more, Lewandowski could set up a table on the opposite half of the field and dine with half a liter, smoking a cigar. The ball still didn't reach him. But they did, heroes!
That is, in a purely game plan, it is difficult to imagine a more obvious confrontation - except to remember Argentina vs Australia ... And all sorts of psychological factors, unfortunately, are not subject to accounting, especially since the Poles did not notice any special feats in this regard. All their achievements at the World Cup remained in the epic of 1974-82 - when France was just approaching football greatness and, one might say, took an empty place. True, she achieved much more and did not want to abandon the conquered property.
The most likely result of such a match is 2:0 in favor of the Gauls. This is if Poland does not catch the French relaxing at the very beginning of the fight, as the Australians did in the first round,” Frankov said.
