Poland began their World Cup by being more or less outplayed by Mexico. Of course, Lewandowski struggled for himself a penalty, which he later burned, on his own, but apart from that kick from eleven meters, the red and white created hardly anything. That match ended 0-0 and Poland should be happy about that.

After that, they put in another lackluster effort against Saudi Arabia, which however ended with a 2-0 victory after a penalty save by Szczesny, before the conclusion against Argentina loomed. There, Poland were completely outplayed and even though Szczesny saved another penalty and accounted for a whole heap of fine parades otherwise, they were beaten 0-2. It really could have been bigger numbers. Lewandowski gets isolated at the top and players like Krychowiak and Zielinski don't get it right at all. This will be a match between the Juventus keeper and France's fantastic attack.

Didier Deschamps' reigning champions suffered one setback after another ahead of the Cup and the heaviest of course was the fact that the recent Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema left for injury. Olivier Giroud scored twice in the opener against Australia, where France had a playhouse, and Mbappé has already netted three times. That duo finds each other in their sleep and with Dembélé and Griezmann as complements, an offensive is formed that has few superiors in the World Cup. In the midfield, Rabiot and Tchouaméni have ensured that Pogba and Kanté are not missing and Varane is strong in defence.

I think the match will depend much on Szczesny’s performance. Now Poland know how France play and they might be able to resist for a while if Szczesny is on his day.

Let’s back Poland.

波兰队在世界杯首战或多或少是被墨西哥压倒了。当然，莱万多夫斯基为自己争取到了一个点球，后来他自己罚丢这个点球，但除了那次点球，红白军团几乎没有创造什么。那场比赛以0-0结束，波兰应该为此感到高兴。

在那之后，他们在对阵沙特的比赛中又做了一次乏善可陈的努力，什切斯尼的点球扑救让波兰大难不死，以2-0的比分结束了比赛。对阿根廷，波兰被完全击败了，尽管什琴斯尼又扑出了一个点球，并且在其他方面占了一大堆的便宜，但他们还是以0-2输球了。对阿根廷，波兰真的可能是更大的数字输球。莱万多夫斯基在前场被孤立，像克里乔维亚克和泽林斯基这样的球员完全没有什么表现。这将是一场尤文图斯守门员和法国队神奇进攻之间的比赛。

德尚的卫冕冠军在杯赛前遭遇了一个又一个挫折，最沉重的当然是最近的金球奖得主本泽马因伤离开。吉鲁在对阵澳大利亚的首场比赛中打进两球，法国队在那场比赛的表现就像进了游戏厅，姆巴佩已经3次破门。这对组合默契到可以在睡梦中找到对方，加上登贝莱和格里兹曼的支援，形成了一个在世界杯上几乎没有对手的进攻线。在中场，拉比奥特和楚阿梅尼确保了博格巴和坎泰的缺席不构成影响，身后瓦拉内的防守也很强大。

我认为这场比赛将在很大程度上取决于什琴斯尼的表现。 现在波兰知道了法国队的打法，如果什琴斯尼表现出色，他们可能会抵挡一阵子。

让我们支持波兰。