
France 1-1 Poland: Robert Lewandowski's re-taken penalty keeps Les Bleus from the top spot in Group D... but a masked Kylian Mbappe breaks his Euros duck as he returns to the starting XI
Daily MailOh yes, the mask fitted and Kylian Mbappe wore it so well, ripping it off to take the acclaim after a converted penalty kick. Robert Lewandowski scored his first - and last - goal of the tournament from the spot vs France Kylian Mbappe was also able to get off the mark following a penalty in his return to the first XI The France captain had never previously scored at a European Championship tournament The quality of the France’s creator-in-chief in Qatar was missed, and Griezmann hinted that he had been ready to start. There will be unhappy players in my team who are not playing.’ The good news, from a French perspective, is that a voodoo is lifted for Mbappe, whose converted spot-kick early in the second half – after Jakub Kiwior had clumsily taken down Demebele - finally brought him a European Championships goal. Mbappe’s penalty seemed to have sealed things - with Austria and Netherlands level, France went to the top of the group – before things began to unravel. The goal that got the Real Madrid man away was a long-awaited spot kick in the second-half Mbappe was a challenge to handle and frequently France's only line-breaker - as Nicola Zalewski found out France 1-1 Poland: MATCH FACTS France : Maignan, Hernandez, Saliba, Upamecano, Kounde, Rabiot, Kante, Tchouameni Barcola, Mbappe, Dembele Subs not used: Samba, Areola, Pavard, Mendy, Clauss, Konate, Zaire-Emery, Coman, Thuram Goals: Mbappe Booked: Rabiot Manager: Didier Deschamps Poland : Skorupski, Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior, Frankowski, Moder, Zielinski, Zalewski, Szymanski, Lewanski, Urbanski Substitutes not used: Szczesny, Bulka, Salamon, Walukiewicz, Bereszynski, Slisz, Romanczuk, Piotrowski, Grosicki, Puchacz, Syzmanski, Buksa, Piatek Goals: Lewandowski Booked: Probeierz, Zalewksi, Dawidowicz, Swiderski Manager: Michael Probierz Referee: Marco Guida Ousmane Dembele was another thorn in Poland's side but France were unable to seize chances Mike Maignan was able to simply stop Lewandowski's first penalty after a stuttered run-up The Barcelona striker had previously cut a frustrated figure in attack for the rock-bottom side Poland's standout player was Bologna keeper Lukasz Skorupski, who kept Les Bleus off the group's top spot Some fairly innocuous boot-on-boot contact between Dayot Upamecano and Polish substitute Karol Swiderski saw Poland awarded a penalty following a VAR review.
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Euro 2024: Mbappe, Lewandowski spot kicks in France, Poland stalemate
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Kylian Mbappé scores but encounters issues wearing protective mask on return for France at Euro 2024
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Masked Kylian Mbappe scores two goals in first match since breaking nose at Euro 2024
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Masked Kylian Mbappe scores twice for France in a behind-closed-doors friendly ahead of his Euro 2024 return after suffering horror nose break during victory against Austria
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Euro 2024’s first goalless draw sums up France’s biggest problem
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Euro 2024: Kylian Mbappe sits out stalemate between France and Netherlands
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Mbappé watches from subs’ bench as France and Netherlands produce Euro 2024’s first 0-0
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Mbappé watches from subs’ bench as France and Netherlands produce Euro 2024’s first 0-0
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Netherlands vs France, Euro 2024: VAR disallows Simons’ goal, top talking points
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UEFA Euro 2024: Austria’s Danso apologises for Mbappe’s broken nose
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Euro 2024: France battle past Austria but Mbappe suffers injury
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