Doha, December 03 (QNA) - France seek to continue defending their title in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 when they meet Poland on Sunday at Al Thumama International Stadium as part of the round of 16 matches.

Despite defending champions' shock defeat at the hands of Tunisia in the final round of Group D matches, coach Didier Deschamps considered that this match cannot revoke what the team had achieved in the first two rounds to early qualify for the next round.

The French coach considered that match against Poland will not be easy at all, especially since the stage of the playoff matches does not include compensation, in addition to that each team seeks to win and continue the journey in the tournament in order to reach the furthest point.

The French national team, who qualified for the eighth time in their sixteenth participation in the knockout rounds, hope to regain the victories that they started in the group stage with two consecutive wins over Australia 4-1 and Denmark 2-1.

The Polish national team, who are participating in the World Cup for the ninth time in their history, booked a place in the round of 16 after finishing in second place in the Group C with 4 points.

This will be the sixteenth match between the national teams of France and Poland in various competitions, but it is the second between them in the World Cup finals, as they had played a match for third place in the World Cup Spain 1982, and at that time Poland beat France 3-2 to finish third, while France finished fourth. (QNA)