The Spain World Cup 1928 was the last one that saw the teams of France and Poland face each other. The clash ended 3-2 in favor of the team now led by Robert Lewandowski and was in dispute for third place.
More than 30 years later, French and Polish will meet again in a World Cup, although this time under different circumstances, since Los Azules are the current champions of the tournament and the clash will be for the round of 16.
France reaches this stage after taking first place in group D, which they shared with Australia, Tunisia and Denmark.
On the other side, Poland was 2nd in group C where tied with Mexico for second place. However, the goal difference favored him to leave El Tri out along with Saudi Arabia. Argentina dominated the instance.