The game started promising for Poland playing the first few minutes deep into Frances territory. This took a turn after the fifth minute as Clément had a disallowed goal. A green card for Curty gave the swing back to Poland for the two minutes they had the advantage.
Once the green card period was over France took charge again having another disallowed goal for a foul inside the final third. France piled on the pressure towards the end of the first quarter in but Polish keeper Pacanowski made a sublime double save to keep French out.
The penalty corner following though proved too much for them with Clément putting the favourites 1-0 up. The Polish were put further behind with Clément doubling his tally less than a minute later.
The second quarter started no differently as France held a first few minute attack before Rogeau broke and scored to make it 3-0 after a scramble to get it over the line. Possession and territory was scarcely found for Poland as soon as the third went in as the French controlled the clock to perfection. The Polish got out of their half rarely with mistakes making chances come around two or three times in the whole quarter.
Three minutes into a slow second half France made a slow reach forward that ended up with Baumgarten bringing the score to 4-0. Poland then took time to attempt to have some possession to try and find a way to build through the French with it coming to nothing more than a few sprints forward before losing possession.
Frustrations started to show for the losing side as French ball and fouls was consistent through the quarter continually irritating the Polish. Accumulating up to another green card for the Polish for Bembenek.
The fourth quarter really slowed down play. Any chances of counter attacks were approached lazily as France controlled play throughout. Some chances looked almost clearcut at times but they still kept the ball to themselves the majority of the time taking chances at a much lower percentage.
Just before time ended France managed to take a hold of one of their chances with Branicki scoring to bring it 5-0 with only a couple of minutes remaining. A demanding and controlling performance by the favourites that will scare any apposing teams watching that could face them further in the tournament.
Sports Insider by Gerren Scapens 