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By Andrew Gastelum Kylian Mbappé and Robert Lewandowski face off in this last-16 clash between European foes as Les Bleus look to defend their title. Follow along here. France’s will have to go through Poland in the round of 16 if it wants to become the first team since Brazil in 1958 and ’62 to win back-to-back World Cup titles. By advancing to the round of 16, Les Bleus broke a curse of three straight reigning world champions that failed to make it out of the group stage at the following World Cup. After wins against Australia and Denmark, France played a heavily rotated second team in a los…