It’s time for the seventh day of World Cup 2022 action, and there are some big-hitters in action.

Saturday began with Tunisia vs Australia as the race to advance from Group D hots up, before Saudi Arabia’s quest for another upset fell short against Poland.

Two of the tournament favourites concluded the day, with France booking their last 16 spot against Denmark and Argentina hoping to avoid early elimination when they take on Mexico.

Follow along for live updates throughout the day.

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Australia grabbed the first win of the weekend after taking three points off of Tunisia in the early kick-off.

A deflected cross from Craig Goodwin was nodded in superbly by Mitchell Duke in the first half as the Socceroos won a World Cup match for the first time since 2010.

Tunisia are now on the brink of elimination having only taken one point from two games so far and with France up next.

How did Australia do it?

The stunning performances of defender Harry Souttar – just coming off the back of an ACL injury – and midfielder Aaron Mooy set the tone.

Australia didn’t give an inch to a Tunisia side who were themselves desperately in need of a win. The Eagles of Carthage were hugely disappointing and were unable to carve out a clear cut chance.

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Poland’s hopes of reaching the last 16 of the World Cup are very much alive after beating Saudi Arabia 2-0 at Education City Stadium.

The Eagles opened the scoring against the run of play with Robert Lewandowski masking a bad miss by retrieving his skewed shot and teeing up Piotr Zielinski to smash hom.

Wojciech Szczesny then saved a Salem Al-Dawsari penalty just before the break, and Saudi Arabia continued to dominate in the second half.

However, Lewandowski took advantage of some poor defending to grab his first World Cup goal and seal the three points.

What went wrong for Saudi Arabia?

Just like against Argentina, Saudi Arabia were aggressive and brave, though this time had more consistent final third quality to match their defensive resilience.

However, Herve Renard’s men were incredibly wasteful and were up against an inspired goalkeeper in Szczesny.

Poland move to the top of Group C for now ahead of Argentina vs Mexico this evening.

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France are the first country to mathematically book their place in the last 16 thanks to their 2-1 win over Denmark, following on from an earlier victory against Australia.

It was a goal-less first half in which neither side really took the game by the scruff of the neck. But the deadlock was eventually broken by Kylian Mbappe after an hour of play, exchanging a clever one-two with left-back Theo Hernandez to create the chance.

Andreas Christensen stabbed Denmark back into it only a few minutes later, reacting to a Joachim Andersen flick on from a corner, but Mbappe popped up near the end to win it for France.

Kylian Mbappe shows his class

Two more international goals takes Kylian Mbappe onto 31 for France. He showed clinical class and quality beyond his years to win this game for Les Bleus, raising the question of whether Didier Deschamps‘ side is actually better balanced without Karim Benzema.

31 goals for France moves Mbappe ahead of national legends Jean-Pierre Papin and Just Fontaine in the all-time list. He is now level with Zinedine Zidane and three behind David Trezeguet.

At the age of just 23, this is already his second World Cup, having first been a champion at 19.

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Preview

Argentina could be eliminated from the World Cup after just two matches if they lose to Mexico in Saturday’s finale.

Their surprise loss against Saudi Arabia on matchday 1 went down as one of the biggest tournament shocks of all time, and they have everything to prove against a spritely Mexico side.

Gerardo Martino will be looking to get one over his former side (and the country he hails from, to that matter) after a heartbreaking two-year spell in charge of La Albiceleste.