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France stay perfect in European qualifiers, Poland triumph to revive campaign

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PARIS: Two-time champion France were rock solid again as they resumed their qualifying campaign for the European Championship with a fifth straight win Thursday, while the Netherlands eased to a 3-0 victory over Greece to keep their chances alive in Group B.

France remained perfect and produced yet another clean sheet, beating Ireland 2-0 in Paris and extending its lead to nine points over both the Netherlands and Greece.

The Dutch defeated their Greek rivals 3-0. Both sides have six points, but Ronald Koeman’s team have played one match fewer than Greece.

France have scored 11 goals so far, conceding none. “We could have scored a bit more tonight, but I’m not going to be picky,” France coach Didier Deschamps said.

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