France twice came back from behind to win an eight-goal thriller against Poland 5-3, keeping alive their chances of reaching the men’s semi-finals.

It swung back and forth with Poland leading twice in the first half. They went ahead from the penalty spot via Gracjan Jarzyński but Corentin Sellier equalised following an intercept and counter move from France.

Less than a minute later, the Poles were back in front from a corner, Tomasz Bembenek applying the corner power to make it 2-1. Victor Charlet, though, swapped the lead around before half-time with a drag-flick and a penalty stroke.

The goals kept flowing into the second half with Wojciech Rutkowski, touching in after Robert Pawlak picked the pockets of the French defence.

Once again, the reply was quick with Timothée Clément enjoying space in the circle to make it 4-3. Xavier Esmenjaud finally put some daylight between the teams with a brilliant reverse-stick scoop early in the fourth quarter.

And that was how it remained to the finish, a result which lifts Les Bleus to three points while Poland are yet to register after two defeats so far.