France's high-scoring win against Australia
Poland tied their first game.
Robert Lewandowski suffered fresh World Cup misery as the Poland striker's penalty was saved by Guillermo Ochoa in a 0-0 draw against Mexico on Tuesday.
Lewandowski has never scored at a World Cup and the Barcelona striker had admitted it would be a "huge dream" to finally get off the mark on the global stage.
Instead, the 34-year-old's dream turned into a nightmare when he won a second-half penalty, only to see Ochoa deny him from the spot.
But this was a frustrating draw for both teams, with Lewandowski wasting the best chance of a cagey game and Mexico during their failure to turn territorial dominance into goals.
It was an even more vibrant scene inside the stadium, with the estimated 40,000 capacity almost entirely filled with vociferous, flag-waving Mexicans.
In another match Olivier Giroud joined Thierry Henry as France's all-time leading goalscorer with a brace as holders France recovered to beat Australia 4-1 and get their defence of the World Cup off to a winning start Tuesday.
Australia took a shock lead at Al Janoub Stadium with the game just nine minutes old when Craig Goodwin scored.
However, they recovered to equalise through Adrien Rabiot before Giroud put them ahead with an easy finish in the 32nd minute for his 50th international goal.
Kylian Mbappe got his name on the scoresheet in the second half and Giroud sealed the win to equal Henry's record tally of 51 goals for France.
