Poland dominate Andorra 4-0 in final tune-up

The Polish national team wrapped up its tune-ups before Euro 2012 with a 4-0 win over Andorra on Saturday.

The goalfest began in the 13th minute after Ludovic Obraniak sent the ball into the back of the net off a feed from Maciej Rybus.

In the 37th minute, Robert Lewandowski scored a fantastic off-the-chest half-volley to put Poland up 2-0. Then, two minutes later, Jakub Blaszczykowski was taken down inside the penalty kick box and the referee signaled for a penlaty kick. Blaszczykowski, himself, finished off, and gave Poland a 3-0 lead, heading into halftime.

The last goal of the game was scored in the 77th minute by Marcin Wasilewski. The 32-year-old center-back scored from the penlaty kick sport after Artur Sobiech was taken down.

Poland: Wojciech Szczesny - Lukasz Piszczek (46. Grzegorz Wojtkowiak), Marcin Wasilewski, Damien Perquis, Sebastian Boenisch - Jakub Blaszczykowski, Eugen Polanski (79. Kamil Grosicki), Rafal Murawski (58. Dariusz Dudka), Ludovic Obraniak (57. Artur Sobiech), Maciej Rybus (46. Rafal Wolski) - Robert Lewandowski (58. Artur Sobiech).

Pregame: Poland vs. Andorra (11 am est)

The Polish national team is set to play their final warm-up before Euro 2012.

Poland's starting lineup: Szczesny; Piszczek, Wasilewski, Perquis, Boenisch; Murawski, Polanski; Błaszczykowski, Obraniak, Rybus; Lewandowski

Match Links: http://pl-sport.tv/
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How Poland's Group A rivals faired in their matches?

Greece 1, Armenia 0
Kyriakos Papadopoulos' first-half header was the difference as Greece beat Armenia 1-0. Armenia goalkeeper Roman Berezovki saved two penalties.

Czech Republic 1, Hungary 2
Hungary took a 1-0 lead in the 6th minute after Balazs Dzsudzsak scored. Czech tied it up in the 25th minute after Michal Kadlec scored from the penalty kick spot. Substitute Adam Gyurcso struck late to help Hungary beat the Czech Republic 2-1.

Russia 3, Italy 0
An impressive win by the Russian but all of their goals came after Italy took out their starters. In the 60th minute, Alexandr Kerzhakov scored to give Russia a 1-0 lead. Russia went up 2-0 after Roman Shirokov struck one home. Shirokov scored his second of the day in the 89th minute. 

Fact of the Day

Poland and Ireland are the only two countries at Euro 2012 to not feature a player from the champion of their domestic league.

Skorza fired, Jan Urban takes over at Legia

Jan Urban is back in the Ekstraklasa after agreeing to become the new manager at Legia Warszawa.

Urban replaces Maciej Skorza, who was let go after the club finished in third place in the Ekstraklsa this season. Legia were leading the pack for most of the season, but started to slip as the season was coming to an end.

Urban returns for a second stint at Legia. He was fired two years ago after spending three season with the club. During those three season, Urban led Legia to the Polish Cup, SuperCup and twice finished second in the Ekstraklasa.

Russia's final roster for Euro 2012

Russia national team head coach Dick Advocaat named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2012.

CSKA Moscow defender Kirill Nababkin was included after he was not named in the preliminary 26-man list announced by Advocaat two weeks ago. Nababkin was added to the final roster after the Russians lost two defenders, Vasily Berezutsky and Roman Shishkin, to injury and illness.


Here is Russia's final roster:

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit St Petersburg), Anton Shunin (Dynamo Moscow).

Defenders: Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Roman Sharonov (Rubin Kazan), Vladimir Granat (Dynamo Moscow), Kirill Nababkin (CSKA Moscow).

Midfielders: Igor Denisov (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (Zenit St Petersburg), Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St Petersburg), Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala), Alan Dzagoyev (CSKA Moscow), Igor Semshov (Dynamo Moscow), Denis Glushakov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Marat Izmailov (Sporting Lisbon), Dmitri Kombarov (Spartak Moscow).

Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal), Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Lokomotiv Moscow), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo Moscow), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Fulham).

What do you think about Russia's roster?

Fact of the Day

Having missed 2010 World Cup in South Africa and automatically qualifying for Euro 2012, Poland will go 968 days without a competitive match by the time they kick off against Greece on June 8.