It was supposed to be a bounce-back game after a 3-1 loss to Uruguay in November, however it wasn't, and the Polish national team suffered another dramatic loss as they prepare for their World Cup qualifiers next month.
An easier rival this time around didn't help, suffering a 2-0 defeat to Ireland in the last game before taking on Ukraine on March 22.
The Irish found the back of the net first, scoring in the 35th minute after a poor clearance attempt by Jakub Wawrzyniak led to an easy, open netter for Ciaran Clark.
Poland had their chances too. In the 29th minute, Jakub Blaszczykowski send a perfect pass to Robert Lewandowski, who one-on-one with the keeper but his first touch failed and got away from him which led to an easy save by the opposing keeper. In the 37th minute, Lewandowski had another chance, blasting a volley from 18 yards but his attempt was saved.
The Polish national team fell apart in the 76th minute, allowing another goal. Wesley Hoolahan scored a beauty after Marcin Wasilewski was late covering him man who got away and beat Wojciech Szczesny.
Poland: Artur Boruc (46. Wojciech Szczesny) - Sebastian Boenisch (46. Marcin Wasilewski), Damien Perquis, Kamil Glik, Jakub Wawrzyniak - Grzegorz Krychowiak, Daniel Lukasik (76. Adrian Mierzejewski) - Jakub Blaszczykowski, Ludovic Obraniak (60. Arkadiusz Milik), Szymon Pawlowski (46. Kamil Grosicki) - Robert Lewandowski.
this is sad and embarrassing!!
ReplyDeleteSay what you want about Lewy with Dort. he sucks for Polska, Ebi Smolarek is playing well lets call him up, at least he has scored big goals for us vs Portugal, Belguim, Kaz, etc. What has Lewy done score two goals vs estonia, and one from a spoon feed perfect pss which I would have scored.
ReplyDeleteNo one Passes to lewy when he makes his runs besides kuba we need playmakers on this team and switch make sure the d we had today never plays again
ReplyDeleteLewy was fed one of those balls people keep claiming he never gets and what does he do, he completely fucks it up. People need to stop making excuses for Lewy, going 10 games without a goal as a striker( and supposed star of the team) is unacceptable whether you play for Spain or Bulgaria.
DeleteLewy can't finish for polska. that 1 on 1 was given to him on a golden plate
ReplyDeleteIreland play shit tactics, it was a shit pitch, and our players all played like unmotivated shit except for Krychowiak, Perquis, Lukasik, Glik, and maybe Boensich and Boruc/Szczesny.
ReplyDeleteNot really sad or embarrassing, just very disappointing.
During euro's I was quite dissapointed with the effort Lewandowski was putting in, but I think it's unfair to say that now. He works hard but the midfield isn't supplying him with passes. Sure he could have made that one goal, but not everything works out sometimes. If he had a few more chances from the midfield, then surely he would have scored.
ReplyDeleteLewy scores those one on ones everytime for Dortmund but when he's up against some no name Irish goalkeeper he fucks it up completely, he has the Torres effect where he's getting so much pressure for not scoring enough for the kadra that he fucks up stuff he normally puts away for Dortmund. He needs to be benched till he calms down.
DeleteI love how some people have these incredible high expectations for Poland and that they should win every single game they play. We are not a great team. We have maybe one world class player, and that is debatable, and a bunch of mediocre ones. Just accept the team for what they are and move on. I cheer for Polska and always will but I mean come on, lets be realistic.
ReplyDeleteWhen you look at the Ireland team and the Polish team we should win on paper. The team under-performed just like at the Euros vs the Czechs and Greeks who also had weaker teams but aren't so mentally weak that if a goal go against them and against the run of play they completely mentally collapse. We're a team when everything is going our way we play great but once some adversity shows its head we become headless chickens.
Deletewe need need a younger defence besides right back cause piszczek is a beauty
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