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A roller-coaster without happy ending. Poland loses to Slovakia
Polish national team started the final tournament of the UEFA EURO 2020 with a defeat. The White and Reds lost in St. Petersburg to Slovakia 1:2, and to make matters worse Grzegorz Krychowiak saw a red card. Karol Linetty scored the only goal for the team led by Paulo Sousa. The next game of the Poles is scheduled for 19 June in Seville. They will face Spain.
June 14, St. Petersburg
Poland – Slovakia 1:2 (0:1)
Goals: Karol Linetty 46 – Wojciech Szczęsny 18 s, Milan Skriniar 69.
Poland: 1. Wojciech Szczęsny – 18. Bartosz Bereszyński, 15. Kamil Glik, 5. Jan Bednarek, 13. Maciej Rybus (74, 26. Tymoteusz Puchacz) – 21. Kamil Jóźwiak, 8. Karol Linetty (74, 19. Przemysław Frankowski), 10. Grzegorz Krychowiak, 14. Mateusz Klich (85, 16. Jakub Moder), 20. Piotr Zieliński (85, 11. Karol Świderski) – 9. Robert Lewandowski.
Slovakia: 1. Martin Dubravka – 2. Peter Pekarik (79, 24. Martin Koscelnik), 5. Lubomir Satka, 14. Milan Skriniar, 15. Tomas Hubocan – 18. Lukas Haraslin (87, 21. Michal Duris), 19. Juraj Kucka, 25. Jakub Hromada (79, 13. Patrik Hrosovsky), 20. Robert Mak (87, 10. Tomas Suslov) – 8. Ondrej Duda (90, 6. Jan Gregus), 17. Marek Hamsik.
Yellow cards: Krychowiak – Hubocan.
Red card: Krychowiak (second yellow card)
Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (Romania).