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World champion proved too strong. Poles finish the World Cup in the 1/8 finals
The Polish national team lost 1:3 to France at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha in the 1/8 finals match of the World Cup in Qatar. The White-and-Reds put up a fight, but the current world champions proved too strong an opponent for them. Kylian Mbappé scored two goals for the 'Tricolores', while Olivier Giroud also added to the score The honour score for Poland was courtesy of Robert Lewandowski, who took advantage of a penalty kick in added time. Czesław Michniewicz's team will return to the country on Monday. It should be mentioned that at the World Cup in Qatar, the White-and-Reds advanced out of the group for the first time in 36 years.
Czesław Michniewicz: This is a well-deserved advancement
Despite a 0–2 loss with Argentina, the Polish national team got out of the group at the World Cup after a 36-year break. "I'm happy because we fully deserved this advancement. We scored four points in the group and achieved a better goal difference than our rivals," said after the match the head coach of the White-and-Reds, Czesław Michniewicz.
Wojciech Szczęsny: For the first time in my life, I'm happy to lose!
He's done it again! Wojciech Szczęsny saved a penalty kick in the second World Cup match in a row. In the third game of the group phase, he stopped a strike from the 11th metre of Leo Messi himself. "Now I can say that I knew where he'll strike, but at the moment of the shot, I wasn't so sure. Messi takes some penalties looking towards the goalkeeper, some he hits hard. He didn't stop, so I sensed it would be my left side and that's where I dove. I owed something to the team," said the hero of the Polish national team after the match that qualified the White-and-Reds to the next round.
Advanced after defeat. Polish national team in the Round of 16 of the World Cup!
The Polish national team lost 0–2 to Argentina in the third match of the group phase of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, but will still play in the Round of 16! One of the heroes of the match was Wojciech Szczęsny who saved a penalty kick for the second time in this tournament. The Poles ultimately finished second in the group with four points and will face world champions – France – in the next round.
Robert Lewandowski: I've fulfilled my dream
"Obviously, when playing for the national team, the most important thing is the interest of the team, which must always come first. However, I am a striker and of course in the back of my mind I think about scoring goals and helping the team in this way. Even though I managed to set up a goal on the first hit, I was still hoping to score at the World Cup and fulfill my dream," said Robert Lewandowski after the match against Saudi Arabia.
Wojciech Szczęsny: We could have scored definitely higher
"The rival was waiting for me to make the first move on a penalty kick and simply got fooled. After the previous match there were complaints "about the long pass," so I gave one good pass. And my "long passes" are always precise. Certainly our confidence has grown after this win. We could have finished this match with a much higher score. Especially in the last minutes we had our chances and it's a bit of a shame. It's nice to win a match at the World Cup. It's really a very special feeling," said Wojciech Szczęsny after winning the match against Saudi Arabia.
