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This is not how it was supposed to be. Poland lost against the Czech Republic
Poland's national team began their battle for qualification to next year's European Football Championship with a defeat against the Czech Republic. The Poles were losing 0:2 to the Czech Republic after just three minutes and failed to make up the score. They eventually suffered a 1:3 defeat, with Damian Szymanski scoring the only goal for our team. The Poles will play their next match on 27 March against Albania at the PGE Narodowy.
Czech Republic – Poland 3:1 (2:0)
Goals: Ladislav Krejci 1, Tomas Cvancara 3, Jan Kuchta 64 – Damian Szymański 87.
Czech Republic: 23. Jiri Pavlenka – 3. Tomas Holes, 4. Jakub Brabec, 8. Ladislav Krejci – 5. Vladimir Coufal (71, 13. David Doudera), 21. Alex Kral, 22. Tomas Soucek, 15. David Jurasek (89, 6. Jaroslav Zeleny) – 19. Tomas Cvancara (65, 10. Mojmir Chytil), 9. Adam Hlożek (89, 17. Vaclav Cerny), 11. Jan Kuchta (71, 7. Antonin Barak).
Poland: 1. Wojciech Szczęsny – 2. Matty Cash (9, 17. Robert Gumny), 5. Jan Bednarek, 14. Jakub Kiwior, 16. Michał Karbownik (46, 18. Michał Skóraś) – 19. Przemysław Frankowski, 6. Krystian Bielik (46, 11. Karol Świderski), 20. Piotr Zieliński, 8. Karol Linetty (77, 4. Damian Szymański), 10. Sebastian Szymański (65, 21. Nicola Zalewski) – 9. Robert Lewandowski.
Yellow cards: Soucek, Brabec.
Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece).
