Slovakia defeat Poland in their opening Group E battle
Slovakia defeated 10-man Poland 2-1 in their opening Group E clash in Saint Petersburg and it has been their second ever victory in the European Championships, courtesy of Milan Skriniar’s third international goal.
picked up a 2-1 victory over
Polandwhen
Milan Skriniar
met the back of the net.
Robert Mak
’s solo effort has helped them lead a half-time; however, for the unfortunate winger, his deflected goal will be considered as a
Wojciech Szczesny
own goal as the ball hit the woodwork first and entered the net having been touched by the shot-stopper’s arm.
Grzegorz Krychowiak
, the Poland midfielder, committed a foul on Tomas Hubocan, who also got a yellow card due to his indiscretion after the first goal was scored. Only a few seconds into the second half, Poland pushed for an equalizer through
Karol Linetty
, who slotted home from nine yards away, and Slovakia goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka could not save it despite being at full stretch.
Krychowiak’s second yellow card was smoothly followed by a red for the 31-year-old challenge on Jakub Hromada.
In the 69th minute of the clash, Milan Skriniar found the back of the net from the edge of the penalty area after receiving the ball from the corner.
Robert Lewandowski, who was attracting a lot of expectations for the battle against Slovakia, did not show any quality of service for Poland national team on Monday.
On the other side of Group E, Spain are going to host Sweden tonight.
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