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Polish footballers say goodbye to EURO 2020 after the group phase. At the championship, they fell short of expectations, after losing 2: 3 in the final duel of the “Slovak” E-group with Sweden, they finished in the table with a single point only in fourth place.
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“I feel very disappointed because I think we had more and we deserved more,” sadly, the Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was saddened after the elimination.
The Poles did not succeed in entering the European Championships, they started in the group with a 1: 2 loss to Slovakia, but thanks to a 1: 1 draw with Spain, they returned to the game. Fate was in their own hands, they needed only one thing to advance – in the final group duel in St. Petersburg, they defeated the leader Sweden. However, they “slept” at the beginning of the decisive duel and collected after only 81 seconds, when Emil Forsberg got to the ball with a huge mistake by Kamil Jóžwiak and overcame Szczesný with a ground shot.
It was the second fastest goal in the history of European championships. Only Russian Dmitry Kirichenko was able to score faster, who sent his team to the lead at the 2004 European Championships in a duel with Greece (2: 1) in the 67th second.
When Forsberg increased the lead to 2 – 0 after 59 minutes, he had a good day. However, coach Paul Sousa’s charges have recovered, and sniper Robert Lewandowski took care of tackling with two precise hits. His first goal was from the show category, when he shot Robin Olsen beautifully in the Swedish goal. However, to advance, the Poles needed to score again. In the end, they played bait, threw all their forces into the attack, which the opponent used, broke into the open defense and at the set time decided on the triumph of the Northerners, substituting Viktor Claesson.
“We are sad and disappointed,” declared after the loss of Lewandowski. “Maybe we lacked quality, but we gave ourselves everything. We were unlucky in this tournament. We worked out so many goal opportunities, but we could not use them enough. And our opponents scored goals from half a chance … I feel that this team deserved “We haven’t been rewarded enough for everything we’ve spent.”
Representatives of Sweden at EURO 2020
Source: SITA
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Although the Swedes cashed for EURO 2020 for the first time, they can rejoice. They won the group with seven points and advanced to the eight finals. They entered the elimination phase of the European Championships for the first time since 2004, when they finished in the quarterfinals. “It was like on a swing. The winning goal in the set time is worth our weight in gold. We wanted to win the group and I’m very happy that we succeeded.” said the author of the winning hit, Claesson, for uefa.com.
“The start of the match was crazy. However, the Poles did not break after the collected goal, created chances and leveled in the second half. Fortunately, we managed to pull the victory to our side after the third goal. groups, now we want to go to the quarterfinals,“said Emil Forsberg, who has already scored three goals at the European Championships 2020. In addition to two in the Polish net, he decided on the triumph of” three crowns “in the match against Slovakia (1: 0), when he converted a penalty kick in the 77th minute.
“Forsberg is a very calm and prudent man,” commented on the address of the Swedish shooter coach Janne Andersson. “Emil himself says that everything is perfect for him here at the championship and that he feels better on the pitch. He always gave quality performances in the national jersey and it is excellent that he became the decisive element for us. Overall, we defended well against the Poles , although we pulled too long in the second half. “
The Norwegians are continuing their excellent performances from the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where they reached the quarterfinals. They will meet with Ukraine in the EURO 2020 round-finals on Tuesday, June 29 at 9 pm CET in Glasgow. “We have to watch the match with Poland again in the video, analyze our game and think about what we can improve before the round of 16,” dodal Andersson.
