Two winless groups from Group AD clashed with one another: the Poles misplaced to the Netherlands 2-1 earlier, whereas the Austrians misplaced 1-0 to France.
Earlier than kick-off, the gamers noticed a minute’s silence in reminiscence of the previous UEFA Common Secretary, the late Gerhard Aigner Photograph: MTI/EPA/Robert Ghement
Change of targets within the first half
The preliminary Austrian strain quickly led to a aim, within the ninth minute, after a go following a throw-in, a full-back, Gernot Trauner, headed from shut vary, with nice energy, into the Polish aim. Ten minutes later, Nicola Zalewski might have equalized, he shot from contained in the penalty space, however missed the aim. The following try to equalize was already profitable, the ball coming from the precise was first shot on the aim by Jan Bednarek, however the Austrians nonetheless blocked it. After that, Krzysztof Piatek acquired the ball, and after an adjustment, he rolled it into the underside left from shut vary. Either side might have scored one other aim within the first half, however on the finish of the primary half, the groups might go to the locker room with a rating of 1-1.
Lewandowski could not assist both
The Austrians had the primary alternative after the halftime change, Stefan Posch heading from shut vary into the fingers of Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. Within the sixtieth minute, Poland’s largest star got here on instead – for the primary time at this European Championship – and acquired a yellow card 4 minutes after his substitution. After a brief wait, Austria regained the lead, Christoph Baumgartner scored a aim from 16 meters within the 67th minute, giving the Austrians a 2-1 lead. Ten minutes later, Szczesny introduced down Marcel Sabitzer, who was making an attempt to interrupt into the aim, and the ensuing penalty ended the match’s substantive questions: Marko Arnautovic’s penalty aim made the ultimate rating 3-1. With this, Austria earned its first factors at this yr’s European Championship.
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