Saint Petersburg –
Wojciech Szczesny broke two records in the game Poland vs Slovakia of Euro 2020. Unfortunately, the Polish goalkeeper made a bad record.
Poland started his steps in Group E of Euro 2020 by facing Slovakia at Krestovsky Stadium, St. Petersburg, Monday (14/6/2021) evening WIB. Robert Lewandowski et al must recognize the superiority of Slovakia with a score of 1-2.
Szczesny’s own goal in the 18th minute opened the scoring for Slovakia. This goal came from the action of Robert Mak who stabbed from the left and passed Bartosz Bereszynski and Kamil Jozwiak
Mom then fired a shot with her left foot towards a nearby pole. Lucky for Slovakia, the ball hit the post and then hit Szczesny before going into goal.
The goal was an unpleasant record for Szczesny. Reported by choose, Wojciech Szczesny recorded as the first goalkeeper to score an own goal in the European Cup.
There is one more note that is not okay Szczesny made through his own goal. Created in the 18th minute, Szczesny’s own goal was recorded as the fastest own goal in European Cup history.
Since 2012, Szczesny has always experienced unpleasant events in the inaugural European Cup match. In 2012, he was shown a red card in Poland’s opener against Greece. Four years later, the former Arsenal goalkeeper was injured in the first game of Euro 2016.
Wojciech Szczesny became the second Juventus player to score an own goal at Euro 2020. Previously, Turkish defender Merih Demiral also scored an own goal when his team lost to Italy 0-3 in the opening match.
Defeated to Slovakia, Poland temporarily occupies the bottom of Group E of the 2020 European Cup. Next, Poland will face Spain on Sunday (20/6/2021) early morning WIB.
Check out the summary of the excitement of Euro 2020/2021 here.
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