“Suddenly. Ukraine played better, but Poland scored.”

On Wednesday, November 11, the Ukraine team lost to Poland (0: 2) in a friendly match. The Polish media spoke in detail about the past game.

“Poland unexpectedly beat Ukraine! The rivals played and ours scored “, – read the title of the edition Sport.pl.

“The result is better than the game, that’s how you can describe the Polish team’s fight on Wednesday. The Ukrainians attacked more often and played better, but the Poles scored goals. Krzysztof Pentek and Jakub Moder hit the opponent’s goal.

In the coming days, the Polish team will play two important matches in the Nations League, against Italy and the Netherlands. Therefore, Jerzy Bzhencek in sparring with Ukraine on Wednesday gave the reserve players a chance.

At first, the Poles did not face Andriy Shevchenko’s team. The Ukrainians locked the owners in their own half and constantly ran forward. Frankly, the Polish team was lucky. For example, in the 12th minute, when Andriy Yarmolenko hit the post from the penalty spot after Bohnevich’s foul.

However, the goal was scored by the Poles. Shortly before the break, Andrei Lunin, in the style of Manuel Neuer, ran away from the penalty area, but was very wrong. His mistake was taken advantage of by Piotr Zielinski, who gave an accurate pass to Pentek.

The Hertha forward faced a difficult task, although on the outside the situation seemed simple. Ukraine’s gates were open, but Pentek had to hit from 30 meters under pressure from rivals. However, he coped with the task without problems.

At the beginning of the second half, the Ukrainians attacked more. However, in the 52nd minute, Skorupski, after being hit by Viktor Tsygankov, made a beautiful save. And ten minutes later the Poles scored another goal. Plakheta shot into the area and Jakub Moder hit the post with his head, but recovered quickly, finishing the ball into goal from close range. This was Moder’s first contact with the ball, who had replaced the faded Arkadiusz Milik a little earlier.

The paradox was that, although we won 2-0, the rivals showed a greater culture of play. The Ukrainians played more beautiful and dynamic. However, no hasty conclusions should be drawn after this match, because Bzhenchek’s team may never play in such a composition again.

We can enjoy individual performances including Skorupski, Guralski and Plakheta, this is the third consecutive match without goals conceded. Before that, we managed to play a zero draw with Italy and beat Bosnia with a score of 3: 0, ”he says about the last match. Sport.pl.

“Happiness needs to be able to help. The Poles defeated the Ukrainians who were handing out gifts in a friendly match “, – says the title Futbol.pl.

“Luck was on the side of the White-Reds. The Polish team in a composition that is far from ideal, beat Ukraine. The Poles definitely had less game, but more luck. Poland scored two goals due to the mistakes of the opponents, but these mistakes had to be exploited. Jerzy Bzhencek’s team in good spirits will enter the fight in the Nations League.

Jerzy Brzeczek organized an experimental team for a friendly match with Ukraine. The manager knows this is the only chance to test his ideas and see the less experienced players on the team in action.

In the 12th minute, Pavel Bohnevich made a mistake. It looks like he dropped Andrei Yarmolenko without much need for a tackle in his own penalty area. The victim herself approached the penalty spot. Skorupski fell into a corner, the ball flew to another, but hit the post.

In the 40th minute, one of our players made a long pass from his defense zone. Young goalkeeper Andrey Lunin made a big mistake. The future (??) No. 1 of Real Madrid walked out of the door in a completely harmless situation. Instead of hitting the ball properly, Lunin simply handed it to Zielinski, from him the ball went to Krzysztof Pentek, who sent the ball into the empty net from afar.

The Poles defended themselves well at the beginning of the second half. Yuzhvyak tried to fight individually, Klich tried to create something, but the conditions were dictated by the Ukrainians. But they never scored a goal. In turn, the Poles increased the gap in the 63rd minute. The Ukrainians played poorly after a free kick, Plakheta hung up, Moder hit the post with his head, but quickly managed to hit the ball into the net – 2: 0.

The Polish team could not play well without its leaders. Weakened Ukraine, devoid of several leaders, played better, but was less effective. If Yarmolenko had scored from the penalty spot, if Tsygankov had taken advantage of two excellent chances, the result could have been different. The Poles beat Andriy Shevchenko’s team with a score of 2: 0 and are now looking forward to the Nations League matches with Italy and the Netherlands, ”he writes. Soccer.pl.

“Victory for the Polish team. The substitutes beat Ukraine “, – laconic Wyborcza Gazeta.

“Successful combat of the Poles. The team, in which only four of the eleven players from the first team regularly play for the national team, beat Ukraine 2-0 in Chorzów.

Jerzy Brzeczek is forced to expand the squad due to current circumstances. The pandemic means that you never know how many of the players called up will be able to come to training ground and play. Michal Karbovnik, who is infected with the coronavirus, and Bartlomej Drongowski, who is in quarantine in Italy, did not attend the November games. But these problems are nothing, given the recent problems of the Ukrainians, who lost the October friendly with France 1: 7 due to the absence of 14 players who could not play due to injuries and the coronavirus.

In a situation where the team is waiting for direct preparation for Euro 2021 in the spring and at the same time qualification for the World Cup in Qatar, it is worth having in the clip not twenty, but twice as many players. The Italians sent … 42 footballers to their last training camp.

Fights like the match with Ukraine are used to test second and third tier players. The rival was not a gift: Andriy Shevchenko’s footballers recently beat Spain in the Nations League, some experts see them as a “dark horse” in the next European Championship. An attacking team entered the field, playing in a 4-3-3 scheme.

It was clear that the Polish defense was playing with such a team for the first time, and perhaps the last time. Irritated by the chaos of the first minutes of the game, before the break, he caused three dangerous moments from opponents and a penalty. In the 11th minute, Pavel Bokhnevich attacked Andrey Yarmolenko in a sub-category, but the Ukrainian shot the post from the penalty spot.

The Poles looked bad in defense, but better in attack. Plaheta hit well, sometimes forwards Krzysztof Pentek and Arkadiusz Milik worked well. However, the first goal turned out to be absurd: Ukrainian goalkeeper Andrey Lunin went completely in vain 40 meters from the goal. There Piotr Zielinski took the ball from him, gave it to Pentek, who sent it from afar into an empty net.

Such strange goals have already been scored at the Chorzów stadium. It was here fourteen years ago that Colombian goalkeeper Luis Martínez hit the ball out of his goal with such force that he found himself behind Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak. After that, Kuschak did not make a career in the national team, in total he played for the national team only 11 times. What is the future of Lunin, the 21-year-old substitute goalkeeper for Real Madrid?

In the 63rd minute, after a long confusion in the Ukrainian penalty area, Moder scored, entering the field just a minute earlier. And it was one of the few emotional moments in the second half of the game, “he says. Wyborcza Gazeta.

In general, the Polish media admit that Poland played significantly worse than Ukraine, but they realized their chances much more effectively, which the Ukrainians gave them. But Poland’s deadpan play is mainly associated with the experimental line-up, which was introduced for the match by head coach of the Polish team Jerzy Bzhencek.

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