Group C presented a completely different scenario for the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage. The fate of the second playoff ticket was unclear until the last minutes of the matches, and before the Arabs’ goal everything was went to the fact that the teams of Poland and Mexico would be considered … yellow cards.
The Poles during the match with the Argentine national team could not count on much. The red and white spent almost the entire match in deep defense and could have conceded goals even before the break. True, the referee found a very strange reason to appoint a penalty at the gates of the Poles. But Szczesny saved his second penalty in this World Cup. And, come on Messi!
Argentina opened the scoring as the second half opened. McAllister was forgotten by everyone in the penalty area and shot into the bottom corner – in this episode, the goalkeeper of the Polish national team could no longer help his team. And in the 68th minute, the Poles’ position became threatening: Alvarez increased Argentina’s lead in the long run. In the parallel match, Mexico also led 2-0, which made exactly the same performance of the two teams. Except for the number of yellow cards, the Poles had fewer.
But there was still plenty of time before the game was over. The Polish national team has not yet managed to organize a counterplay, but the Argentines have a few more moments to finish the matter and send the opponent home.
2:0 – the score, which, as it turned out, suited both teams. Argentina will play in the playoffs with the Australians, and the Poles are waiting for a match with the reigning world champions – the French.
World Cup 2022
Poland – Argentina 0:2 (0:0)
Naked: McAllister A., 46 (0:1); Alvarez Hul., 68 (0:2)
Poland: Chance; Belik K. (Shymansky D., 62); Bereszynski (Jendrzejczyk, 72); Glick; Kivior; Krychowiak (Pyontek district, 83); Zelinsky P.; Caches; Frankovsky (Kaminski street, 46); Lewandowski R.; Shwiderski (Skurash, 46)
Replacement: Skorupski; Grabara; Bednarek; Vietesca; Tyres; Zhurkovsky; Szymanski S.; Zalevsky; Milik; Grosicki
Warnings: Krykhoviak 78
Argentina: Martinez E.; Romero K.; Otamendi; Molina N.; Fernandez E. (Pessella JA, 79); Acuna (Tagliafico, 59); McAllister A. (Almada, 84); Di Maria (Paredes L., 59); de Paolo; Messi; Alvarez Hul. (Martinez L., 79)
Replacement: Handlebar; Armani; Montiel; Martinez Lee; Voith; Rodríguez G.; Palacios Ek.; Correa A.; Dybala; Gomez Al.
Warnings: Acuna 49
