The Polish team defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2: 1 in Zenica. In the 24th minute the hosts took the lead from Haris Hajradinovic’s penalty spot. The Bosnians received an “eleven” after a foul by Jan Bednarek. In the 45th minute, Kamil Glik scored the goal for the guests. He scored the winning goal for our national team Kamil Grosicki in the 67th minute. This is the historic first victory of Poles in the League of Nations. There is also a pivotal fight to keep in Division A.
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Bosnian media on Poland’s victory: A well-deserved victory
The Bosnian media, however, do not treat the defeat with Poland as a disaster. They are well aware that the most important play for the national team in the fall will be the play-off match for the promotion to the European Championship with Northern Ireland (October 8), and the winner will play in the play-off final on October 11 at home with Slovakia or Ireland. The best team will advance to Euro 2020, where it will go to the group with Spain, Sweden and Poland.
That is why Bosnia played almost a reserve on Monday. – Compared to the match against Italy (1: 1), the coach made seven changes. He did not go to the pitch, among others the captain of the national team, Edin Dzeko. We quickly took the lead, but the Poles scored two goals, turned the tide of the game and won it deservedly – journalists from the mondo.ba portal write
The other major media, such as 24sata.hr (a Croatian portal that also writes about Bosnia), did not focus on the defeat at all, only recording the victory of the Poles. – The Poles did not miss their chances and won goals by Glik and Grosicki. The most important match is ahead of us – the play-off for promotion to the European Championships – wrote the hayat.ba portal.
“Poles posed a threat with wings. Fantastic Grosicki”
– “Dragons” gained wings after scoring a penalty goal and had some good actions, but they did not threaten the Poles’ goal anymore. It was our rivals who put pressure on us at the end of the first half. After Grosicki’s occasions, Glik and Milik, “Smoki” somehow saved themselves, but they failed in the 45th minute when Glik swapped Grosicki’s cross from a corner into a goal. Poles posed a threat especially with the wings, and the turning point came in the 67th minute. Rybus broke through on the left side, crossed, and the fantastic Grosicki sent her to the goal – writes Scsport.ba.
Elvir Koljić, a former football player, is criticized Lech Poznan, currently playing for the Romanian Craiova. – As we expected, it was a difficult match, but maybe we didn’t deserve a defeat. We should definitely give more, both me and the whole team. We had several opportunities that we missed, he said.
– We played two games with great rivals. We’ve learned a lot, we need to improve little things, but it was a good clean before the play-offs. Almost all footballers got a chance to perform. Play-off is the most important, that’s what we want. We have to correct a few things and analyze the mistakes, the Poles took advantage of our mistakes – said Asmir Begović, the captain of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Monday’s match.
This is the situation in the ‘Polish group’ of the League of Nations. A key victory for Brzęczek
In the second match of our group on Monday, the Netherlands lost at home to Italy 0: 1. The only goal was scored by Nicolo Barella in the 45th minute. After this win, the Italians are in the first place in the table. The Netherlands is second, and Poland moved up from fourth to third position. The last place is occupied by the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Table of the Polish group of the League of Nations:
- Italy – 4 points
- Netherlands – 3 points
- Poland – 3 points
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1 points
In the next round of the League of Nations, Poles will play at home against Italy, and the Dutch will play away in Bosnia. Both meetings will be held on October 11.
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