Spaniards draw for the second time, Poles still hold out hope

Group E, which also includes Slovakia, had a match between home team Spain and Poland in Seville. The Poles needed to get at least one point to keep their hopes of qualifying for the eight finals alive. The team around superstar Robert Lewandowski was thus hanging over the precipice.

In the opening minutes, Zielinski stirred up some emotions with a fall in the penalty area, which was not awarded a penalty. The Spaniards then became more and more active, as they definitely wanted to give the Spanish fans at least a small patch for their poor performance against Sweden.

The Spanish pressure grew, but nothing came of it, other than Rodri’s flub on the penalty spot and Lewandowski’s subsequent sprint, which was barely stopped by Jordi Alba. Another moment of pressure followed, accompanied by corner kicks, but it didn’t lead to success.

In the 25th minute, Alvar Morata initially had his goal taken away for offside, but then a different message came from VAR and the Juventus striker was able to celebrate. In the end, it took Iberian footballers 116 minutes to score their first goal at the Euro.

10 minutes after the opening goal, the Poles also made their presence felt, with Swiderski having a chance after Lewandowski’s centre. In the 43rd, the Bayern Munich striker came face to face with goalkeeper Simon after a Polish shot rebounded off the bar. However, he could do nothing more than hit the Spaniard and leave the visitors trailing.

It was a warm-up for a long time in the second half, but then in the 54th minute Lewandowski pounced on Jozwiak’s centre on the penalty spot and although he slightly pushed Laporte in the tackle, the goal counted. 1-1. Two minutes later, however, the smiles on Polish faces temporarily froze when the Spaniards kicked a penalty after a foul on Moreno.

Moreno himself stood up to the penalty and instead of goal joy, he watched the ball head first into the bar and then far out of the goal from Morata’s kick. To the delight of the Polish bench, it was still 1-1. And the Spaniards began to ooze vanity.

Goal chances by Ferran Torres and Alvaro Morata could not be counted on one hand. Luis Enrique’s charges finished the game in front of a virtually silent stadium.

Nothing happened until the final whistle blew. But the boos continued to echo through the stadium. This time from the Seville crowd. The Spaniards are third after 2 games with 2 points and will have to win against the Slovaks.

Source: UEFA