Poland strengthened their probabilities of reaching the final 16 of a World Cup for the primary time since 1986 on Saturday after targets from Piotr Zielinski and Robert Lewandowski thwarted Saudi Arabia’s makes an attempt to take the sport forward.
Zielinski scored after 39 minutes in the course of the recreation and Lewandowski put the match away eight minutes from time for Saudi Arabia, whereas goalkeeper Wojciech Szczecny’s excellent double save from a penalty in first-half stoppage time put Poland in a match towards a Saudi facet Kept that which was at all times on the assault.
Following the consequence, Poland wanted solely a degree from their ultimate Group C match towards Argentina to make sure their place within the subsequent spherical.
Saudi Arabia have been the higher workforce within the first half and had the benefit of some favorable refereeing choices however will remorse the missed penalty from Salem Al-Dawsari, who scored of their historic win over Argentina on Tuesday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
