UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Sunday, October 11, 2015
Republic of Ireland DDWWW 1
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Poland WDLWD 2
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IRL101
POL202
Warsaw National Stadium · ESPN

Match Report

EPA/BARTLOMIEJ ZBOROWSKI POLAND

Poland secure qualification for Euro 2016 with win, Ireland to playoff

Robert Lewandowski ended the Republic of Ireland's hopes of automatic qualification for the Euro 2016 finals as Poland secured their trip to France.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
23
3
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
4
6
Saves
7
50
Possession
50
6
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
6
0.7
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
5
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
11
0.5
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
5
Clearances
2

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

POL

  1. 22Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 20Lukasz PiszczekD
  3. 15Kamil GlikD
  4. 21Michal PazdanD
  5. 14Jakub WawrzyniakD
  6. 10Karol LinettyM
  7. 8Grzegorz KrychowiakM
  8. 7Pawel OlkowskiM
  9. 5Krzysztof MaczynskiM
  10. 11Kamil GrosickiM
  11. 9Robert LewandowskiF

IRL

  1. 23Darren RandolphG
  2. 2Seamus ColemanD
  3. 4John O'SheaD
  4. 5Richard KeoghD
  5. 19Robbie BradyM
  6. 11James McCleanM
  7. 8James McCarthyM
  8. 6Glenn WhelanM
  9. 21Jeff HendrickM
  10. 14Jonathan WaltersF
  11. 9Shane LongF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal!! Grzegorz Krychowiak hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the right channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! Poland now leads 1 - 0
  2. 16' Jonathan Walters places the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower right corner and scores!! The goalkeeper guessed correctly but could not stop the shot.
  3. 18' John O'Shea is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  4. 42' Goal!! Robert Lewandowski hits a very good header to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Poland now leads 2 - 1
  5. 45'+1' Glenn Whelan is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  6. 55' Republic of Ireland makes a sub: Robbie Keane enters for Shane Long. Reason: Serious Injury
  7. 58' Republic of Ireland makes a sub: Aiden McGeady enters for Glenn Whelan. Reason: Tactical
  8. 63' Poland makes a sub: Jakub Blaszczykowski enters for Pawel Olkowski. Reason: Tactical
  9. 73' Republic of Ireland makes a sub: Wes Hoolahan enters for James McClean. Reason: Tactical
  10. 74' Kamil Glik is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  11. 78' Poland makes a sub: Lukasz Szukala enters for Krzysztof Maczynski. Reason: Tactical
  12. 85' Poland makes a sub: Slawomir Peszko enters for Kamil Grosicki. Reason: Tactical
  13. 87' Slawomir Peszko is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  14. 90' End of the game
  15. 90'+2' John O'Shea has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: second bookable offence
  16. 90'+5' Jonathan Walters is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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