UEFA European Championship

FT Sunday, June 12, 2016
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Poland WWWLD 1
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Match Report

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Arkadiusz Milik seals win for Poland against Northern Ireland

Poland began their Euro 2016 campaign in Group C with a deserved 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in Nice on Sunday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
0
40
Possession
60
2
SHOTS
18
0
ON GOAL
4
0.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
173
Accurate Passes
431
272
Passes
501
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.1
73
Long Balls
52
16
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.2
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
7
20
Effective Tackles
6
24
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
16
31
Clearances
25

Head to Head

POL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

POL · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 2Michal PazdanCD-L
  3. 15Kamil GlikCD-R
  4. 3Artur JedrzejczykLB
  5. 20Lukasz PiszczekRB
  6. 5Krzysztof MaczynskiCM-L
  7. 10Grzegorz KrychowiakCM-R
  8. 21Bartosz KapustkaLM
  9. 16Jakub BlaszczykowskiRM
  10. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  11. 7Arkadiusz MilikRCF

NIR · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Michael McGovernG
  2. 4Gareth McAuleyCD
  3. 5Jonny EvansCD-L
  4. 20Craig CathcartCD-R
  5. 16Oliver NorwoodCM-L
  6. 17Paddy McNairCM-R
  7. 6Chris BairdAM
  8. 3Shane FergusonLM
  9. 2Conor MclaughlinRM
  10. 10Kyle LaffertyF
  11. 8Steven DavisRCF

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Stuart Dallas replaces Paddy McNair.
  2. 51' Goal! Poland 1, Northern Ireland 0. Arkadiusz Milik (Poland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jakub Blaszczykowski.
  3. 65' Bartosz Kapustka (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 66' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Conor Washington replaces Shane Ferguson.
  5. 69' Craig Cathcart (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 76' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Jamie Ward replaces Chris Baird.
  7. 78' Substitution, Poland. Tomasz Jodlowiec replaces Krzysztof Maczynski.
  8. 80' Substitution, Poland. Kamil Grosicki replaces Jakub Blaszczykowski.
  9. 88' Substitution, Poland. Slawomir Peszko replaces Bartosz Kapustka.
  10. 89' Lukasz Piszczek (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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