UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Friday, March 24, 2023
Poland WDWLL 1
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Czechia LLLWL 3
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POL011
CZE213
Fortuna Arena · 19,045 att.

Match Report

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Czechs down Poland 3-1 in Euro qualifier thanks to quick-fire goals

Two goals within the first three minutes and a second-half Jan Kuchta strike helped the Czech Republic to cruise past Poland 3-1 in their opening Eu

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
3
63.8
Possession
36.2
11
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
439
Accurate Passes
193
536
Passes
298
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
4
Accurate Crosses
5
16
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
71
31
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
0
5
Effective Tackles
8
11
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
14
Interceptions
7
15
Effective Clearances
11
15
Clearances
11

Head to Head

CZE leads series 3-2

Lineups

CZE · 3-4-3

  1. 23Jirí PavlenkaG
  2. 4Jakub BrabecCD
  3. 8Ladislav KrejcíCD-L
  4. 3Tomás HolesCD-R
  5. 22Tomás SoucekCM-L
  6. 21Alex KrálCM-R
  7. 15David JurásekLM
  8. 5Vladimír CoufalRM
  9. 9Adam HlozekF
  10. 11Jan KuchtaCF-L
  11. 19Tomas CvancaraCF-R

POL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 14Jakub KiwiorCD-L
  3. 5Jan BednarekCD-R
  4. 16Michal KarbownikLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 6Krystian BielikLM
  8. 8Karol LinettyRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 19Przemyslaw FrankowskiAM-L
  11. 10Sebastian SzymanskiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Czech Republic 1, Poland 0. Ladislav Krejcí II (Czech Republic) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Vladimír Coufal.
  2. 3' Goal! Czech Republic 2, Poland 0. Tomás Cvancara (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Jurásek with a cross.
  3. 9' Substitution, Poland. Robert Gumny replaces Matty Cash because of an injury.
  4. 22' Tomás Soucek (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 37' Jakub Brabec (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Poland. Michal Skóras replaces Michal Karbownik.
  7. 45' Substitution, Poland. Karol Swiderski replaces Krystian Bielik.
  8. 64' Goal! Czech Republic 3, Poland 0. Jan Kuchta (Czech Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Král.
  9. 64' Substitution, Poland. Nicola Zalewski replaces Sebastian Szymanski.
  10. 65' Substitution, Czech Republic. Mojmír Chytil replaces Tomás Cvancara.
  11. 71' Substitution, Czech Republic. David Doudera replaces Vladimír Coufal.
  12. 71' Substitution, Czech Republic. Antonín Barák replaces Jan Kuchta.
  13. 76' Substitution, Poland. Damian Szymanski replaces Karol Linetty.
  14. 87' Goal! Czech Republic 3, Poland 1. Damian Szymanski (Poland) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Michal Skóras following a corner.
  15. 89' Substitution, Czech Republic. Jaroslav Zeleny replaces David Jurásek.
  16. 89' Substitution, Czech Republic. Václav Cerny replaces Adam Hlozek.

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