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78 min “You recognize issues are critical when Matt Dony is reaching for the whisky, Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “I doubt the truth that Andy Robertson, of Liverpool and Scotland, has limped off in the course of the first half at Hampden, the place Euro finalists Scotland, with no win in six video games, are nonetheless trailing Northern Eire 1-0, will enhance his temper.”
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77 min On the different finish, Zalewski shoots indulgently over the bar from the left fringe of the world.
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76 min One other try on course for Wales: Mepham’s looping header, from Williams’ free-kick, is comfortably saved by Szczesny.
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75 min Poland nonetheless haven’t had an try on course. Wales have had a pair, each headers from Kieffer Moore.
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72 min Zalewski, who has additionally pale after a shiny begin, is booked for a excessive boot.
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70 min: Wales substitution Dan James replaces Brennan Johnson, who pale after a shiny begin. Even so, it’s a shock to see Johnson taken off. I suppose it might have been a shock to see Mooreo or Wilson go off as effectively.
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Up to date at 17.13 EDT
69 min A little bit of respite for Wales, with Moore heading straight at Szczesny from Roberts’s cross. It wasn’t a lot of an opportunity.
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68 min A free-kick from a deep place on the precise is headed on by Swiderski, 18 yards out, however the ball swerves away from the stretching Bednarek on the far submit.
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66 min One other terrific defensive header by both Mephan or Rodon on the far submit. Wales are hanging on a bit.
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65 min: Likelihood for Kiwior! The nook is taken quick and curled at tempo into the field. It beats everybody in the course of the purpose and is shinned over from six yards by Kiwior. He noticed it very late and the ball hit him reasonably than the opposite manner spherical.
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64 min A terrific cross from the precise wing-back Frankowski is headed up and behind by Rodon, who has had a effective sport up to now. Poland are on high simply now.
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63 min Davies makes an essential problem on Lewandowski, then wallops the unfastened ball to security to get the gang going. Wales are having a little bit of a difficult spell.
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62 min Wales have attacking choices on the bench, together with Dan James, David Brooks and Aaron Ramsey. It’s a difficult one for a supervisor since you don’t know whether or not to plan for 90 minutes or 120.
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61 min Ultimately, Matt Dony is in the home! His home, particularly.
“Reit,” he writes. “Beth ydw i wedi ei golli? I’ve been unavoidably detained up till now, and I used to be harbouring goals of a processional 4-0 first half. Appears prefer it’s going to be a protracted half an hour or so. I’ll get settled and pour a ‘giant’ Penderyn…”
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60 min That is getting niggly. Williams is livid after being penalised for a man-and-ball problem on Zielinski; the referee offers him a warning however no yellow card.
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59 min Szczesny rushes out of his space to clear a unfastened ball and is caught by Wilson. He goes over however play continues for a short while, with a Wales taking part in having a shot from about 50 yards. It’s comfortably intercepted by a defender, overlaying the purpose in Szczesny’s absence, after which the referee stops play.
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58 min: Likelihood for Lewandowski! Zielinski’s outswinging nook from the precise is headed over by the stooping Lewandowski, 10 yards out! He received away from Ben Davies for a split-second, and although Davies recovered to place him off barely, Lewandowski would anticipate to attain that perhaps seven occasions out of 10.
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Up to date at 17.02 EDT
57 min A harmful cross from the precise is headed away effectively by the backpedalling Rodon. Zielinski collects 25 yards out and belts a shot that deflects behind for Poland’s first nook of the second half.
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56 min “Szczesny is an excellent goalkeeper,” writes Krishnamoorthy V. “His nonchalant save when Messi took the penalty in Qatar despatched the nation into raptures. Sadly he had a troublesome time at Arsenal, leading to the perfect quip by Barry Glendenning that ‘Arsenal goalkeeper is an oxymoron’.”
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55 min Jordan James is booked for a poor deal with on Slisz, studs plunging into the ankle. I’m positive it was overzealous reasonably than malicious; even so, it wasn’t good.
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54 min Poland break dangerously, their first respectable assault of the half, however Rodon calmly will get between Lewandowski and the ball within the penalty space. Good defending.
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GOAL! Ukraine 1-1 Iceland (Tsygankov 54)
Viktor Tsygankov has equalised for Ukraine!
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53 min “After the primary half, I really feel like this Poland group is there to beat,” says David Bowen. “We have to win this in regular time. Purpose toot suite bhoyos.”
Let me simply put that into Google Translate earlier than I hit ‘publish’.
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Up to date at 16.56 EDT
52 min Wales have began the second half effectively, urgent actually aggressively to maintain Poland penned in.
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50 min Piotrowski offers the ball away in his personal half after which compounds the error by fouling Moore. He’s booked.
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49 min: Good save by Szczesny! Moore is shoved over by Dawidowicz, which supplies Wales one other free-kick 40 yards from purpose. Williams flips it in the direction of the far submit, the place Moore in the direction of over the defender and powers a header again throughout purpose. Szczesny leaps to his left, main along with his proper hand, and claws the ball away at full stretch. That’s an excellent save.
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Up to date at 16.53 EDT
46 min Peep peep! Wales start the second half; no modifications to both aspect.
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Up to date at 16.49 EDT
Half-time studying
What did we do earlier than banter?
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“Good night Rob,” writes Krishnamoorthy V. “Residing in Poland makes me a default supporter of Poland. Additionally, that is most likely the final probability for Lewandowski to win something at worldwide degree. Fingers crossed.”
With the best respect, no matter occurs tonight, I wouldn’t make investments an excessive amount of hope in him successful Euro 2024.
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That disallowed purpose got here from a throw-in on the left. Roberts went over, so all people assumed a protracted throw. As a substitute he took it quick to Williams, who angled a cross to the far submit. Moore headed it again throughout purpose and Davies, on the six-yard line, headed instinctively previous Szczesny. I believed Frankowski may need been taking part in him onside however the resolution was confirmed by VAR fairly shortly.
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Half time: Wales 0-0 Poland
That was the final act of a tense, cagey, often spiky first half.
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