The match starts at the Olympiastadion in Berlin!
The anthems of Poland and Austria are playing!!
The two teams take to the field! Great atmosphere in Berlin’s Olypiastadion with fans from both countries.
Fewer and fewer minutes until this day of Group D opens! A lot is at stake in the matches being played today. Poland and Austria star in the second confrontation of the day.
The best third parties during the group stage have already begun to add points, which is accumulating more pressure on the least favorite teams in their groups. It seems that things are going to be very tight on the third day for those countries that have the possibility of being in this position.
Adam Buksa is looking to become the first Polish player to score in each of his first two games at the European Championship. In major tournaments, the only Poles who have done so before are Grzegorz Lato and Andrzej Starmach in the 1974 World Cup against Argentina and Haiti.
Austria won three of its first five meetings with Poland (D2) between 1935 and 1994. It is now winless in its last five meetings against Poland (D2 L3), all of them in official matches between 2004 and 2019.
This will be the second meeting between Poland and Austria in a major tournament, after the 1-1 draw in the group stage of EURO 2008, which was both teams’ only point in the competition that year.
The referee of the match will be the Turkish Halil Meler. He was already in charge of directing the surprising Belgium 0-1 Slovakia on the pitch.
There are three variations in the XI that Rangnick draws today compared to the one on the first day. Trauner and Lienhart start in the center of defense, and Arnautovic up front. Danso, Wöber and Gregoritsch leave.
Austria comes out with the following team: Pentz – Pisch, Trauner, Lienhart, Mwene – Seiwald, Grillitsch – Laimer, Baumgartner, Sabitzer – Arnautovic
There are four changes in the Polish team compared to the one that played on the first day. Lewandowski will not be at the top but Proberz puts two great players. Dawidowicz, Slisz, Piotrowski and Piatek enter as starters. Salamon, Romanczuk, Szymanski and Urbanski leave.
Poland comes out with the following team: Szczesny – Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior – Frankowski, Zielinski, Slisz, Piotrowski, Zalewski – Buksa, Piatek
There are already confirmed lineups!
Being the second confrontation that both teams will experience in the Euro Cup, the significance of what happens today in Berlin is total for the future of the tournament for both countries. Classification as third in the group is key, and Poland will have to close this phase against France while Austria will face the Netherlands for the last three points.
One of the most important things to know today will be the prominence of Poland’s forward. Lewandowski, who did not play any minutes on the first day due to injury, hopes to be able to help his country in the fight for qualification after the group stage. It should be noted that his replacement, Buksa, played a great game – including a goal.
In the same way, Austria also suffered its first defeat in the European Championship against France by the minimum. Despite playing a great collective game, the team led by German Ralf Rangnick scored an own goal to fall to the top favorite in the tournament. Today, despite names, they will possibly start above their rival.
For the Poles, the first day, played against A Clockwork Orange, brought with it a narrow defeat. Down 1-2 throughout the first 90′ of the Euro Cup, Michal Probierz’s team failed to score points despite starting the game ahead on the scoreboard.
This confrontation between Poland and Austria will be the prelude to the great match that will take place today, which also involves Group D. France and the Netherlands will face each other already knowing the result of their two competitors, who are currently are behind on the leaderboard.
It must be remembered that this European Championship in Germany brings with it the classification of the best third parties for the round of 16 dispute. Any point and any goal – scored or conceded – can make the difference in making this happen. There will be four countries that will compete in this between all the groups.
Greetings to all! The second day of the Euro Cup arrives within Group D. In Berlin, Poland and Austria will open things within this group. A match in which both teams could get fully into the fight for qualification to the next phase, or see their options minimized in the face of the first two places.