WARSZAWA. Poland demolishes San Marino 5-0 with goals of K. Swiderski (10′), C. Brolli (20′ own), T. Kedziora (50′), A. Buksa (84′) and K. Piatek (90′). Its vastly superior ball possession (83%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadion Narodowy stadium in Warszawa on Saturday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. In front of 56,128 spectators. The referee was Fran Jović with the assistance of Hrvoje Radic and Luka Pušić. The 4th official was Dario Bel. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 7.2 degrees Celsius or 45.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- ! 83 Ball Possession 17
Shots
- 34 Total 2
- 13 On Target 1
- 21 Off Target 1
- 5 Shots blocked 0
- 183 Attack 32
- 116 Dangerous attack 7
- 72 Ball safe 66
- 0 Penalties 0
- 15 Corners 0
Fouls
- 8 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Poland was in firm control of the ball 83% while San Marino was struggling with a 17% ball possession.
Poland was more aggressive with 116 dangerous attacks and 34 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Poland won the match.
Poland shot 34 times, 13 on target, 21 off target. On the opposite side, San Marino shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Poland received 1 yellow card (K. Linetty). On the other side, San Marino received 1 yellow card (A. Golinucci).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this contest, Poland will have 14 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, San Marino will stay with 0 points to stay in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Poland will play away against Albania on the 12th of October with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Poland (0 draws).
San Marino will host Andorra on the 12th of October with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Andorra (0 draws).
Poland – Formation
Poland
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50'
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Poland started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Paulo Manuel Carvalho de Sousa decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Fabiański , Robert Gumny , Michał Helik , Tomasz Kędziora , Przemysław Frankowski , Mateusz Klich , Karol Linetty , Przemysław Płacheta , Kacper Kozłowski , Robert Lewandowski and Karol Świderski .
The home team had on the bench: Łukasz Skorupski, Adam Buksa , Kamil Glik, Jan Bednarek, Paweł Dawidowicz, Radosław Majecki , Bartosz Bereszyński , Krzysztof Piątek , Jakub Moder , Tymoteusz Puchacz, Piotr Zieliński and Kamil Jóźwiak.
Substitutions
Poland made 5 changes: M. Klich for K. Piatek (46′), L. Fabianski for R. Majecki (57′), P. Frankowski for B. Bereszynski (65′), R. Lewandowski for J. Moder (66′) and K. Swiderski for A. Buksa (72′).
Best player: Karol Świderski
The player that probably impressed the most for Poland was Karol Świderski.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13.
San Marino – Formation
San Marino
San Marino started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Franco Varrella played with: Elia Benedettini , Manuel Battistini , Davide Simoncini , Cristian Brolli , Mirko Palazzi , Alessandro Golinucci , Luca Censoni , Enrico Golinucci , Marcello Mularoni , Matteo Vitaioli and Adolfo Hirsch .
They had on the bench: Dante Rossi , David Tomassini , Alessandro D’Addario, Kevin Zonzini, Filippo Fabbri , Andrea Grandoni , Michael Battistini, Luca Ceccaroli, Marco Bernardi , Simone Benedettini, Matteo Zavoli and Tommaso Zafferani.
San Marino could not rely on the presence of F. Fabbri (injured).
Substitutions
San Marino made 5 changes: L. Censoni for A. Grandoni (46′), J. Hirsch for D. Tomassini (46′), M. Palazzi for F. Fabbri (53′), C. Brolli for D. Rossi (74′) and M. Vitaioli for M. Bernardi (74′).
Best player: Elia Benedettini
The player that probably impressed the most for San Marino was the goalkeeper: Elia Benedettini. His rating is 7.10. He performed 8 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Poland – San Marino – 5-0
- Hungary – Albania – 0-1
- Andorra – England – 0-5
- Moldova – Denmark – 0-4
- Faroe Islands – Austria – 0-2
- Scotland – Israel – 3-2
- Sweden – Kosovo – 3-0
- Georgia – Greece – 0-2
- Finland – Ukraine – 1-2
- Kazakhstan – Bosnia and Herzegovina – 0-2
- Switzerland – Northern Ireland – 2-0
- Lithuania – Bulgaria – 3-1
- Luxembourg – Serbia – 0-1
- Azerbaijan – Republic of Ireland – 0-3
