Football Journey to Poland marks a comfortable victory over San Marino
On Saturday, Poland beat San Marino 5-0 in Group A qualifiers for the World Cup, leaving Paulo Sousa’s side one point behind second-placed Albania who beat Hungary in Budapest. Sousa started the match with just two players since starting lineup against England in September, with players like Peter Zielinski, Kamil Glick and Grzegorz Krechowiak rested before Tuesday’s crucial match against Albania.
Ten minutes later, Pole Karol Swiederski gave the hosts the lead with a close-range header, followed by an own goal from San Marino ten minutes later after defender Christian Broli saved a Kasper Kozlowski pass. The hosts consolidate their lead shortly after the end of the first half when defender Thomas Kidziora when the ball into the net. Striker Adam Boksa scored in the 84th minute after scoring a hat-trick against San Marino in September.
Krzysztof Piatek scored the ball in injury time in his first game since recovering from the injury that prevented him from playing at Euro 2020. Poland travel to Albania on Tuesday in an attempt to regain second place in the group.
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