{"id":33299,"date":"2024-03-27T19:52:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/33299\/poland-0-0-wales-26-mar\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T19:52:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:52:52","slug":"poland-0-0-wales-26-mar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=33299","title":{"rendered":"Poland 0-0 Wales (26 Mar, 2024) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poland 0-0 Wales (26 Mar, 2024) Game Analysis\u060c<\/p>\n

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Wales' hopes of qualifying for Euro 2024 came to a cruel end on Tuesday as they lost on penalties 5-4 to Poland after a goalless draw.<\/p>\n

Poland's victory at the Cardiff City Stadium secured their fifth consecutive appearance at the European Championship, becoming the latest country to qualify for the playoff finals.<\/p>\n

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It was the first time since 2012 that Wales, whose talismanic record holder Gareth Bale retired after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, failed to qualify for the Euros.<\/p>\n

It's a cruel game, that's what I told the players,” said Wales coach Rob Page, whose team beat Finland 4-1 in the playoff semifinals this week<\/a>. last and again took the advantage at home. \u201cOne kickoff in qualifying and it hurts.<\/p>\n

“I thought we were the better team. My message to the players at half-time was: 'We are the better team, we are going to win<\/a> this game'.<\/p>\n

Poland will be in Group D with France, the Netherlands and Austria in the final in Germany, which begins in June.<\/p>\n

“It wasn't easy because we knew Wales were dangerous at home. For us the most important thing was to play our own game and that's what we did,” Poland coach Michal said. Probierz.<\/p>\n

“We missed opportunities to shoot more, we are aware of that. The most important thing was qualifying and no one cares about anything else today.”<\/p>\n

Wales were involved in their first ever shootout with 10 men after Chris Mepham was sent off in injury time of extra time for a second yellow card, but they drew level with Poland until James missed.<\/p>\n

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Polish players celebrate after beating Wales in a shootout to reach the 2024 European Championship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/section>\n

Defender Ben Davies, captain in the prolonged absence of midfielder Aaron Ramsey, sent the home fans roaring when he headed into the net just before half-time, but it was ruled offside by the VAR after the linesman has signaled.<\/p>\n

Striker Kieffer Moore also saw a looping header well saved by Szczesny in the second half, while Poland's Jakub Piotrowski shot just over the bar in extra time as the match ended goalless.<\/p>\n

Poland, with their captain and talismanic striker Robert Lewandowski stepping up to score the first penalty after a confident shimmy to send Danny Ward the wrong way, failed to produce a shot on target until then as the Wales had four.<\/p>\n

Davies calmly leveled the score at 1-1 in the shootout, Sebastian Szymanski kept Poland in front and Moore made it 2-2 with a shot that bounced off the bar.<\/p>\n

Poland's Przemyslaw Frankowski fired into the top corner and Wales' Harry Wilson fired bravely into the middle, Nicola Zalewski making it 4-3 for the visitors before Neco Williams equalized again for the Welsh.<\/p>\n

Krzysztof Piatek then scored a fifth, leaving Leeds United<\/a> striker James with the task of prolonging the shootout to sudden death, but Szczesny dived the right way, leaving his team singing happily with the delirious traveling supporters .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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