Poland 2-2 Scotland Poland Maczynski (11),Milik(76); Scotland Maloney(18) Naismith (57) SCOTLAND had to settle for a European Championship qualifying point in Warsaw after coming from behind to threaten a famous win against a Poland side fresh from victory over world champions Germany. The Poles looked set to build on their historic triumph over their neighbours when Krzysztof Maczynski fired them into an 11th-minute lead following a mistake by Alan Hutton. But Shaun Maloney finished off an excellent move seven minutes later and Scotland took a second-half lead when Steven Naismith flicked home James Morrison’s long free-kick. However, Arkadiusz Milik atoned for some earlier misses when he fired home with 14 minutes left after Hutton was caught out again. Strachan brought on Darren Fletcher and Derby striker Chris Martin for Naismith and Steven Fletcher with 20 minutes left, and the Manchester United midfielder started a sweeping move that ended with Szczesny pushing over Maloney’s powerful strike following an Anya cross. But Poland were soon level. Left-back Artur Jedrzejczyk brought down a crossfield ball and played a pass inside Hutton for Milik to run on to and fire an angled drive past Marshall. Lewandowski then produced some brilliant skill in a similar position to fashion a shooting chance but Marshall dived to push his drive wide. Grzegorz Krychowiak headed wide from a corner seconds later and Poland ramped up the pressure in the final 10 minutes. But the Scots had luck on their side after substitute Sebastian Mila opened them up with a brilliant dribble and pass. Grosicki took the ball round Marshall but hit the post and Mila fired the rebound wide.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:51:12 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015