At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on March 25, the first round of Group E of the Euro 2024 qualifying group stage ushered in a highlight battle: Lewandowski's Poland away to arch-rival Czech Republic.
Poland used to be known as the "Polish Iron Army", but the most glorious period of its team history was the 1970s and 1980s, when it won the third place in the 1974 and 1982 World Cups.
Lewandowski won the "All Championship" with Bayern in the 2019-20 season, and won the European Golden Boot and World Footballer of the Year for two consecutive years. But Lewandowski's Poland was clearly not at the peak of the team's history.
The Czech Republic is a traditional European powerhouse, finishing runner-up in the 1934 and 1962 World Cups and the 1976 European Championship. In the Czech Republic, he reached the final of the 1996 European Championship and was runner-up by Germany 2-1 in extra time. Of course, Czech football has long since declined. Poland's results in recent competitions have been mediocre, and the Czech Republic is not as good as Poland.
Poland reached the last 16 of the 2022 World Cup, while the Czech Republic did not even make it to the main draw.
Yes, Poland started in the 4231 formation, Lewandowski played center, the forward line Frankowski, Zelinski, S. Simanski, double back Belik, Linetti, four defenders Kabonik, Kiviol, Bednarek, Kash, goalkeeper Szczesny. The starting eleven are worth a total of 180 million euros.
Czech starting formation 343, Khlozek, Kuchata and Chivanchara three forwards, midfielders David Jurasek, Shoček, Caral, Cao Far, three central defenders Krejć, Brabets, Horesz, goalkeeper Pavlenko. The starting eleven are worth a total of 86.2 million euros.
After the opening of the match, the Czech Republic, playing at home, took the lead in the attack.
Just 27 seconds into the opening game, the Czech right-hand touchline, Cao Farr threw the ball with a strong hand to launch an attack, Krejć jumped high in the box to score the goal, the ball went in! The goalkeeper was caught off guard. The Czech Republic leads Poland 1-0. The Czech Republic got off to a fantastic start.
In the third minute, Yurásek crossed from the left and Chivanchara snatched a shot in front of the goal. The Czech Republic extended the score to 2-0.
After conceding two goals in the opening three minutes, Poland was clearly stunned as soon as they came up. This left the old manager, former Portuguese national team manager and current Poland national team manager Santos, unable to cope. The current Lewandowski is definitely better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but the current Poland team is not the Portuguese team he coached to win the 2016 European Championship.
In the 40th minute, Lineti's long-range shot from outside the box was saved sideways by Pavlenko.
In the 55th minute, Poland's right-hand corner kick was taken and Lewandowski's header was denied by the goalkeeper.
In the 63rd minute, Carral's cross from the left was driven in front of Kuchata. Czech Republic 3:0 Poland.
In the 87th minute, Poland's corner kick from the left was a chaotic battle in the Czech penalty area, and finally Szymanski pushed the goal, Poland scored a face-saving goal. Poland 1:3 Czech Republic.