With a dominant 3-1 victory over Poland, Austria momentarily took second place in Group D of the Euro 2024.
‘The Boys’ started the match with a series of runs down the left flank, led by Phillipp Mwene. The full-back’s insistence paid off in the 9th minute, when he found Gernot Trauner alone in the area.
The Feyenoord player stood up and headed Mwene’s pass to open the scoring.
Poland looked to get into the game quickly with long-distance shots from Piotr Zielinski, but Patrick Pentz was attentive.
It was not until the 33rd minute that they achieved their goal thanks to Krzysztof Piatek. The striker, who started the game instead of Robert Lewandowskifound a rebound in the area and did not hesitate to finish from close range to make the score 1-1.
In the second half, Austria came out with greater momentum, dominating possession and looking for a counterattack, and it took little time to see results.
In the 66th minute, Christoph Baumgartner received a long-distance pass from Alexander Prass, headed into the area and took a shot at 100 km/h that Wojciech Szczesny could not stop.
Krzysztof Piatek keeps Poland in the fight
With the advantage on their side again, ‘The Boys’ went on the attack, always with the conviction of catching the Polish defense badly; The strategy once again paid dividends.
Al 77’ Marcel Sabitzer He crossed almost half the field to face Szczesny, after leaving him with a feint, the Polish goalkeeper had to foul him and the center back did not hesitate to score the maximum penalty.
Marko Arnautovic was in charge of taking the penalty and he made no mistake, leaving the score at 3-1 and Poland practically eliminated.
Austria puts Poland on the ropes
