World Cup Qualifiers: 2-0, Poland approaches the top spot with 2 consecutive wins, Szymanski’s fairy ball, Lewandowski’s invincible push to the top

The Lithuanian team, ranked 145th in the world, ushered in the 8th round of the first group stage of the European preliminaries. Lithuania will face the Polish team, ranked 36th in the world, at its home court.

Lithuania has not won a single victory in the 6 rounds of world preliminaries before the game, while Poland has won 3 of the 5 rounds of world qualifiers before the game. It can be seen that Poland is in better shape than Lithuania. In the last four meetings between the two sides, Poland has the upper hand because Poland defeated Lithuania three times in those four meetings. Therefore, before the game, more fans were full of confidence in Poland defeating Lithuania as a guest.

In the 15th minute of the first half, 26-year-old Fenerbahce player Szymanski took a right corner kick and scored directly. This goal was called a zero-angle magic kick, and Poland took the lead with lightning speed.

In the 19th minute of the second half, Jimenez sent an overhead pass near the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area to the goal. Lewandowski stepped in to meet the ball in front of the goal and made an invincible header to help Poland expand its lead.

In the end, Poland defeated Lithuania as expected and achieved two consecutive victories in the World Cup preliminaries. Immediately after the game, the Polish team continued to rank second with 13 points, 3 points behind the Dutch team at the top. Poland continued to retain the opportunity to win the first place in the group.

Poland had the advantage in possession of the ball, the number of corner kicks, the number of shots, and the number of shots on target throughout the game. Congratulations to Poland, congratulations to Lewandowski!