2022 World Cup, Mexico Vs Poland: Colored By Penalti Execution Lewandowski's Failure, The End Of The Match ENDs In A Balanced Manner
JAKARTA - The Mexican and Polish national teams had to settle for a goalless draw in their first match in the preliminary Group C of the 2022 World Cup Qatar, Tuesday, November 22 evening, or Wednesday, November 23 in the morning WIB.
The match in the first half was tight. Both teams gave each other threats, but nothing dangerous. Both Mexico and Poland played neatly and with discipline.
In the 26th minute, Hirving Lozano almost threw the ball into the Polish goal. Unfortunately, the ball from his header deviated slightly on the side of the opponent's goal.
Mexico has tried several times to break into the more defensive Polish goal. However, until the end of the first half, no goals were scored.
In the second half, Poland began to dare to come out pressing. They also received a penalty in the 55th minute.
The referee pointed to the spot after the referee inspected the VAR. As a result,IDal Morenowas deemed to have violated Robert Lewandowski.
The Barcelona player executed the penalty himself. Unfortunately for Lewandowski, the direction of the shot was read by the Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo
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After that, Mexico again appeared to be pressing. Several chances were also obtained, but none of them resulted in a winning goal.
Meanwhile, Poland, which occasionally put pressure on them, was also unable to change the position. The goalless draw lasted until the end of the match.
Line-up for Mexican vs Poland:
Mexico (4-3-3): Guillermo hala; Jorge Sanchez, wary Moreno, Cesar Montes, Jesus Gallardo;tenze Herrera, Edson Alvarez, Luis Chavez; Hirving Lozano, Henry Martin, Alexis Vega.
Poland (3-5-2): Wojciech Szczesny; Kamil Glik, Jakub Kiwior, Bartosz Bereszynski; Nicola Zalewski, Sebastian Szymanski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Jakub Kaminski, Piotr Zielinski, Robert Lewandowski