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Football: Poland draw 0-0 with Austria in Euro 2020 qualifier

09.09.2019 23:44
Poland’s national football team tied 0-0 with Austria at home in its sixth Euro 2020 qualifier on Monday.
Polands prolific striker Robert Lewandowski misses a scoring opportunity in the first half of the game against Austria at the National Stadium in Warsaw on Monday.
Poland's prolific striker Robert Lewandowski misses a scoring opportunity in the first half of the game against Austria at the National Stadium in Warsaw on Monday.Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

Captain Robert Lewandowski led the Poles to the hard-fought goalless draw in front of a crowd of almost 57,000 at the National Stadium in Warsaw.

After six rounds of fixtures, Poland remained on top their qualifying group G, with 13 points, two more than Slovenia and three more than Austria.

Poland opened their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with a 1-0 away win against Austria on March 21. The Polish team three days later beat Latvia 2-0 in their second Euro 2020 qualifier at the National Stadium in Warsaw.

Poland on June 7 beat North Macedonia 1-0 at Toše Proeski Arena in the Balkan country’s capital Skopje. Three days later Jerzy Brzęczek's men demolished Israel 4-0 at home in their fourth straight Euro 2020 qualifying win.

The Poles last week lost 0-2 to lower-ranked Slovenia after an uninspiring performance at Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana.

The Polish team takes on Latvia in its next Euro 2020 qualifier on October 10.

Fifty-five European teams were in December drawn into a total of 10 qualifying groups, five groups of five teams and five six-team groups.

The Euro 2020 qualifiers will be played until November, with the top two teams from each group qualifying directly for the championships.

The Euro 2020 tournament will be held from June 12 to July 12, 2020 in 12 cities around Europe, with the final played at London's Wembley Stadium.

Brzęczek took over as Poland manager last summer after the national squad’s early exit from the World Cup in Russia.

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Source: Polsat Sport