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Full time: Poland 1-3 Austria
Austria take the three points from a must-win game for both sides, and Poland’s very slim chances of making the last 16 will be destroyed if France beat the Netherlands later tonight.
It was a great football match that Austria deserved to win. They are a really good team and will cause no end of trouble for any team in the knockout stages if they get there.
90+3 min.: Poland attack from the right and the cross is too high for Lewandowski. Grosicki received a hit, but sent his shot out. It all ended in Berlin and Austria are deserved winners.
90+2 min.: Austria attacks again from the left and Konrad Laimer plays a weighted pass to the byline for Gregoric to chase down. There are too many Wellies on the ball rolling out of play despite the best efforts of the bench to contain it. Strangely, Austria are playing like the team behind and in desperate need of two goals.
90 minutes: We are deep into kitchen sink time Poland but they show no sign of getting a goal back. They will have four minutes of added time.
88 minutes: This is another relaxation for Poland. Schmidt lets Konrad Leimer through on goal and he loops the ball around Szczesny before curling it into the far corner from a tight angle. The ball takes what seems like an eternity to tip the wrong side of the upright and roll wide. That was it so near.
85 minutes: Szczesny makes a great save to keep out Stefan Poš’s long-range shot into the top corner. This is a great goalkeeping performance from the Pole.
82 minutes: Austria double substitution: Romano Schmidt and Michael Gregoric came on for Baumgartner and Arnautovic.
Polish substitution: Kamil Grosicki comes on for Bartosz Sliš.
80 minutes: It’s bad news for Scotland, whose chances of getting out of their group with two points are going up in smoke. This is much worse news for Polandwhose slim hopes of reaching the last 16 will be extinguished if they lose this game and France beat the Netherlands tonight.
GOAL! Poland 1-3 Austria (Arnautovic 78 pen.)
Austria extends its lead! Arnautovic sends Szczesny the wrong way, slotting the ball into the bottom right corner.
Penalty for Austria!
Sabitzer is cleared out of goal and brought down by Szczesny, who grabs his ankle as he lunges at his feet.
73 minutes: Phew! Austria are close to scoring a third as Szczesney saves well from Wimmer after good work from Baumgartner.
71 minutes: Some long overdue admin: Carlos Swiderski signed in for Poland at the same time as Lewandowski, with strikers Buxa and Piatek giving way.
69 minutes: This could be a massive goal for Austria and it was wonderfully taken by Baumgartner. Prass held the ball down the left flank and played a low pass to Arnautovic, who broke free and crossed to Baumgartner. The RB Leipzig midfielder takes a touch and sends Szczesny into the corner.
GOAL! Poland 1-2 Austria (Baumgartner 66)
Austria regains the lead! Baumgartner took advantage of a good dummy by Arnautovic to race onto a through ball and slot it past Szczesny into the bottom right corner from around 12 yards.
65 minutes: Yellow card I failed to tell you about earlier: Jakub Muder for a foul on Baumgartner.
64 minutes: Austria drill the ball into Poland’s penalty area where Arnautovic can’t get his feet together and fire a shot at goal. There is an impromptu and unedifying but entertaining goal fight in the style of League Two and Poland manage to clear the ball.
63 minutes: Austria Substitution: Alexandre Pras for Philippe Mwene.
61 minutes: Zewelinski wasted the free kick, firing the ball straight into the defensive wall. Lewandowski frees him from the captain’s armband and wraps it around his bicep.
58 minutes: Poland win a free kick a few yards out Austria penalty area, well left of center. There is a pause in the game as Gernot Trauner may receive treatment for an injury that forces him out. He is replaced by Kevin Danso.
There is also a Polish double substitution: Robert Lewandowski and someone else whose identity I will reveal as soon as I know, come on.
56 minutes: The referee plays advantage after a foul by Austria, allowing Nikola Zalewski to gallop up for Poland. Patrick Wimmer goes back to foul him and is booked. Free kick for the Poles, out on the left. Zalewski sent the ball into Austria’s penalty area and it was cleared.
53 minutes: Austria burst forward with Baumgartner on the ball, moving towards the defence. He is fouled by Bartosz Slish, who receives a yellow card for his trouble. Sabitzer wasted the free kick, sending the ball from about 35 yards. I don’t think he was trying to score, it was just a weird cross in the box. If anything, Clive, he hit him too good.
51 minutes: Patrick Wimmer wins a corner kick for Austria and I take it myself. His off-swinger is met by Stefan Poš, who sends a powerful header straight into Szczesny’s gloves from around 12 yards.
47 minutes: I’m a bit puzzled by Austria’s decision to replace Florian Grealich, but on ITV co-coms Andros Townsend points out that for all his quality, he did give the ball around quite a bit in the first 45 minutes.
To hear far less insightful opinions from a member of the Townsend family, you can tune in to see what the old man of Andros Troy had to say about England and other matters on Last Night’s Football Weekly Daily podcast.
Second half: Poland 1-1 Austria
46 minutes: Poland are driving the ball in a must-win game for both teams. Every manager has made a change: Patrick | Wimmer is in favor Austria, while Jakub Moder from Brighton is for Poland. Florian Grilic and Jakub Piotrowski make way.
Email: “Whereas I wasn’t that interested before, I’m now fully invested in this game after Sean McNulty’s pre-match email,” wrote Simon McMahon. “Can both teams settle for a point now please? We need a modern-day disgrace to Gijón.’
Poland 1-1 Austria
Half time: A very entertaining 45 minutes ends with the sides level. Austria roared out of the traps and threatened to beat Poland after going ahead through Gernot Trauner’s excellent header. But after playing on their luck a bit, the Poles finally got a foothold in the game and equalized through a calm strike from Krzysztof Piatek. The game is very well set up ahead of what could be an exciting second half.
45+1 min.: Stefan Poš catches Bartosz Sliš in the face with a trailing arm and the Polish midfielder goes down. He is awarded a free kick and Piotr Zielinski bends the ball around the wall, forcing a good save from Penz. It’s half time.
44 minutes: Florian Grilic, who has been very impressive in Austria’s midfield, tries to thread a ball between two defenders to put Sabitzer through on goal. His pass is intercepted.
42 minutes: Sabitzer breaks in from the left, picks up a pass and tries a shot from distance into the left vertical position. The ball goes wide but I think Szczesny covered it.
40 minutes: Arnautovic takes a quick free-kick, playing the ball 30 yards up the deck, trying to slide Konrad Leimer in behind. The striker’s shot is very hard and the ball rolls out of play.
38 minutes: Austria break up with Baumgartner on the ball and options on the right and left. He chooses the latter, sliding in Marcel Sabitzer, who goes inside. His shot is blocked from close range by Szczesny, who rushes to the edge of his six-yard box.
35 minutes: Now then. Let’s see how Austria deal with this setback. They have a throw-in in the middle of Poland’s half and Filip Mwene brazenly steals about 10 yards before flicking the ball in the direction of Arnautovic.
32 minutes: I’m not entirely sure Poland deserved that equalizer but they’ll certainly get it! She started with a deep cross to Zielinski’s far post that sent the Austrian defense into a panic. A clearance and a blocked Jan Bednarek shot later, the ball arrived at the feet of Piatek, who took a touch and slid the ball into the bottom corner.
GOAL! Poland 1-1 Austria (Friday 30)
Poland equalized! Kryzsztof Piatek showed great composure as the ball ricocheted to his feet after a team-mate’s shot was blocked, touching him before sending it past Patrik Penz in Austria purpose.
29 minutes: “I can’t imagine I’ll be the only Wales fan watching Poland and we think ‘that could be us’, writes Johnny Bull. “And that includes getting into absolute turmoil here, especially in our current form.”
28 minutes: Piotr Zilinski tries another kick from the outside Austria penalty area, but with a cannonball to the head of a defender.
26 minutes: Poland are completely overrun in midfield and continue to give the ball away every time they have it. On their bench, Robert Lewandowski is deep in conversation with his manager and other members of the team’s coaching staff.
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