Saudi Arabia played better, but the forcefulness of Poland, which was the owner of the areas with a fabulous Szczesny and a Lewandowski who ended up making his debut as a scorer in a World Cup, they frustrated Renard’s men who ended up falling 2-0, leaving the group red hot.
The party was raised under the parameters that the three groups that participated had already exhibited. The Saudis were gazelles, the Poles pachyderms and the referee, on this occasion the illustrious Brazilian Wilton Sampaio was in charge of spoiling all the good things that were happening on the pitch.
The Brazilian referee, a real nonsense with a whistle, ignored a terrifying attack by Cash at 21 minutes into the game that was a direct red. It could, in the worst case, be yellow and taking into account that he already accumulated one, the result would have been the same. The referee did not see a foul and also drew a yellow from Feras for protesting.
Not happy with this mistake, the Brazilian referee an incredible penalty was invented in favor of Saudi Arabia in the discount of the first part, which Szczesny saved in the first instance and in the second after the rejection in a stop of even more merit.
It is true that Arabia deserved the tie, but not in this way. The Arabs played much better football than the Poles. His football, fast, associative and combinative, contrasted with the Jurassic game of European mammoths. Very strong, but very trunks.
But football has these things and when a player, like the Polish goalkeeper for Juve, is sweet, he not only stops, but also creates scoring chances. A sensational goal service enabled Cash (who had long since been sent off) who served Lewandowski, who failed in the first instance and then had the faith to escape the play to serve the goal on a tray to Zielinski
In the second half, the Arabian gazelles continued to run and play, but the Polish counterattacks were lethal with two warning posts and Lewandowski’s cathartic goal that broke their drought and left the group on fire.
Changes
Nawaf Al-Abed (45′, Sami Al-Najei), J. Kaminski (62′, P. Zielinski), Sultan Al Ghannam (64′, Mohammed Al-Burayk), K. Piatek (70′, A. Milik), Abdulrahman Al-Obood (84′, Abdulelah Al-Malki), Nasser Al-Dawsari (85′, Saleh Al Shehri), Hattan Bahebri (94′, Nawaf Al-Abed)
goals
1-0, 38′: Zielinski2-0, 81′: Lewandowski
cards
Referee: Wilton Pereira Sampaio
VAR Referee: Drew Fischer, Armando Villarreal
Jakub Kiwior (14′,Yellow) Matthew Cash (15′,Yellow) milik (18′,Yellow) Abdullah Al-Malki (19′,Yellow) Abdullah Al-Amri (48′,Yellow)
| Group C | PT | P.J. | PG | PE | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | two | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| two | 3 | two | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | two | two | 0 | two | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | two | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Group C | PT | P.J. | PG | PE | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | two | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| two | 3 | two | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | two | two | 0 | two | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | two | 0 | 1 | 1 |