Cazo, who will hope not to cost the effort to qualify for the finals of Euro 2024, suffered in Chisinau the Polandas part of the 4th round of the qualifiers. Fernando Santos’ teamwho selected AEK’s Damian Szymanski in the initial squad, defeated 3-2 by Moldova, which featured Oleg Ryabchiuk of Olympiakos. The Poles, who led 2-0 in the 34th minute, conceded three goals in the second half and suffered their second defeat in the process, leaving them with 3 points. On the other hand, it was the first victory of the Moldovans, who reached 5.
Milik opened the scoring in the 12th minute and Lewandowski in the 34th minute gave a two-goal “air” in his team. But, with the start of the second half specifically in the 48th minute, Nikolaescu reduced the score to 2-1 and gave new interest. The game “opened” with the players of both teams missing opportunities on both sides, the home team trying to equalize and the visitors trying to “lock” the match. With Nikolaescu scoring for the second time in the 79th minute, Moldova made it 2-2“setting fire” in the last quarter. And six minutes later, Bamboglo came to… drain the Poles and make the final 3-2.
The second victory in four days was celebrated by Albania, which passed through Torshavn, winning 3-1 of the Faroe Islands. Thus, it reached 6 points and passed alone to 2nd place, reducing the difference from the leader Czech Republic to -1. On the other hand, the losers suffered their second consecutive defeat and remained in last place with 1 point.
The neighbors took the lead with Bayrami in the 20th minute and 12 minutes later they missed a great chance to “lock in” the win, after Tsikalesi missed a penalty, which he himself won in a reversal by Vadsal. As if that wasn’t enough for Silvinho’s team, it was in the delays of the first half that Faro leveled the game. With the… good morning on repeat, the visitors took the lead again, this time with Aslani’s goal in the 51st minute. The qualitative difference was evident and in stoppage time, Mucci wrote the final 1-3.
The 4th matchday:
Moldova-Poland 3-2
(48′, 79′ Nicolaescu, 85′ Bamboglo – 12′ Milik, 34′ Lewandowski)
Faroe Islands-Albania 1-3
(45’+1′ Faro – 20′ Baiami, 51′ Aslani, 90’+1′ Moutsi)
The next (5th) matchday (7/9):
Czech Republic-Albania (21:45)
Poland-Faroe Islands (21:45)
The standings of the 5th group:
Source: Sport Fm
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