Left with a gold grade (1-1) from Czech republic and the top derby of the 5th group of qualifiers for EURO 2024 the Albania!
Silvinho’s side defended throughout the match played at the ‘Fortuna Arena’ in Prague and despite finding themselves trailing from the 56th minute, they equalized with a fantastic goal from Bajrami, the only final effort he created!
The Czech Republic were superior throughout the contest but created just one major chance in the first half, Sucek in the 25th minute, before having a goal ruled out for offside by VAR, a goal scored by Provod in the 48th minute. Finally, the Czechs took the lead in the 56th minute with a goal scorer Chernywhile Albania equalized with his amazing shot Bayram in 66′. The Czech Republic pressed until the final, but failed to change the 1-1 final.
In the other game of the evening for the 5th group, the Poland of Fernando Santos struggled a lot in the home match against the Faroe Islandsbut finally got the win with 2-0 thanks to two goals from the usual suspect, Robert Lewandowski, in the “final stretch” of the match. The Barcelona star opened the scoring in the 73rd minute with a well-placed penalty kick that was awarded after a defender’s hand, while in the 83rd minute he found the net again, “locking” the three points for his national team!
The main player for Poland was Kenjiora of PAOK, while Shimansky of AEK came on as a substitute in the 80th minute.
The program:
Czech Republic-Albania 1-1
Poland-Faroe Islands 2-0
Repo: Moldova
Next matchday (10/9):
Faroe Islands-Moldova (19:00)
Albania-Poland (21:45)
The standings of the 5th group:
Source: Sport Fm
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