During the first and inaugural game on Friday, June 8th, Poland had a great chance to win the match with Greece. The great UEFA website tracks all the scores, dates, and venues.
The first half was awesome! Poles were masters of the pitch, like energizer bunnies. Robert Lewandowski with an assist from Jakub Błaszczykowski, both playing for Borussia Dortmund, scored a goal, and the game became dramatic. Sokratis Papastathopoulis got a red card and Greeks where left with 10 players.
Things changed during the 2nd half. Greeks had nothing to loose and they attacked strongly with Dimitris Salpingidis scoring an equalizer at 50th minute.
But wait! The game got even more twisted in the 69th minute when Polish goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczęsny got a red card for a foul on Salpingidis in front of the goal. Out for Szczęsny, in for Przemysław Tytoń, penalty kick for Greece.
And the miracles do happen! Tytoń denied the penalty kick by Giorgos Karagounis. Instant hero.
The final sore remained 1-1. Poles could win this match but just couldn't get it together during the 2nd half. I hope they learn from this performance and get ready for Russians on Tuesday.
