Poland, future opponent of the Blues, won against Ukraine in their first preparation match for Euro 2024 (3-1). Scotland, for its part, came up against Finland (2-2) this Friday evening.
Poland will meet France on June 25 for the Blues’ third match in Group D at Euro 2024. But, in the meantime, Robert Lewandowski’s teammates had no great difficulty beating Ukraine (3 -1), this Friday evening.
Poland Dominates Ukraine, Scotland and Finland Neutralize Each Other.
At the half-hour mark, defender Sebastian Walukiewicz (11th) and midfielders Piotr Zielinski (16th) and Taras Romanczuk (30th) had already scored the three goals for their team. Then, a few minutes later, Ukrainian striker Artem Dovbyk reduced the gap, before the end of the first period (41st). Michal Probierz’s men, solid, have therefore launched their preparation for the Euro well while Ukraine will have to put in a better performance against Moldova on Tuesday to start their Euro calmly. The only downside is Arkadiusz Milik’s knee injury.
The former Marseillais came out in the 5th minute, after planting his leg in the ground. He was quickly supported by Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczesny, raising fears of a long unavailability.
Scotland stumbles over Finland.
In the other match of the evening, Scotland had more difficulty against Finland (2-2), not qualified for Euro 2024, in their second preparation match after beating Gibraltar (2-0) , Monday. The own goal from Arttu Hoskonen (54th) then that of Lawrence Shankland (58th) gave Germany’s future opponents a lead on June 14. But Finland finally returned to this meeting thanks to the achievements of Benjamin Kรคllman (72nd) and Olivier Antman, from a penalty (58th).