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Football Wales vs Poland LIVE! Cardiff is the destination for another huge night in the history of Welsh football as Rob Page looks to guide his side to their third-consecutive appearance at the European Championship. No matter what, the final tickets to Euro 2024 must be handed out tonight which could mean extra-time and a penalty shootout. Finland were swept aside by Wales as they got their play-off campaign off to a great start and
Tottenham striker Brennan Johnson is expected to lead the line once again this evening. Poland, meanwhile, should have Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski to lead their line after dismantling Estonia in their semi-final. Wales have previous in these knockout ties and qualified for the last
World Cup with a nervy home win over Ukraine, while a last-day win over Hungary saw them bag an automatic spot for the tournament four years ago. Follow the Euro 2024 play-off final between Wales and Poland LIVE via Standard Sport ’s match blog! Wales vs Poland updates Live updates Some not-too-kind words from Robert Lewandowski ahead of kick-off. The
Barcelona striker has labelled Wales’ style “simple” and “aggressive”. “We must be ready for rather simple, aggressive football with lots of long balls so the second balls will be important,” he said. “Wales, however, are also a very dangerous team.” Poland, it’s worth remembering, managed possession stats of 39, 36 and 26 per cent in their World Cup games against, respectively,
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Argentina at Qatar 2022. It’s goalless between Georgia and Greece in the Path C play-off final, which kicked off at 5pm. A fiery one, by the evidence of how the first half finished! This should be an intriguing tussle between two inconsistent sides that can mix it with the best in Europe on their day and scored nine goals between them in their semi-final ties. Despite the loss of inspirational leader Gareth Bale to retirement last year, Wales rose to the big occasion once again in front of a passionate home crowd who will have an enormous role to play again on Tuesday. Page’s men are far stronger at home generally than they are on the road, and the same can be said of Poland, who have a long unbeaten run in qualifiers in front of their own fans. But as bizarre as it sounds given the emphatic final scoreline, there were elements of that first-half performance from Wales against Finland that will give their head coach cause for concern and will surely be seized upon by Poland if they are repeated in the final. We expect a close and incredibly tense game that really could go either way, but with the slight edge given to Lewandowski and Co. Poland to win, 2-1. Predicted Poland XI: Szczesny; Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwor; Frankowski, Zielinski, Sliz, Piotrowski, Zalewski; Swiderski, Lewandowski Poland were without
Juventus striker Arkadiusz Milik against Estonia due to a muscle injury, with Karol Swiderski joining Lewandowski in attack instead. Aston Villa full-back Matty Cash will miss out after picking up a hamstring injury on Thursday night. Predicted Wales XI : Ward; Davies, Mepham, Rodon; Roberts, Ampadu, J. James, Williams; Brooks, Wilson; Johnson Rob Page made two changes to his Welsh team against Finland, with Luton captain Tom Lockyer - whose football future remains uncertain after he suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch in December - replaced in defence by Chris Mepham and Brooks chosen to join Harry Wilson and Johnson in attack, with the likes of Kieffer Moore and Dan James on the bench. Captain Aaron Ramsey remained an unused substitute after returning earlier than expected from a calf injury to play 18 minutes off the bench in Cardiff’s derby defeat by Swansea last weekend, only his fourth club appearance since mid-September. Tottenham’s Ben Davies captained Wales again instead. Wales did not appear to suffer any fresh injury blows against Finland, but were without the likes of Joe Low, Ben Cabango and Wes Burns, who all withdrew from the squad in the build-up to the game. It seems doubtful that Page will want to tinker too much with a winning formula against Poland, with his attack looking dangerous and Ethan Ampadu and Jordan James developing a promising relationship in central midfield in Ramsey’s absence. TV channel: In the
UK, Wales vs Poland will be televised live on Viaplay Sports and Welsh language channel S4C. Live stream: Subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Viaplay Sports streaming service and, in the Welsh language, on the
BBC iPlayer and S4C Clic. Hello and welcome to Standard Sport’s coverage of Wales vs Poland! It promises to be a huge night as the final spots at this summer’s Euro 2024 are dished out to three lucky play-off final winners. The headline fixture takes place at Cardiff City Stadium and kicks off at 7.45pm GMT, Stay tuned for all the latest updates, build-up, team news, match action and reaction! We’ll also be bringing you news from the two other play-off ties as
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