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– Arkadiusz Milik (22y 104d) is the youngest ever goalscorer for Poland in European Championship finals history.
Krychowiak even went so far as to say that the team was a dark horse contender to win the tournament. The midfield three who were meant to be supporting Kyle Lafferty did not get forward enough and, when he was up front on his own, he got no decent service at all.
On day 3 of Euro 2016, two groups kick into action: Group C, with Germany facing Ukraine and Poland playing Northern Ireland; while Group D starts off as Turkey face Croatia. The midfielder could well be a target of ours this summer should we miss out on the signing of N’Golo Kante from Leicester City.
O’Neill sent out a defensive line-up and admitted he was taken aback a little by the alacrity of Poland’s opening 10 minutes. “There is a sense of excitement for all of us”.
The thousands of fans arriving in Nice for the Group C game have a lot to celebrate. In Poland, the match will be on TVP Sport Live Streaming, and while the match won’t be shown online in Northern Ireland or the rest of the United Kingdom you can find streaming options in other countries on LiveSoccerTV. “We’ll go serenely about our business”.
You could not question the effort and application of our players and the thousands of travelling fans, and everyone back home, should be very proud of them. “In all honesty the best team won”.
“We can change the fight and determination”.
“The disappointment is that maybe in qualification that’s a game we might have taken something from”.
For me, they are not as strong as Poland or Germany and it was always the easiest-looking game in Group C.
They entered the game unbeaten in a record 12 matches, but although they held their more vaunted opponents scoreless until half-time, they struggled to win any possession in the impressive Stadium Nice.
How will we do it?
Poland made their first appearance at the Euros in 2008 and before that they had made seven World Cup appearances. That is the approach I would favour.
“The team has realised that we won’t win as individuals but we can achieve something as 23 players in a squad”, said Krychowiak, who also starred in Sevilla’s Europa League title win last month.
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Neil Lennon was speaking to BBC Sport’ Chris Bevan in France.
