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International friendlies First Round | Stadion Miejski, Wroclaw

11 September 2018 - 20:45

Poland 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland

Klich(87) full-time O'Brien(53)

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REPORT: Poland 1-1 Republic of Ireland

Poland 1-1 Republic of Ireland

11th Sep 2018

The Republic of Ireland ended the International break on a positive note as they drew 1-1 with Poland at the Stadion Miejski in Wroclaw on Tuesday evening.

A second-half header from debutant Aiden O’Brien looked set to earn Martin O’Neill’s side a morale-boosting victory following their 4-1 loss away to Wales but Mateusz Klich’s late leveller earned Poland a share of the spoils.

Poland started the match brightly and they ought to have taken the lead after just ten minutes but Arkadiusz Milik could only head Marcin Kaminski’s flick-on from a long throw-in wide of the far left post.

The home side, who were eliminated from the recent World Cup in Russia at the group stage, again went close to opening the scoring just shy of the half an hour mark but Grzegorz Krychowiak turned Kaminski’s driven shot off target from a few yards.

Ireland’s best opportunity of a tame first half fell to Aiden O’Brien but the Millwall striker fired his attempt past the near post from a decent position.

The Irish created the first chance of the second period shortly after the restart but Callum O’Dowda’s powerful strike was straight at the Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.

Ireland would take the lead in the 54th minute as Aiden O’Brien nodded Callum O’Dowda’s cross past the Juventus keeper to ensure it was a dream debut for the 24-year-old forward.

But it wouldn’t be enough to earn his side the win as substitute Mateusz Klich curled the ball into the top right corner with three minutes remaining after combining well with Arkadiusz Milik on the edge of the area.

POLAND: Wojciech Szczesny; Tomasz Kedziora, Kamil Glik (Jan Bednarek 59), Marcin Kaminski, Arkadiusz Reca (Rafal Pietrzak 72); Jakub Blaszczykowski (Przemyslaw Frankowski 81), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Damian Szymanski 72), Karol Linetty, Rafal Kurzawa (Damian Kadzior 45); Arkadiusz Milik, Krzysztof Piatek (Mateusz Klich 59).

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Darren Randolph; Richard Keogh, John Egan, Kevin Long; Cyrus Christie (Matthew Doherty 55), Callum O’Dowda (Alan Judge 89), Shaun Williams (Conor Hourihane 72), Jeff Hendrick (David Meyler 56), Enda Stevens; Callum Robinson (Graham Burke 63), Aiden O’Brien (Daryl Horgan 81).

Referee: Boris Marhefka (Slovakia).

Tactical Lineups

Poland

Substitutes

12 Łukasz Skorupski (G)
22 Łukasz Fabiański (G)
2 Rafał Pietrzak
5 Jan Bednarek
6 Jacek Góralski
9 Robert Lewandowski
11 Mateusz Klich
13 Damian Szymański
14 Adam Dźwigała
17 Damian Kądzior
18 Bartosz Bereszyński
20 Przemysław Frankowski

Coach

Jerzy Brzęczek

Republic of Ireland

Substitutes

Coach

Martin O'Neill

Officials

Referee Boris Marhefka
Assistant Referees Roman Slyško
Assistant Referee Two Michal Tomčík
Fourth Official Krzysztof Jakubik

Minute by Minute Commentary

1" The match is under way.
3" Callum Robinson (Republic of Ireland) has a shot blocked.
3" Kamil Glik (Poland) blocks a shot.
4" Kamil Glik (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Callum Robinson (Republic of Ireland).
4" Callum O'Dowda (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
5" Arkadiusz Milik (Poland) misses the target.
10" Arkadiusz Milik (Poland) misses the target.
11" Callum O'Dowda (Republic of Ireland) takes the corner.
11" Kevin Long (Republic of Ireland) is penalised for a foul on Kamil Glik (Poland).
11" Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland) takes the free-kick.
12" Karol Linetty (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Shaun Williams (Republic of Ireland).
13" Darren Randolph (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
14" Callum O'Dowda (Republic of Ireland) takes the corner.
17" Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland) takes the corner.
19" Rafał Kurzawa (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Enda Stevens (Republic of Ireland).
19" Darren Randolph (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
20" Kamil Glik (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Richard Keogh (Republic of Ireland).
21" Darren Randolph (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
26" Rafał Kurzawa (Poland) takes the corner.
26" Kamil Glik (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Kevin Long (Republic of Ireland).
26" Darren Randolph (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
27" Rafał Kurzawa (Poland) takes the corner.
28" Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) misses the target.
29" Aiden O'Brien (Republic of Ireland) misses the target.
30" Karol Linetty (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Callum O'Dowda (Republic of Ireland).
30" John Egan (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
35" Arkadiusz Milik (Poland) has an effort on goal.
35" Darren Randolph (Republic of Ireland) blocks a shot.
37" Marcin Kamiński (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Aiden O'Brien (Republic of Ireland).
37" John Egan (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
40" Aiden O'Brien (Republic of Ireland) is penalised for a foul on Karol Linetty (Poland).
41" Rafał Kurzawa (Poland) takes the free-kick.
41" Karol Linetty (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Aiden O'Brien (Republic of Ireland).
41" Darren Randolph (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
42" Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland) has a shot blocked.
42" John Egan (Republic of Ireland) blocks a shot.
42" Jakub Błaszczykowski (Poland) has an effort on goal.
42" Darren Randolph (Republic of Ireland) blocks a shot.
The referee blows for half-time.
46" The second half begins.
46" Damian Kądzior (in) - Rafał Kurzawa (out) (@@teamID)
49" Callum O'Dowda (Republic of Ireland) has an effort on goal.
49" Wojciech Szczęsny (Poland) blocks a shot.
49" Shaun Williams (Republic of Ireland) is penalised for a foul on Krzysztof Piątek (Poland).
50" Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) takes the free-kick.
52" Cyrus Christie (Republic of Ireland) has a shot blocked.
52" Kamil Glik (Poland) blocks a shot.
53" Callum O'Dowda (Republic of Ireland) takes the corner.
53" Callum O'Dowda (Republic of Ireland) assists.
53" Aiden O'Brien (Republic of Ireland) scores!
54" David Meyler (in) - Jeff Hendrick (out) (@@teamID)
54" Matt Doherty (in) - Cyrus Christie (out) (@@teamID)
59" Callum O'Dowda (Republic of Ireland) misses the target.
60" Arkadiusz Milik (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Shaun Williams (Republic of Ireland).
61" Jan Bednarek (in) - Kamil Glik (out) (@@teamID)
61" Mateusz Klich (in) - Krzysztof Piątek (out) (@@teamID)
62" Darren Randolph (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
63" Karol Linetty (Poland) misses the target.
63" Graham Burke (in) - Callum Robinson (out) (@@teamID)
66" Aiden O'Brien (Republic of Ireland) is flagged for offside.
67" Marcin Kamiński (Poland) takes the free-kick.
71" Arkadiusz Milik (Poland) misses the target.
71" Damian Kądzior (Poland) has a shot blocked.
71" Enda Stevens (Republic of Ireland) blocks a shot.
72" Aiden O'Brien (Republic of Ireland) is penalised for a foul on Karol Linetty (Poland).
72" Rafał Pietrzak (in) - Arkadiusz Reca (out) (@@teamID)
73" Conor Hourihane (in) - Shaun Williams (out) (@@teamID)
73" Damian Szymański (in) - Grzegorz Krychowiak (out) (@@teamID)
73" Damian Szymański (Poland) takes the free-kick.
75" Damian Szymański (Poland) misses the target.
77" Damian Kądzior (Poland) has a shot blocked.
77" Richard Keogh (Republic of Ireland) blocks a shot.
77" Damian Kądzior (Poland) takes the corner.
78" Aiden O'Brien (Republic of Ireland) is flagged for offside.
78" Jan Bednarek (Poland) takes the free-kick.
80" Karol Linetty (Poland) has a shot blocked.
80" Richard Keogh (Republic of Ireland) blocks a shot.
81" Daryl Horgan (in) - Aiden O'Brien (out) (@@teamID)
81" Przemysław Frankowski (in) - Jakub Błaszczykowski (out) (@@teamID)
84" Mateusz Klich (Poland) misses the target.
87" Arkadiusz Milik (Poland) assists.
87" Mateusz Klich (Poland) scores!
90" Alan Judge (in) - Callum O'Dowda (out) (@@teamID)
90" Conor Hourihane (Republic of Ireland) is penalised for a foul on Damian Kądzior (Poland).
90" Karol Linetty (Poland) takes the free-kick.
90+1" Mateusz Klich (Poland) has an effort on goal.
90+1" Darren Randolph (Republic of Ireland) blocks a shot.
90+3" Tomasz Kędziora (Poland) is penalised for a foul on Graham Burke (Republic of Ireland).
90+4" Kevin Long (Republic of Ireland) takes the free-kick.
The final whistle is blown.