Poland vs Ukraine, 2024 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Poland

11': Sebastian Walukiewicz
16': Piotr Zielinski
30': Taras Romanczuk

FT
3 - 1

Ukraine

41': Artem Dovbyk

Poland beat Ukraine but injured Milik ruled out of Euros

Poland had a comfortable 3-1 win over an experimental Ukraine side on Friday, with both sides warming up for Euro 2024, but the winners will be worried over the condition of striker Arkadiusz Milik after his early exit through injury.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Nicola Zalewski (Poland).
1': Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Delay in match because of an injury Arkadiusz Milik (Poland).
4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
5': Substitution, Poland. Kacper Urbanski replaces Arkadiusz Milik because of an injury.
10': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Maksym Talovierov.
11': Goal! Poland 1, Ukraine 0. Sebastian Walukiewicz (Poland) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bartosz Salamon following a corner.
13': Attempt blocked. Taras Romanczuk (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicola Zalewski.
13': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jakub Kiwior.
14': Foul by Valerii Bondar (Ukraine).
14': Piotr Zielinski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Attempt saved. Adam Buksa (Poland) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicola Zalewski.
15': Attempt saved. Adam Buksa (Poland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kacper Urbanski.
15': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Ukraine).
15': Piotr Zielinski (Poland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16': Attempt blocked. Jakub Kiwior (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski.
16': Goal! Poland 2, Ukraine 0. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) right footed shot from long range on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kacper Urbanski.
17': Adam Buksa (Poland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
17': Foul by Valerii Bondar (Ukraine).
18': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Lukasz Skorupski.
19': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Nicola Zalewski.
21': Attempt blocked. Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
21': Bartosz Salamon (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21': Foul by Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine).
23': Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Jakub Kiwior (Poland).
24': Foul by Sebastian Walukiewicz (Poland).
24': Oleksandr Zubkov (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27': Adam Buksa (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Foul by Maksym Talovierov (Ukraine).
29': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Valerii Bondar.
30': Goal! Poland 3, Ukraine 0. Taras Romanczuk (Poland) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michal Skóras with a cross following a corner.
31': Attempt saved. Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Artem Dovbyk.
31': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Lukasz Skorupski.
33': Adam Buksa (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Foul by Valerii Bondar (Ukraine).
34': Foul by Michal Skóras (Poland).
34': Oleksandr Zubkov (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Attempt blocked. Heorhii Sudakov (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
40': Attempt blocked. Serhii Sydorchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrii Yarmolenko.
40': Attempt missed. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
41': Goal! Poland 3, Ukraine 1. Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ruslan Malinovskyi following a fast break.
44': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Maksym Talovierov.
45': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Nicola Zalewski.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Oleksandr Zubkov (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Serhii Sydorchuk.
45'+1': First Half ends, Poland 3, Ukraine 1.
45': Second Half begins Poland 3, Ukraine 1.
45': Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Vitalii Mykolenko.
47': Attempt missed. Michal Skóras (Poland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nicola Zalewski with a cross.
47': Foul by Adam Buksa (Poland).
47': Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
47': Attempt blocked. Ruslan Malinovskyi (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov.
49': Foul by Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine).
49': Nicola Zalewski (Poland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
49': Oleksandr Tymchyk (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
49': Attempt missed. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick.
50': Andrii Yarmolenko (Ukraine) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by Taras Romanczuk (Poland).
53': Attempt blocked. Piotr Zielinski (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicola Zalewski.
53': Attempt saved. Michal Skóras (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
53': Delay in match because of an injury Taras Romanczuk (Poland).
54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
55': Foul by Ruslan Malinovskyi (Ukraine).
55': Kacper Urbanski (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Ruslan Malinovskyi (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Attempt blocked. Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrii Yarmolenko.
57': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Jakub Kiwior.
60': Delay in match because of an injury Taras Romanczuk (Poland).
60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
60': Substitution, Poland. Jakub Moder replaces Taras Romanczuk because of an injury.
61': Substitution, Poland. Robert Lewandowski replaces Piotr Zielinski.
61': Substitution, Poland. Bartosz Bereszynski replaces Sebastian Walukiewicz.
62': Substitution, Poland. Jakub Kaluzinski replaces Kacper Urbanski.
64': Attempt missed. Jakub Kaluzinski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Michal Skóras.
65': Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
66': Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nicola Zalewski with a cross.
66': Foul by Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine).
66': Michal Skóras (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
68': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Michal Skóras.
69': Substitution, Ukraine. Viktor Tsyhankov replaces Andrii Yarmolenko.
69': Substitution, Ukraine. Mykhailo Mudryk replaces Oleksandr Zubkov.
70': Substitution, Ukraine. Bohdan Mykhailichenko replaces Ruslan Malinovskyi.
70': Attempt missed. Mykhailo Mudryk (Ukraine) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
72': Substitution, Poland. Tymoteusz Puchacz replaces Nicola Zalewski because of an injury.
73': Foul by Bohdan Mykhailichenko (Ukraine).
73': Michal Skóras (Poland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
74': Attempt saved. Adam Buksa (Poland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Szymanski with a cross.
74': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Heorhii Bushchan.
75': Attempt blocked. Sebastian Szymanski (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
76': Substitution, Ukraine. Vladyslav Vanat replaces Artem Dovbyk.
79': Attempt saved. Heorhii Sudakov (Ukraine) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mykhailo Mudryk.
80': Attempt missed. Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Serhii Sydorchuk.
81': Substitution, Ukraine. Mykola Shaparenko replaces Heorhii Sudakov.
82': Offside, Ukraine. Oleksandr Tymchyk is caught offside.
84': Attempt missed. Vladyslav Vanat (Ukraine) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Oleksandr Tymchyk with a headed pass.
85': Attempt blocked. Viktor Tsyhankov (Ukraine) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mykola Shaparenko.
86': Adam Buksa (Poland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Foul by Maksym Talovierov (Ukraine).
86': Maksym Talovierov (Ukraine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
87': Attempt saved. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adam Buksa.
87': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Heorhii Bushchan.
87': Attempt saved. Tymoteusz Puchacz (Poland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
88': Corner, Poland. Conceded by Bohdan Mykhailichenko.
89': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Lukasz Skorupski.
90': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Jakub Moder.
90': Attempt blocked. Mykhailo Mudryk (Ukraine) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+4': Corner, Ukraine. Conceded by Lukasz Skorupski.
90'+4': Attempt blocked. Serhii Sydorchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mykola Shaparenko.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Poland 3, Ukraine 1.
0': Match ends, Poland 3, Ukraine 1.

Statistics

UKR		POL
11	Fouls	6
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
9	Corner Kicks	6
6	Saves	2
56.8	Possession	43.2
16	SHOTS	19
3	ON GOAL	9
0.2	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
466	Accurate Passes	339
521	Passes	400
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	4
25	Crosses	16
0.0	Cross %	0.3
40	Long Balls	40
27	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.7	Long Balls %	0.6
9	Blocked Shots	5
10	Effective Tackles	8
17	Tackles	13
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
5	Interceptions	7
14	Effective Clearances	27
14	Clearances	27

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: PGE Narodowy
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Attendance: 47,013

Line-Ups

Poland (3-4-3)

No.	Name
1	Lukasz Skorupski (GK)
2	Bartosz Salamon
14	Jakub Kiwior
4	Sebastian Walukiewicz
13	Taras Romanczuk
10	Piotr Zielinski
21	Nicola Zalewski
17	Michal Skoras
20	Sebastian Szymanski
7	Arkadiusz Milik
16	Adam Buksa

Poland Substitutes:

Robert Lewandowski, Kamil Grosicki, Kacper Urbanski, Jakub Moder, Marcin Bulka, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Pawel Bochniewicz, Wojciech Szczesny, Jakub Kaluzinski, Bartosz Bereszynski.

Ukraine (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Georgiy Bushchan (GK)
4	Maksym Talovierov
21	Valeriy Bondar
16	Vitaliy Mykolenko
24	Oleksandr Tymchyk
5	Serhiy Sydorchuk
8	Ruslan Malinovskyi
20	Oleksandr Zubkov
7	Andriy Yarmolenko
14	Georgiy Sudakov
11	Artem Dovbyk

Ukraine Substitutes:

Anatoliy Trubin, Viktor Tsygankov, Volodymyr Brazhko, Illia Zabarnyi, Andriy Lunin, Oleksandr Svatok, Mykola Matviyenko, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, Taras Stepanenko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Roman Yaremchuk, Vladyslav Vanat, Mykhailo Mudryk, Yukhym Konoplia, Mykola Shaparenko.

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