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Poland qualify for World Cup after Lewandowski and Zielinski sink Sweden

By Aman Shukla

Robert Lewandowski slotted home a second-half penalty as Poland booked their seat at the World Cup finals with a 2-0 victory over Sweden in Tuesday’s play-off. After the Poland captain converted a spot kick, Piotr Zielinski put the match beyond doubt with a superb second goal for the hosts in Chorzow. Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny played a key role in Poland’s win with saves to deny Swedish playmaker Emil Forsberg in both halves.

Poland will go into Friday’s draw for the group stages of the World Cup finals, from November 21 to December 18, in the wake of dominating the second half.

Veteran Zlatan Ibrahimovic came on for the final 10 minutes, however, the 40-year-old Sweden striker couldn’t impact the course of the game and will miss out on a third appearance at a World Cup finals.

Aman Shukla

Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication. A media enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication, content writing, and copy writing. Aman is currently working as a subeditor at dailyindianews.com and can be reached at [email protected]