Poland Double Too Much For Consistent North Korean Defence

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June 17th, 2018 (Match 9)

Poland Double Too Much For Consistent North Korean Defence

Poland 2-0 North Korea

 

Poland have won their opening World Cup game against North Korea after a fiery fifteen minutes led by Lewandowski and Błaszczykowski up front.

 

Early on, Poland worked down both sides, trying to spread the North Korean defence and poke at their weaknesses out wide. The early crosses, however, easily fell in the hands of the North Korean goalkeeper, Myong-Guk Ri. 

 

Poland’s first goal came just after the half-hour mark. Man of the Match Krychowiak fed Lewandowski the ball with the outside of his boot just outside the box. Lewandowski needed two touches to free some space away from Hyon-Uk So, before a powerful shot drove past a diving Myong-Guk Ri. 

 

Lewandowski nearly had a second and third quickly after, but both shots flew wide.

 

As halftime approached, Błaszczykowski ran onto a ball from his fellow striker. He ran inside the box and faked the angle of his shot as it wrong-footed the goalkeeper and sailed into the net.

 

Moments later, there was nearly a second from Błaszczykowski, but his left foot shot proved not as accurate as with his right.

 

At halftime, Polish coach Adam Nawałka brought off Milik, who was working well with Krychowiak and Jędrzejczyk on the left side of the field.

 

North Korea had a couple of minor chances after the break, but they were not fruitful.

 

Lewandowski had an real opportunity for a brace as he received the ball deep in the box, but it was too close to the goalkeeper, who parried away the shot.

 

Overall, the North Korean defence played fairly well, with plenty of positive, accurate passes from out back. Hyon-Jin Sim came out from defence and attacked with a quick one-two, before streaking towards the goal. However, goalkeeper Szczęsny’s closing down speed was enough to hurry the shot and send it over the crossbar.

 

The North Koreans can also take stock in their goalkeeper, Myong-Guk Ri, who provided six well-made saves or close-downs. They now see the Cyprus game as a potential win, while Poland play take on a tough Brazilian side wanting to cement their place in the Round of 16.

 

 

Poland	2-0		North Korea
7 4 53 20 1 1 57 85	Shots Shots on Target Possession % Tackles Fouls Corners Shot Accuracy % Pass Accuracy %		3 1 47 18 1 0 33 86
31’ #9 Lewandowski (#10 Krychowiak assist)  45’ #16 Błaszczykowski (#9 Lewandowski assist)   45’ #7 Milik off, #17 Peszko on  58’ #19 Zielinski off, #8 Linetty on            86’ #9 Lewandowski off, #14 Teodorczyk on		72’ #3 Kuk-Chol Jang off, #16 Son Thae Il on  86’ #9 Song-Chol Pak  86’ #11 Il-Gwan Jong off, #14 Kwang-Ryong Pak on  86’ #19 Hyon-Uk So off, #23 Yu-Song Kim on