UEFA U21 Qualifying: Poland vs Holland 0:4. Match highlights.

Goals:

41′    [0 - 1]        R.v. Wolfswinkel
45′    [0 - 2]        N. Kuiper
49′    [0 - 3]        R.v. Wolfswinkel
66′    [0 - 4]        R.v. Wolfswinkel

Goals:

51′ [1 - 0] T. Necid
72′ [2 - 0] J. Plasil

Goals:

38′ [0 - 1] K. Lafferty
80′ [1 - 1] M. Lewandowski

Poland

The impressive result comes after Poland suffered a humiliating defeat at the feet Northern Ireland due to a howler by goalkeeper Artur Boruc. Lukasz Fabianski replaced Boruc well tonight, as the young keeper managed to keep a clean sheet for his side.

Not one, but two records were broken by the Poles tonight, as Rafal Boguski registered after mere 25 seconds for his country. The first half would also include goals from Euzebiusz Smolarek and Robert Lewandowski, with Boguski claiming his second before the whistle.

Smolarek managed to score an additional three goals after the restart, taking his tally to four, while Ireneusz Jele?, Mariusz Lewandowski and Marek Saganowski all added to Poland’s collective haul that spelled an awfully long night for San Marino.

Poland are now just three points behind the group frontrunners Northern Ireland, with a game in hand over the current Group Three leaders.

The result relieves some of the pressure that had been put on head coach Leo Beenhakker in the wake of the defeat in Ireland, especially coupled with fact that the team broke two international records under his tutelage.