Poland down the drain. If the main lesson of Friday evening was the draw between France and the Netherlands, we also know the first team definitively eliminated from this Euro, since Robert Lewandowski’s teammates now no longer have any chance of joining the round of 16.
The math is pretty simple. For the Poles, who only have one match left to play against France (Tuesday at 6 p.m.), have not yet scored any points after their two losses against the Netherlands (2-1) and the Austria (3-1) Friday. They can therefore no longer join the Netherlands and France, already at 4 points.
They also cannot hope to catch up with Austria in third place in the group to try to snatch a place among the best thirds since even if Austria were to lose against the Netherlands and Poland to win on France during the 3rd day, the two teams would be tied on points, 3, but would be decided in favor of Austria due to the particular goal average which prevails.
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This is therefore absolutely good news for Didier Deschamps’ French team, which will face a team on Tuesday that is inevitably demobilized and a few hours before the holidays. It is also very possible that Poland coach Probierz will carry out a large squad review to give playing time to his replacements. Note that Robert Lewandowski, who has so far only played 30 minutes during the competition due to a thigh injury, is in “great shape” according to his coach. He could start Tuesday against the Blues.
