After the unexpected defeat of the Argentine national team against Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland have been facing each other since 13 to complete date 1 of pool C in search of getting three points that could be the key to reaching the round of 16.
The team led by Argentinian Gerardo “Tata” Martino arrives preceded by a 2-1 defeat against Sweden (who do not play in the World Cup) six days ago in Spain in their last preparation match, while the Europeans beat 1-0 at the Chile, another team that will see the world from outside.
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With Lewandoski, Poland wants to remember its historic good performances
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Guided by the relentless Robert Lewandowski, an inveterate scorer and one of the best footballers of recent years, he will try to reach the table and qualify for the round of 16.
Poles arrived in Qatar 2022 with a few stopovers. They were second in their area, 9, behind England. This forced them to go through the repechage. In that event, they won the game against Russia – following FIFA’s decision to exclude the bottom host nation from the World Cup due to Ukraine’s invasion – and then beat Sweden to seal their ticket to the World Cup. World Cup.
It will be his ninth participation, with third places obtained in Germany 1974 and Spain 1982 as best memories. On those occasions the standard bearers were Gregorz Lato and Zbigniew Boniek. Now it’s Lewandowski’s turn, who will seek revenge for the misstep in the last edition in which he couldn’t even score goals.
Mexico tries to strike amid criticism
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The team led by Argentinian Gerardo Tata Martino will try to shut up their mouths in their World Cup debut against Poland. El Tri arrives at the World Cup with a lot of criticism from the local press for his way of playing. In Qatar he will try to overcome the “accursed” round of 16. The last time was in 1986 when they went to Bulgaria and lost in the quarterfinals to Germany. Read more.
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