Poland v Austria LIVE: Result and reaction as Marko Arnautovic scores penalty to seal key victory
Poland 1-3 Austria: Robert Lewandowski returned from the bench but his side’s hopes of reaching the last-16 suffered a major blow with defeat
Austria secured a 3-1 victory over Poland in their Euro 2024 Group D match to renew hopes of a top-two finish and a spot in the knockout stage while leaving their opponents in last place with no points and only a slim chance of advancing.
In a furious start, the Austrians, now on three points from two matches - as many as France and Netherlands who meet later on Friday - applied early pressure and it paid off in the ninth minute with Gernot Trauner’s powerful header at the near post.
Poland, who have now lost both of their matches, levelled through Krzysztof Piatek’s his second attempt in the box after his first effort was blocked on the half-hour mark.
Fit-again Poland striker Robert Lewandowski came on in the 60th minute but it was Austria who scored twice more, first with a flowing move and Christoph Baumgartner finish just inside the box in the 66th and a Marco Arnautovic penalty 12 minutes later.
Follow all the reaction to Poland v Austria below, and catch the latest updates from France vs Netherlands in Group D here
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
90+4 minutes: Ukraine are just desperate to clear their lines now, Sydorchuk is played forwards and he just tries to hold onto it for as long as possible.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
90+2 minutes: Vavro had a chance to take on a shot but absolutely scuffs it!
Was that Slovakia’s last chance of the match? The ball falls to him just inside the box and he misses the chance.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
90+1 minutes: There will be five minutes of added time.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
90 minutes: Slovakia have a corner, it’s only their third of the game. There’s a flick at the back post and it goes out for a goal kick.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
87 minutes: Slovakia have another free kick, this time Trubin does have to get involved to palm the ball away.
Ukraine will want to prevent giving Slovakia any more chances, especially with giving away unnecessary fouls as they look to hold on to their slender one-goal advantage.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
84 minutes: Ukraine have given away a free kick in a potentially dangerous position just outside the area.
Kucka takes, but it’s hit well over the bar, he has completely miss-hit that, it goes into the top tier of the stand.
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
82 minutes: The more replays you watch of that goal, the better it looks! To take a ball over the shoulder is difficult, let alone to take the pace off it and slot it into the back of the net.
Yaremchuk has done exactly what was hoped of him when he came on in the 67th minute for Dovbyk.
GOAL! Yaremchuk puts his side ahead - Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
79 minutes: GOAL! Yaremchuk has timed his run perfectly, and takes a touch to kill the pace on it and then just touches the ball past the goalkeeper where the defender cannot keep it out of the net.
That was a clever move and Ukraine have given themselves a good chance of qualification if they can hold on to this!
Slovakia 1-1 Ukraine
78 minutes: Slovakia’s passing has just sharpened up a touch, but they cannot get through the Ukraine lines and concede yet another foul.
Slovakia 1-1 Ukraine
75 minutes: Mudryk is now down and receiving some treatment in the aftermath of that, but he looks okay to continue and is waiting on the sidelines to come back on.
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