The Polish national team started the six-a-side FIFA World Cup brilliantly. First, the team led by Klaudiusz Hirsch defeated France 3-1 after a double by Norbert Jaszczak and a goal by Kamil Kucharski. In the second round of Group E, Poland won 4:1 against Haiti, and the match itself started with a 23-minute delay. The delay of the Haitians was related to problems with leaving their own country and reaching Oman.
– It would be an easy three points to the table, but we insisted on absolutely waiting for our rivals, even at the expense of delaying the broadcast. Nobody calculated here and didn't want these three points by walkover. That's not the point. We did not consider that this match would end in a walkover. We didn't want this. The Haitians thanked us very much for our fair play attitude. We have such a group of people that there was no questioning, everything was obvious. This is what you should do, this is what you should do – Wojciech Dudek, president of the Polish Socca Federation, told us.
In the third round of the group phase, Poland competed with Turkey, which had already played three matches. At first, Türkiye lost 0-4 against France, then won 3-0 against Haiti via walkover and 2-0 against Pakistan. In last year's World Cup, Türkiye reached the 1/16 finals, but lost 2-3 to Belgium. There was only one favorite in Wednesday's match.
Seven goals for Poles. An exemplary performance against Turkey
The Turks tried to defend well from the beginning of the match, but it was immediately obvious that Poland would impose its style of play. In the tenth minute, Kamil Kucharski scored a goal, first playing the ball with Krzysztof Elsner and Adrian Mierzejewski, and then deceiving his opponent with his body balance and hitting it just under the crossbar. Nine minutes later it was 2-0 for Poland when Mierzejewski had plenty of space in front of the Turkish goal and fired a shot towards the far post.
Türkiye also had their chances in front of the Poles' goal, but the goalkeeper did not capitulate even once. After the break, the Poles' dominance became more and more visible. In the 22nd minute, Jakub Hat took over the ball in the middle of the pitch and fired an excellent shot at the Turkish goal. So it was 3-0. Several seconds later, the Turkish goalkeeper was beaten for the fourth time. Norbert Jaszczak ran several meters, passed several opponents, and then hit the opponent's goal. The ball went through the goalkeeper's glove.
Another goal was scored for the Poles in the 33rd minute. Alan Jaworski shot from the left side of the pitch. The ball bounced off the right post and then bounced in such a way that Krystian Nowakowski put the ball into the goal from the closest distance. “Jaworski scored a goal against Nowakowski. Literally,” said TVP Sport commentators. A moment before this situation, Hat saved the Poles and kicked the ball off the goal line.
In the 39th minute, the Poles scored for the sixth time when the Elsner-Kucharski duo played the ball in front of the Turkish goal, and then Kucharski fired a strong shot at the goal, which the rival goalkeeper could not cope with. “The Turks are absolutely in the background,” added commentators. In the last minute, the Poles received a penalty kick, which was converted by Jaszczak. In this way, the White and Reds won 7-0 and strengthened their lead in the table of Group E with all the points and a goal balance of 14-2.
In the last match of Group E, Poland will play against Pakistan. This match will take place on Thursday at 8:00 Polish time.