Poland painfully became the first team eliminated from EURO 2024

After losing 1-3 to Ukraine against Austria in the second match of Group D on June 21, the Polish team was officially eliminated from EURO 2024 due to the 0-0 draw between the two teams in the same group, France and the Netherlands. According to the rules, in addition to the 6 teams that finished first and second in the group, the 4 teams that finished third with the best results in each group will qualify for the round of 16, but Poland left the tournament early despite having 1 match left to play. With 2 defeats, Poland is at the bottom of Group D without any points and will face France in the final match.

Robert Lewandowski and Poland soon lost hope of competing for a ticket to the next round.

Before the second match between the Netherlands and France in Group D, Poland, despite losing to Austria, still had hope of advancing as one of the four third-placed teams with the best records. However, their fate was decided by the Netherlands and France sharing points.

After two matches, the Netherlands and France are temporarily leading Group D with 4 points each, followed by Austria (3 points) and Poland. Poland's hopes of qualifying for the round of 16 at EURO 2024 have ended in a regrettable way as coach Michal Probierz's team will certainly finish bottom of Group D despite defeating the Netherlands in the final round.

According to the tournament rules, teams with equal points in the group stage will be considered in turn based on head-to-head points, goal difference, and then the number of goals scored in the head-to-head matches... to determine their positions. Therefore, despite the possibility of having the same 3 points as Austria (in case Austria loses to France in the final round) after the end of the group stage, Poland will still be at the bottom of the table due to losing the head-to-head matches.

The disappointment of Polish fans

Robert Lewandowski and his teammates' journey ended even more disappointingly when they received high expectations to reach the round of 16 despite being in a group with two "giants": the Netherlands and France. Coach Probierz's team arrived in Germany in high form, having won consecutive friendly matches against Ukraine and Türkiye.

Poland became the first team to be eliminated from EURO 2024 in an unpleasant way when the Netherlands were denied a controversial goal against France. A beautiful 69th-minute strike by Xavi Simons (Netherlands) was ruled out for offside following a controversial decision by referee Anthony Taylor.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ba-lan-dau-don-tro-thanh-doi-dau-tien-bi-loai-o-euro-2024-185240622083535196.htm