Czech Rep.

2.50

• 
  67

  18

  2.50

  Petr Cech

  Couple of firm saves in the first half to deny Poles in an improved performance for the national side after his recent blunder against Greece.

• 
  65

  6

  3.00

  Theodor Gebre Selassie

  Very strong performance from one of the best players in Bilek's team as he caused trouble all night for Boenisch with his runs down the right.

• 
  19

  9

  2.00

  Michal Kadlec

  Liability at the start but then read the game well and cleared the danger with firm headers.

• 
  19

  6

  2.50

  Tomas Sivok

  Easy mistakes in marking from the start but recovered and then fought well against Lewandowski as the game progressed.

• 
  27

  14

  1.50

  David Limbersky

  Nightmare start for the left-back as Błaszczykowski ran past him too easily on a couple occasions and he soon received a yellow card. Missed one great chance in the second half as well.

• 
  18

  9

  2.50

  Jaroslav Plasil

  Poor mistake that almost gave Poland the lead in the opening 15 minutes but then passed and moved well around the pitch.

• 
  59

  3

  3.00

  Václav Pilař

  Czechs biggest threat as he took advantage of his dribbling skills but he missed a chance himself at the start of the game.

• 
  25

  8

  2.50

  Tomas Hubschmann

  Much improved performance after nervous opening 20 minutes, he ruled the midfield, passing the ball well from deep.

• 
  15

  15

  2.00

  Daniel Kolar

  Best passer in his team but mostly out of the position behind the striker as he had more defensive duties to fulfil in this match.

• 
  97

  2

  3.50

  Petr Jirácek Top of the Match

  Constant danger on the right side, he liked to drift inside from the wing and that was exactly how he took his goal.

• 
  34

  13

  2.50

  Milan Baros

  Should have claimed one through pass at the end of the first half but fought well throughout and caused Wasilewski a lot of problems with his movement.

Substitutions

• 
  9

  3

  Frantisek Rajtoral

  A late sub for the Czechs' hero, Jiracek.

• 
  5

  5

  Jan Rezek

  Introduced just before the end.

• 
  9

  4

  Tomas Pekhart

  Came in for Baros in added time.

Poland

1.92

• 
  52

  5

  3.00

  Przemyslaw Tyton

  Had one deflected shot to save and did well in the first half. Couldn't do anything about the goal before he stopped another shot heading for the back of the net with a reaction save.

• 
  18

  14

  2.00

  Sebastian Boenisch

  Poor mistake at the start almost proved to be costly but he was strong and composed for the rest of the match.

• 
  11

  26

  1.50

  Marcin Wasilewski

  Cleared the danger several times but had problems with Baros' movement and slipped at a crucial moment for the Czechs' goal.

• 
  26

  9

  2.50

  Damien Perquis

  You can see why Smuda wanted to wait late for his fitness tests as his positioning was of the highest level. Read the game very well from his position.

• 
  13

  31

  1.50

  Lukasz Piszczek

  He was the driving force on the right but faded away badly and then struggled against Pilar in the second half.

• 
  16

  13

  1.50

  Dariusz Dudka

  His ambitious overhead kick was just wide at the start as then he marked poorly and left a lot of space to Kolar.

• 
  26

  8

  2.50

  Eugen Polanski

  Very strong figure in Poland's midfield, winning more tackles than anybody else but lost the ball too easily on couple occasions.

• 
  8

  23

  1.50

  Ludovic Obraniak

  Good only in the dead ball situations but his deliveries from set pieces could not hide the fact that his general passing was very poor.

• 
  9

  48

  1.00

  Rafael Murawski Flop of the Match

  Had an awful game, passing poorly and quickly receiving yellow card for poor challenge. Lech's midfielder lost the ball for the goal and failed to recover.

• 
  30

  15

  2.00

  Jakub Blaszczykowski

  His dribbling was great but he faded away too quickly and became very nervous in the second half, losing the ball with needless dribbles.

• 
  27

  28

  2.00

  Robert Lewandowski

  He had three great chances before the break but failed to find the net and then desperately went missing in the second half as he struggled without any support.

Substitutions

• 
  9

  5

  Adrian Mierzejewski

  Introduced too late to put his mark on the game.

• 
  10

  10

  2.00

  Kamil Grosicki

  His runs proved to be a danger only twice as his delivery lacked accuracy.

• 
  4

  12

  Paweł Brożek

  Late sub to add numbers to Polish attack.