Poland on hard-fought win over Saudi Arabia

Poland secured 2-0, win following goals from Piotr Zielinski and Robert Lewandowski, respectively against Saudi Arabia in a Group C match at the Education City Stadium. . In the dying embers of the first-half, Wojciech Szczesny had saved a penalty, before also blocking the rebound to give Poland a 1-0 lead at the break.

Poland have enjoyed most of the possession in the first 45 minutes despite starting cautiously. Krystian Bielik came closest to opening the scoring for Poland, but his header from a resulting corner was blocked just ahead of the line by Saleh Alshehri.

The match between the sides takes place at Education City Stadium, Ar-Rayyan. While Poland played out a goalless draw with Mexico in their opening game of the tournament, Saudi Arabia stunned Lionel Messi-led Argentina 2-1 to take the top spot in the table.

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