Matusiak spares Poland defeat
Monday, May 26, 2008
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Poland 1-1 F.Y.R. Macedonia
A late Radosław Matusiak penalty saw an experimental Poland side come from behind to draw 1-1 in Germany.
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Poland 1-1 F.Y.R. Macedonia
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Penalty converted
Matusiak was gifted the chance to equalise after 84 minutes after Igor Mitreski was penalised for a handball in the area. Five minutes later, Dariusz Dudka almost snatched a winner, but Petar Milosevski punched the midfielder's shot over the bar. Poland have another friendly game at their base in Reutlingen, Germany, on Tuesday as they take on Albania. They play Denmark in Poland in their final friendly game on 1 June.
Poland: Kuszczak, Golański, Kokoszka, Jop, Bronowicki (Wawrzyniak 46), Majewski (Saganowski, 59), Murawski, Lewandowski (Dudka 46), Zahorski, Garguła (Pazdan 87), Matusiak.
Macedonia: Milosevski, Sedloski, Mitreski, Lazarevski (Vasoski 46), Popov (Petrov, 61), Noveski (Georgievski, 46), Grozdanovski, Tasevski (Polozani 46), Trajanov (Ristic 69) Maznov (Naumoski 46), Pandev (Stojkov 61).
