Slovakia shocks 10-man Poland at Euro 2020

14 June 2021, Russia, St. Petersburg: Football: European Championship, Poland - Slovakia, preliminary round, Group E, matchday 1 at St Petersburg Stadium. Poland's Robert Lewandowski (front, l) and Poland's Tymoteusz Puchacz go past the Slovakia team celebrating their 1:2 win.Important: For editorial news reporting purposes only. Not used for commercial or marketing purposes without prior written approval of UEFA. Images must appear as still images and must not emulate match action video footage. Photographs published in online publications (whether via the Internet or otherwise) shall have an interval of at least 20 seconds between the posting. Photo: Igor Russak/dpa
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Slovakia capitalized on a second-half red card and got a goal from Milan Skriniar in a 2-1 victory over Poland at the European Championship.

The Inter Milan center back brought down a corner and toe-poked the ball into the net from 15 meters in the 69th minute. The goal came seven minutes after Poland midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak had been sent off for a second yellow card.

Slovakia went ahead in the 18th minute when Wojciech Szczesny became the first goalkeeper to score an own-goal at the tournament. Szczesny was unfortunate as the ball rebounded off his near post, onto his outstretched arm and back into the net following a shot by Slovakia winger Robert Mak.

Karol Linetty equalized barely 30 seconds into the second half.

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