Despite winning 3:2 (1:1) against foreign team Malta, Poland had to qualify for the playoffs. Robert Lewandowski (32′), Pawel Wszolek (59′) and Piotr Zielinski (85′) scored for the visitors, Irvin Cardona (36′) and Teddy Teuma (68′, penalty kick) scored for Malta.
The team struggled against the outside for a long time and only capitalized on their chances late. Malta put up a convincing fight, but did not win a single point.
The line-up:
Malta: Bonello – Z. Muscat (54. Corbalan), Shaw, Mentz (87. Buhagiar), Camenzuli – Guillaumier, Satariano – J. Mbong (46. Overend), Teuma (77. Pepe), Chouaref – Cardona (77. P. Mbong)
Coach: Emilio de Leo
Poland: Dragowski – Wszolek (78th Grosicki), Wisniewski (78th Bereszynski), Kedziora, Kiwior, Skóras – J. Kaminski (90th + 1 Rozga), Slisz (78th Kapustka), Zielinski, Zalewski (46th Swiderski) – Lewandowski
Coach: Jan Urban
Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)
