27/03/2024
๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐-๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ (๐-๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ): ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ-๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
Wales suffered heartbreak in their first-ever penalty shoot-out as Poland booked their place at Euro 2024 after a goalless 120 minutes.
Spot-kicks were needed on a tense evening in which Ben Davies had a first-half header disallowed for offside but chances were scarce in this play-off final.
Wales were reduced to 10 in the final seconds as Chris Mepham was banished for a second yellow card and Cardiff City Stadium held its breath following an impromptu rendition of the national anthem.
Poland converted five perfect penalties with Robert Lewandowski, Sebastian Szymanski, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Nicola Zalewski and Krzysztof Piฤ
tek successful against Danny Ward.
Wales matched them as Ben Davies, Kieffer Moore โ via the underside of the crossbar โ Harry Wilson and Neco Williams scored.
But Daniel James saw his effort pushed out by Wojciech Szczesny as Wales lost 5-4 on penalties and wild Polish celebrations began.