Poland won 2-1 in Montenegro with goals from Robert Lewandowski and
Lukasz Piszczek to move six points clear at the top of World Cup
qualifying group E after a pulsating clash on Sunday.
The result left the Poles in charge midway through the campaign on 13
points from five games, six ahead of closest rivals Montenegro and
Denmark, who were held 0-0 in Romania.
Lewandowski curled home a superb 40th-minute free-kick and, although
Stefan Mugosa equalised just past the hour, Piszczek got the winner with
a fine lob in the 82nd after the Poles missed a barrage of chances
against their injury-hit opponents.
The visitors had come close three times in the opening half before
Lewandowski netted his eighth goal of the qualifying campaign, leaving
goalkeeper Mladen Bozovic rooted to his line with a delightful strike
from 25 metres.
Lewandowski and Piszczek missed a pair of easy chances inside a minute
on the hour and Poland were swiftly punished as Mugosa scored his first
international goal with a thumping header after Damir Kojasevic's
teasing cross from the right.
Poland pressed for a winner and right back Piszczek made amends for his
earlier miss as he brilliantly side-footed the ball over Bozovic from
inside the penalty area to silence a vociferous home crowd in the
Adriatic nation's capital.
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