National team U21 - statistics 2024

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Group stage, Group D

Poland U21 0-1 Bulgaria U21

    time: 26 March 2024, Tuesday, 15:00 CET, 14/13 C, partly cloudy
   place: "Śląski" st., Chorzów, 5 498 spectators

 referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria); assistants: Maximilian Weiß (Austria), Martin Höfler (Austria); fourth official: Arnes Talić (Austria)
    kits: white w/ white-grey patterns on the shoulders, white, white (red numbers) ; burgundy w/ gold edging, burgundy w/ gold edging, burgundy (white numbers)
captains: 1.Kacper Tobiasz (GK) ; 4.Hristiyan Petrov

  Poland: 1.Kacper Tobiasz (GK) (c) - 4.Łukasz Bejger, 2.Ariel Mosór, 5.Maksymilian Pingot -
          23.Dominik Marczuk, 18.Jakub Kałuziński, 16.Kacper Urbański, 13.Jakub Kamiński - 7.Kajetan Szmyt, 10.Filip Marchwiński - 9.Filip Szymczak.
   bench: 22.Jakub Mądrzyk (GK) - 14.Miłosz Matysik, 15.Jakub Szymański, 17.Arkadiusz Pyrka, 19.Cezary Polak -
          6.Mateusz Łęgowski, 11.Michał Rakoczy, 21.Tomasz Pieńko - 20.Szymon Włodarczyk.
   coach: Adam Majewski

Bulgaria: 12.Damyan Hristov (GK) - 15.Martin Atanasov, 5.Veljko Jelenković, 4.Hristiyan Petrov (c), 13.Simeon Vasilev -
          20.Kristiyan Stoyanov, 6.Emil Tsenov - 17.Martin Sorakov, 8.Stanislav Shopov, 11.Marin Petkov - 9.Georgi Nikolov.
   bench: 23.Plamen Andreev (GK) - 2.Dimitar Papazov, 16.Rosen Bozhinov, 18.Atanas Chernev -
          3.Emanuel Mirchev, 19.Nikolay Zlatev, 22.Chung Nguen-Do - 7.Roberto Raychev, 10.Nikola Iliev.
   coach: Aleksandar Dimitrov

 tactics: pol: 1 - 4, 2, 5 - 23, 18, 16, 13 - 7, 10 - 9
          bul: 12 - 15, 5, 4, 13 - 20, 6 - 17, 8, 11 - 9

  events:
 yc - 45+1 - 10.Filip Marchwiński pol (reckless foul)
    + 1 min
0-1 - 58 - 11.Marin Petkov (left/open play/8.Stanislav Shopov/pass)
sub - 63 - '1 6.Mateusz Łęgowski on 18.Jakub Kałuziński pol
sub - 63 - '1 11.Michał Rakoczy on 10.Filip Marchwiński pol -> 23, 6, 16, 13 - 11, 7 - 9
 yc - 67 - 11.Marin Petkov bul (striking an opponent's head with hand)
sub - 72 - '2 20.Szymon Włodarczyk on 9.Filip Szymczak pol - same position
sub - 72 - '1 3.Emanuel Mirchev on 8.Stanislav Shopov bul -> 11, 20, 3, 6, 17 - 9
sub - 78 - '3 17.Arkadiusz Pyrka on 16.Kacper Urbański pol
sub - 78 - '3 21.Tomasz Pieńko on 13.Jakub Kamiński pol -> 23, 21, 6, 17 - 11, 7 - 20
sub - 80 - '2 7.Roberto Raychev on 17.Martin Sorakov bul - same position
sub - 90+2 - '3 10.Nikola Iliev on 11.Marin Petkov bul - same position
    + 5 min

abbreviations and event notes

Abbreviations and event notes:
 yc - yellow card
 rc - red card
sub - substitution
'1/'2/'3 - the substitution is part of the first/second/third allowed break for substitutions for the respective team
same position - the substitution does not lead to any tactical changes
lws - left without a substitute (usually due to injury after all allowed substitutions are used by the team)
tct - a change to a team's tactical formation
cap - new captain
 mp - missed penalty
ref - new referee (usually following an injury)
 ar - new assistant referee (usually following an injury)
var - beginning and end of a VAR review and the decisions it yielded
cnc - cancelled event (usually following a var review)
 ht - the event takes place during the half-time break
 br - the event takes place during the break between extra time periods
pen - the event takes place during the penalty shoot-out
 ft - the event takes place after full time
stp - the match is stopped
res - the match is resumed
abd - the match is abandoned
+ X min. - there have been X minutes of added time played for that half

about penalty kick direction notes - the point of view of the penalty taker is always considered, with the goal being divided into 6 areas,
in which the ball can be directed to - upper left, upper middle, upper right, lower left, lower middle and lower right; 
while the penalty kick might be either placed (i.e. weaker shot) or taken with force.

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