Coming from the back of a famous win against Argentina Saudi Arabia started off aggressively | AFP
In the 13th minute, Saud Abdulhamid assisted Mohammed Kanno to take a right-footed shot from the right side of the box to be saved in the top right corner. | AFP
Poland opened the scoring in the 39th minute, an assist from Robert Lewandowski Piotr Zielinski's right-footed shot from the centre of the box went on to the top right corner | ANI
Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny made a brilliant save and also blocked the rebound to keep his team's lead intact | AFP
Saudi Arabia had more possession in comparison to Poland enjoying 59 per cent of it while the European side had only 41 | AFP
Poland though had three shots on target in comparison to Saudi who had only one in the first half half | AFP
In the second half, Saud Abdulhamid's right-footed shot from outside the box was blocked. Mohammed Kanno's shot also went wide | AFP
In the 82nd minute Robert Lewandowski scored a goal with a left-footed shot from the centre of the box. Poland went on to register a 2-0 win | AFP
Lewandowski shed tears after scoring in the 82nd minute | AFP
He raced toward the corner with his arms outstretched, then stayed slumped on the field as teammates rushed to congratulate him | AFP
He got up, rubbed his face, and blew a kiss to the crowd |
Arguably one of the best forwards in the world, Lewandowski's barren streak at the World Cup was somewhat puzzling. Now, after five previous matches at the tournament, it's over | AFP
