Four days after the successful test against EM hosts Germany, Poland experienced an embarrassment in qualifying for the 2024 tournament.
In Moldova, the team around star striker Robert Lewandowski surprisingly lost 2:3 (2:0) and after three games in Group E slipped behind their opponents to the penultimate place.
Poland (3 points) is only fourth behind leaders Czech Republic (7), Albania (6), who won 3-1 (1-1) on Tuesday at bottom Faroe Islands (1), and Moldova (5).
After Arkadiusz Milik’s early lead (12′), Lewandowski increased the lead to a seemingly comfortable 2-0 lead at the break (34′). Ion Nicolaescu (48′) cut short for the outsider shortly after the break in Chisinau and equalized (79′), Vladislav Baboglo scored to win (85′).
Poland had won against the DFB team in Warsaw on Friday (1-0).