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First team knocked OUT of Euro 2024 in huge ‘plot twist’ after France vs Netherlands clash


POLAND are the first team to be knocked out of Euro 2024.

The country’s fate was sealed following a 0-0 draw between Netherlands and France.

Poland have been knocked out of Euro 2024Credit: Reuters
They are the first team to be knocked out of the tournamentCredit: Getty

Michal Probierz’s side suffered a 3-1 defeat to Austria earlier in the day.

Krzysztof Piatek gave Poland a glimmer of hope after cancelling out Gernot Trauner’s opening goal.

But Christoph Baumgartner and Marko Arnautovic both struck in the second half to seal the win for Das Team.

Poland needed Netherlands to beat France to remain in the tournament.

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However, Oranje were held to a goalless draw.

Xavi Simons thought he had won it for Netherlands in the 69th minute, but his goal didn’t stand after Denzel Dumfries was deemed to be in an offside position.

Reacting to the disallowed strike, one fan took to social media to write: “Plot twist it’s just to knock Poland out of Euros.”

Speaking after his side’s 3-1 defeat, Poland boss Probierz said: “We started the match badly. We lost too many balls.

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“Later we managed to calm things down and had our chances.

“It seemed that we could have this match under control, but we had too many ball losses that ended up costing us.”

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Poland next face France on Tuesday in the final group match.


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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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