Poland 1-1 Northern Ireland

Polish national team only drew 1-1 with Northern Ireland (World Cup 2010 preliminary competition) at the Śląski Stadium in Chorzów yesterday. The first goal was scored in the 38th minute by the away team. Its author was Kyle Lafferty. Poles managed to equalise ten minutes before the end of the game thanks to Aaron Hughes's own goal. Although Poland only drew its match, it still has chances to win the promotion to the World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
However, it has five points less than leading Slovakia which drew 2-2 with Czech Republic.

Poland 1-1 (0-1) Northern Ireland
0-1 – 38' Kyle Lafferty
1-1 – 80' Aaron Hughes (own goal)

Poland: 1. Artur Boruc - 3. Paweł Golański, 5. Dariusz Dudka, 14. Michał Żewłakow, 8. Jacek Krzynówek - 16. Jakub Błaszczykowski, 18. Mariusz Lewandowski, 10. Rafał Murawski (61' 11. Robert Lewandowski), 6. Roger, 15. Ludovic Obraniak (46' 7. Euzebiusz Smolarek) - 9. Paweł Brożek

Northern Ireland: 1. Maik Taylor - 2. Gareth McAuley, 5. Stephen Craigan, 18. Aaron Hughes, 3. Jonathan Evans - 7. Damien Johnson, 6. Samuel Clingan, 8. Grant McCann, 9. David Healy, 11. Steven Davis - 10. Kyle Lafferty (54, 15. Martin Paterson)

yellow card: Golański
referee: Manuel Gonzalez (Spain)
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League table (group 3)
1. Slovakia 7 16 19-8
2. Northern Ireland 8 14 13-7
3. Poland 7 11 19-8
4. Slovenia 7 11 10-4
5. Czech Republic 7 9 8-6
6. San Marino 8 0 1-37