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Poland beat Ukraine to enter last 16

Xinhua, June 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Jakub Blaszczykowski' s goal in the 54th minute helped Poland beat Ukraine here on Tuesday and enter last 16 on second in group.

Poland made an energetic start and had two quick-fire chances to take the lead, but Ukraine suddenly imposed themselves and missed two good chances to score through Andry Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka.

Poland' s midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski, 30, scored through a corner kick in 54th minute.

After this match, Poland got 7 points as well as Germany who beat Northern Ireland 1-0, but they were still second to the world champions due to goals differences.

Before this match, Ukraine had lost to Germany and Northern Ireland and are already eliminated. Ukraine failed to score a single goal in three matches. Endit