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Poland reach World Cup with 4-2 win over Montenegro

Poland’s Robert Lewandowski and Piotr Zielinski celebrate their fourth scored by Montenegro’s Filip Stojkovic with an own goal REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland qualified for the 2018 World Cup after a 4-2 home win over Montenegro on Sunday saw them to finish top of Group E with 25 points from 10 games.

Krzysztof Maczynski and Kamil Grosicki gave Poland a 2-0 lead in the opening 16 minutes, with Robert Lewandowski and a Filip Stojkovic own goal sealing their passage after Montenegro had hit back through Stefan Mugosa and Zarko Tomasevic.

Poland’s Robert Lewandowski scores their third goal REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

(Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic in Belgrade; Editing by Ken Ferris)

Montenegro’s Emrah Klimenta in action with Poland’s Kamil Grosicki REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
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