Poland 5:0 Azerbaijan

A tad late on covering this, but Poland beat Azerbaijan 5:0 on Saturday. Not quite the 8:0 drubbing they laid on them a couple years ago, but also not a narrow 1:0 like the one over Kazakhstan earlier that worried many.

All in all it was an expected result. Poland didn't exactly bring their A game, but brought a game good enough to beat a lowly opponent. The one bright spot was the success in the air that Poland had against Azerbaijan, with numerous goals coming via headers. Then again, even Lukasz Sosin was able to score off two headers against the Saudis, so maybe it does not prove so much. Either way, Poland will need to have a better match against Armenia today to ensure it is not as close a match as the one against Kazakhstan.

Perhaps of more importance, however, will be how the others in the group do. Kazakhstan has already done Poland a big favour in defeating the Serbs - who will now take on Portugal. If the Serbs win they will stay right on Poland's tail with still one game in hand...if the Portugese win they will climb back into the hunt, and the Portugese are a much more dangerous team to have luring around than the Serbs. With that said, I'll be left hoping for a draw.