Euro 2024: Austria secure a win over Poland, while Ukraine come from behind to defeat Slovakia.

Euro 2024: Austria secure a win over Poland, while Ukraine come from behind to defeat Slovakia.Austria secured a decisive 3-1 victory against Poland in Berlin on Friday, advancing towards the Euro 2024 knockout stages.

Robert Lewandowski, returning from a thigh injury as a substitute for Poland, was unable to prevent his team from nearing elimination from Group D after their second defeat. Despite Krzysztof Piatek equalizing Gernot Trauner’s opening goal, Austria pulled ahead with second-half goals from Christoph Baumgartner and Marko Arnautovic to claim three crucial points.

Meanwhile, group favorites France are set to face the Netherlands in a major showdown in Leipzig later on Friday. Star forward Kylian Mbappe will start on the bench, having suffered a broken nose in France’s opening win over Austria.

Earlier, Ukraine came from behind to defeat Slovakia 2-1, moving into second place in Group E ahead of Romania’s match against Belgium on Saturday.

“He supports me every day and gave me a lot of strength at half-time,” the midfielder explained.