Few home comforts for under-pressure Poland

Polish head coach Franciszek Smuda admits the pressure of opening the tournament on home soil took its toll on his players.

On Friday the Poles took the lead against Greece, who were reduced to 10 men in the first half, but were pegged back after the break and were fortunate not to lose after goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off and their opponents missed a penalty.

“The pressure for the opening game was really huge because we thought we had to win,” said Smuda.