Poland end Euro 2025 on high note with historic Padilla Bidas goal win over Denmark
Poland end Euro 2025 on high note with historic Padilla-Bidas goal, win over Denmark
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PolandLUCERNE, Switzerland - Polands Natalia Padilla-Bidas scored her countrys first goal at a major womens tournament in a 3-2 victory over Denmark on Saturday that sends Poland home from their European championship debut on a high note.
Both teams had already been eliminated from quarter-final contention so Saturdays match was about final group placings with Poland finishing third and Denmark fourth.
Bayern Munichs Padilla-Bidas brought the Polish fans to their feet at Allmend Stadion with her historic strike in the 12th minute when a loose ball fell at her feet and she fired home.
Ewa Pajor, Polands all-time leading goalscorer, doubled their lead eight minutes later when she intercepted the ball in the midfield, laid it out to Padilla-Bidas then charged to the back post to head it in.
Janni Thomsen pulled one back in the 59th minute but Poland restored their two-goal lead when substitute Martyna Wiankowska struck from the edge of the box, firing the ball in off the bar.
Denmark, runners-up at Euro 2017, replied in the 83rd minute when Signe Bruun headed in Katrine Vejes pinpoint cross. REUTERS
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