Our prediction for this match:
Poland
Match Time & Date:
08/06/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 2-0
Chile
Against all odds, Chile failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals. Star players Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal will miss the showpiece tournament in Russia and, to make things even worse for the fans, the duo will not take part in upcoming friendly games against Serbia and Poland. Chile coach Reinaldo Rueda will use these warm-up games to test as many players as possible and that is probably the main reason why we are tempted to put our money on Poland this time out. Robert Lewandowski just can’t stop scoring in 2018 and all eyes will be on the Bayern Munich attacker, who was the top scorer in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Poland are more of a team than Chile and seeing that aforementioned aces Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal miss Friday’s football game, there is a big value in betting on Adam Nawalka’s troops.
Highlighted Player (Robert Lewandowski):
After scoring 36 goals in 59 league games for Znicz Pruskow, Robert Lewandowski joined Lech Poznan in June, 2008. The 184-cm-tall attacker scored 18 goals in 28 appearances for the club in the 2009/2010 Ekstraklasa campaign and during the season he was on Borussia Dortmund’s radar.
The Polish forward signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga side in June, 2010 and he quickly established himself as the team’s key attacker. Lewandowski was producing excellent performances with the Millionaires between 2010 and 2014 and it has to be noted that he won two Bundesliga trophies with the club (2010/2011, 2011/2012). He participated in the 2012/2013 Champions League final with Borussia Dortmund, but the Millionaires were beaten by fellow Bundesliga side Bayern Munich in the title game.
However, he betrayed Borussia Dortmund fans in 2014 as he signed a four-year deal with the Bundesliga giants. Lewandowski impressed in the 2016/2017 Bundesliga campaign as he scored 30 goals in 32 league games for Pep Guardiola’s troops. The Polish footballer represented his homeland at Euro 2016 in France and he scored one goal at the showpiece tournament in France.
Highlighted Team (Chile):
The Chilean Football Federation has been established in 1895 while Chile’s first-ever international game was a 3-1 loss to Argentina in 1910. The two countries formed a remarkable rivalry over the years and it was exactly against Argentina that Chile won their last major trophy – a 2015 Copa America title.
Prior to their 2015 title Chile had been runners-up in the competition on four different occasions. Chile triumphed in a dramatic final on penalty kicks to reach their first tournament championship. In a symbolic turn of events, Chile start their 2016 Copa America Centenario with a rematch against Argentina. The most capped player of the Chile national team is Barcelona goalkeeper who has past his 100-match mark with the squad he has been a part of since 2004.
Former Lazio and Juventus striker, the legendary Marcelo Salas is the leading scorer with 37 goals to his name. Key player to the current set up is Arsenal winger Alexis Sanchez who has been the team’s leader on the pitch since 2006.
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