Austria on Friday night recorded a resounding victory against Poland at the ongoing Euro 2024 championship.
With Lewandowski starting on the bench, Austria were rewarded for a positive start inside ten minutes.
One of two centre-backs brought into the starting line-up for this game, Gernot Trauner headed Phillipp Mwene’s cross past Wojciech Szczęsny at his near post.
Nicola Zalewski missed the target from a decent position on 18 minutes, but Poland found their range on the half-hour, Krzysztof Piątek first to a loose ball in the area after Jan Bednarek’s blast was blocked.
Marcel Sabitzer had a couple of decent efforts before the break, and Patrick Pentz saved from a neatly-struck Piotr Zieliński free-kick.
Austria, though, stole the Polish talisman’s thunder, Baumgartner wrong-footing Szczęsny with a hit from the edge of the box on 67 minutes.
78′ Arnautović makes it 3-1 from penalty spot
However Patrick Wimmer had a chance to finish it but was denied by Szczęsny on 75 minutes, yet the keeper then brought down Sabitzer when through on goal, Arnautović stepping up to convert the resulting penalty.
The results meant Poland will kiss the tournament goodbye after losing two straight games already.