International roundup: Four-star Poland beat Andorra

EURO 2012 hosts Poland go into the championships in fine fettle after a morale-boosting 4-0 win over Andorra yesterday. Taking control of the game in the early stages, Ludovic Obraniak opened the scoring in the 13th minute, giving Andorra goalkeeper Josep Anton Gomez no chance.

Robert Lewandowski recovered from a horrendous tackle by Marcio Vieira to score Poland’s second on 37 minutes with a tremendous scissor-kick. Two minutes later captain Jakub Baszczykowski made and scored a penalty. Marcin Wasilewski capped the performance to make it 4-0 against the jaded Andorrans.

Denmark beat Australia 2-0 to finish their Euro 2012 preparations with a flourish in front of their home fans in Copenhagen.

Liverpool’s Daniel Agger opened the scoring, converting a first-half penalty after being felled in the box. Andreas Bjelland, Agger’s partner at centre back, scored midway through the second half from a corner to make it 2-0.

The Australians did threaten on occasion, but Stephan Andersen, first-choice goalkeeper since Thomas Sorensen suffered a back injury against Brazil, was up to the task.

Visitors Malta took the lead against Luxembourg ten minutes into their match through Michael Mifsud. Luxembourg captain Mario Mutsch was sent off in the first half for repeatedly tugging at Malta’s Andrew Cohen’s shirt.

Mifsud scored his and his side’s second with ten minutes left after a beautiful through-ball from Danijel Bogdanovic to make it 2-0.