Soccer Football - World Cup - Group H - Poland vs Senegal - Spartak Stadium, Moscow, Russia - June 19, 2018 Poland coach Adam Nawalka REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Poland coach Adam Nawalka struggled to explain his team's off-key display on Tuesday as they produced a lethargic, error-ridden performance to lose 2-1 to Senegal in their opening game of a World Cup Group H they had high hopes of winning.
An own goal by Thiago Cionek late in the first half and an appalling defensive mix-up that let M'Baye Niang score into an empty net on the hour put Senegal clear, with Grzegorz Krychowiak's header in the 86th minute changing nothing.
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