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Summary Greece and Poland settled for a 1-1 draw against Greece in the opening match of Euro 2012.
Greece fought back to draw 1-1 with co-hosts Poland in the opening match of Euro 2012 on Friday but also missed a penalty as both teams ended an action-packed Group A clash with 10 men. At half time, Polish fans who watched the match in Warszaws public viewing areas were pleased with their teams work: I very much liked Lewandowskis goal, I like the match as well, how will it end, I would hope we will score another two goals, one fan said.Robert Lewandowski headed Poland into the lead after 17 minutes as they dominated the first half with some positive attacking football and they looked set fair when Greece hadSokratis Papastathopoulos sent off for a second booking in the last minute of the first half following an innocuous challenge.Greece, surprise European champions in 2004, played with much more vigour in the second half and equalised in the 51st minute through substitute Dimitris Salpingidis.Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was then sent off for tripping Salpingidis 20 minutes from time, only for replacement keeper Przemyslaw Tyton to save Giorgos Karagouniss resulting penalty.
