In the dawn of September 26th, Beijing time, a UEFA A4 Group 6 match came to an end, the Welsh national team at home 0-1 defeat, with a 1-point difference to the bottom of the group, unfortunately relegated. Meanwhile, Poland managed to avoid the fate of relegation with a win, as Levant saw Bale drop to the UEFA B level. In another match in the same group, the Netherlands beat Belgium 1-0, locking up the top spot in the group with a high score of 16 points in 6 rounds and getting out of the group.
Both teams managed to qualify for the Qatar World Cup final round, in Groups B and C respectively. Currently, there is one last match yet to be played in the UEFA Nations League. After losing to Belgium in the last round, Wales suffered a five-game winless streak with only one point, remaining at the bottom of the group. Fortunately, due to Poland's loss, Wales was able to avoid relegation in the early rounds. According to the latest points situation, Wales and Poland are separated by 3 points and 3 goal difference, and the only way to avoid relegation is to get a goal difference of 3-0 or more, which is undoubtedly a difficult task. Poland are ranked 26th and Wales 19th in the latest FIFA world rankings.
In this match, two soccer superstars, Bale and Lewandowski, played together. In the 58th minute of the second half of the match, Swidowski scored a brace to help Poland take a 1-0 lead. Although Bale led Wales to launch a counter-attack, they eventually lost 0-1, and with only 1 point from 6 rounds of matches, they were ranked at the bottom of the group and relegated to the B class together with England.
In the four previous meetings between the two teams at home in Wales, Wales only won 1 and lost 3. Since a 2-0 win in 1973, Wales have lost consecutive home games to Poland, and now the losing streak has extended to 4 games, extending Wales' 49-year losing streak.
For Wales, the biggest goal has been achieved this year by passing the test of the European Zone World Qualification play-offs and returning to the World Cup finals again after 1958. Despite the Europa League relegation, they won't be too concerned. Bale and his teammates will focus on the World Cup in Qatar, with England, the United States and Iran to compete for the qualification of the line, the impact of the knockout stage qualification, there is still a glimmer of hope.
