Mexico vs Poland LIVE: World Cup 2022 result and final score after Robert Lewandowski misses penalty

Poland will look to their talisman Robert Lewandowski to score the goals to take them into the World Cup knockout round for the first time in more than 35 years but he will need support.

The Poland captain signed for Barcelona in the close season following eight trophy-laden and record-filled years at Bayern Munich, a switch he had requested for months.

“After a long period of performing in one country, change is always something cool. I benefit from it very much,” Lewandowski said while on international duty in September.

More on him and his role in the Poland set-up here:

Ben Burrows at the Education City Stadium:

Kasper Hjulmand had told his Denmark side to “dream big” on the eve of this World Cup. But Tunisia have dreams too and gave their fancied European opponents everything they could handle and more in a hugely entertaining, blood and thunder clash at Education City Stadium.

The Danish coach has played down talk of his team being any kind of “favourites” for this tournament but after impressive qualifying and Nations League runs, where they beat France home and away, many have the Euro 2020 semi-finalists surpassing the quarter-finalists of 1998 and matching last summer or even better still here in Doha.

Tunisia are lucky to even be here after squeaking past Mali in a qualifying play-off with a healthy dose of good fortune, but a much-better run in qualification for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations told of a side who quietly believed they too could make some noise.

If it was noise they wanted they got plenty from the stands here, their hugely vocal support - who far outnumbered their counterparts also decked in red and white - lustily booing the Danes as they came out to warm up, even with returning Christian Eriksen stepping on to a major tournament pitch for the first time since that fateful evening against Finland 18 months ago.

The decibel level only rose further as the relentless Aissa Laidouni started his afternoon as he meant to go on, clattering into Eriksen inside the first two minutes before roaring towards his supporters who, as they would go on to do throughout, roared back ever louder.

Here’s a reminder of how the other Group C game played out today...

“A moment of authenticity in this tournament, yet one that seemed to defy reality.

“This World Cup has had its first classic shock, and maybe one of its biggest of all. An utterly stunned Argentina lost for the first time in 36 games, to an admirably adventurous Saudi Arabia, driven on by a raucous atmosphere. Manager Herve Renard pulled off another incredible feat.

“The fact they came from behind to win 2-1 only emphasised their spirit and resolve, and showed how even the most problematic World Cup is still driven by human sporting qualities. That is what Qatar are trying to buy. A further irony is that is what their complicated political rivals in Saudi Arabia will now use. What a venue for their greatest-ever World Cup victory, in the host’s prize stadium, not long after the Gulf blockade was lifted.

“And whatever talk of how the state will use the victory, this was the classic sporting story of footballers rising to greater levels, driven on by fans.”

Miguel Delaney with the match report from Qatar:

Confirmed line-ups

Mexico: Ochoa; Montes, Moreno, Sanchez, Gallardo; Alvarez, Herrera, Chavez; Vega, Martin, Lozano

Poland: Szczesny; Cash, Kiwior, Glik, Beresynski, Zalewski; Krychowiak, Kaminski, Szymanski; Zielinski, Lewandowski

Denmark began their Qatar World Cup campaign with a 0-0 draw against Tunisia on Tuesday.

The sides are joined in Group D by defending champions France and Australia, and this clash was seen by many as a chance for either side to prove their credentials as a team worthy of a place in the knockout stages.

But neither could break the deadlock at the Education City Stadium, with Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel pulling off a fine save after Issam Jebali went through one-on-one in the first half.

Up the other end of the pitch, Christian Eriksen was denied by a decent stop and Andreas Cornelius somehow missed a header from a yard out.

Here is how the Denmark players rated in their Group D opener:

FULL-TIME: Tunisia keeper Dahmen claims the header from the corner easily - and that’s that!

A point each at the Education City Stadium! Tunisia fully worth it too, they held out and fought to the end against a Danish side who were slightly lacklustre this afternoon.

Tunisia will be proud of their performance, as will their travelling support! Now over to France and Australia this evening...

90+6 mins: Stunned silence in the stadium after that VAR check didn’t go the way we all thought it would after the referee went over to the screen! For what it’s worth, a penalty would’ve been harsh I feel...

Denmark do have one final corner here...

90+5 mins: Oh wow!

The referee goes over to the screen - a Denmark corner has hit a Tunisian hand!

But the Mexican referee doesn’t give it! He gives a free-kick to Tunisia - Denmark don’t even have the corner they were entitled to before the VAR check!

Another VAR talking point in this World Cup...

90+4 mins: Dahmen almost makes a mess of a simple cross in the box as he deflects the ball wide....

Oh hang on, checking for a possible penalty here... VAR involved!

90+2 mins: Jensen with a long throw into the box but Dahmen claims the header in the air...

Tunisia have almost got a point.