7 Non-Asian FIFA World Cup 2018 teams against whom Indian senior football team played

#3 Poland

Poland is currently grouped with Japan, Senegal, and Colombia in the Group H of the FIFA World Cup. With their stalwart side, they might even make it to the round of 16. But, did you know that they played against India?

India had invited the Polish team to come and play the 1982 Nehru Cup tournament and they accepted. The fans didn't have to wait long to see their fixture as it was the opening game.

Played at the Salt Lake Stadium in Calcutta, Poland had headed into it as the clear-cut favorites. They scored two goals in the 10th and 34th minute through Dariusz Dziekanowski and Krzysztof Pawlak respectively. Biswajit Bhattacharya would pull one back for the Blue Tigers in the 42nd minute.

However, that was how far India could go. The second half produced no goals and the match ended 2-1 in favor of Poland.