Poland 2 – 1 Wales

Wales will have to pick themselves up for Sunday’s crucial World Cup play-off final after kicking off their Nations League campaign with a 2-1 defeat in Poland.

Jonny Williams’ stunning second-half strike gave Wales hope of claiming a first victory over Poland in 49 years but Thomas Kaminski’s equaliser and Karol Swiderski’s winner turned the game around in the final 18 minutes.

With a career-defining showdown against Scotland or Ukraine looming, Rob Page omitted Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey, and Ben Davies from the matchday squad in Wroclaw and the trio watched on as a much-changed Wales produced a rousing display which just fell short.

But there were positives in defeat for Wales – namely keeping Poland dangerman Robert Lewandowski quiet for the duration – and these will have to be drawn on ahead of their return to Cardiff, where they look to secure a place at Qatar 2022, and their first World Cup finals since 1958.

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What’s next?

Wales host Scotland or Ukraine in their World Cup Qualifying play-off final on Sunday at 5pm – live on Sky Sports.

The resumption of the Nations League sees Wales host the Netherlands and Poland travel to Belgium on Wednesday at 7.45pm.