Football: Poland beats Switzerland 4:0 in virtually empty stadium

The Polish national football team comfortably beat Switzerland 4:0 in an international friendly preparing the team for a key World Cup qualifying match against Norway on March 24. Poland dominated throughout the game, played in Larnaka, Cyprus, and all four of its shots on goal ended up with the ball in the net. The first goal was scored in the 22nd minute by Nigerian-born striker Emmanuel Olisadebe. Bartosz Karwan scored another one just before half-time, while Tomasz Hajto and Jacek Krzynowek added two in the second half. The game was extraordinary in one respect - there were practically no fans watching, only journalists, officials and sponsors. The reason why the 15,0000-seat stadium Anorthosis was almost empty was that local fans chose to go to nearby Limassol, where their own national team was playing Romania. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.35) T.J.