Poland tear Gibraltar apart with eight-goal salvo

Three of Poland's players have scored braces in an emphatic 8-1 win over Gibraltar in their Euro 2016 Group F clash at the Stadion Nadorowy.

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Kamil Grosicki opened the scoring in the eighth minute by heading home Robert Lewandowski's pinpoint cross, before doubling his side's lead on the quarter-hour mark with a cheeky lob over goalkeeper Jordan Perez.

Lewandowski was next to claim a brace as he let rip with a ferocious shot from 20 yards that flew inside the left post in the 19th minute, before slotting into an open net just before the half-hour mark.

Four minutes before the hour Arkadiusz Milik was set free in the area by Grzegorz Krychowiak and made no mistake with a finish into the right side of the net for goal number five.

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Erin Barnett's foul moments later then prompted the referee to award Poland a penalty, which Jakub Blaszczykowski confidently drilled low past Perez and into the back of the net.

Grosicki turned provider in the 72nd minute as his cross into the box was lashed home by Milik to give the Ajax man a third Poland brace of the night, before Bartosz Kapustka made the score 8-0 two minutes later.

Gibraltar, however, claimed a consolation three minutes before the end after Kyle Casciaro slipped the ball through to Jake Gosling, who darted into the box to fire home for only their second ever goal in qualifying.