Two months ago Romania were beaten 6-0 in Poland. On Saturday in Bucharest they beat the same opponent 2-1, giving Gheorghe Hagi his first official win since he returned as national team coach and handing Romania their first points of the Nations League campaign. The result also ended Poland's hopes of promotion to League A with a game still to play.

A disallowed goal, then two in four minutes

Poland had more of the ball early, and the first half finished 0-0 in front of 45,827 fans at the Arena Națională. Romania thought they had gone ahead on the counter in the 59th minute through Florinel Coman, but the goal was ruled out after a VAR review for a foul by Andrei Rațiu on Sebastian Szymański.

The breakthrough came anyway. In the 68th minute Alexandru Cicâldău won the ball back and shot, and Jakub Kiwior's deflection took it past Bartłomiej Drągowski. Four minutes later Romania broke again, Daniel Bîrligea slipped the ball through, and Dennis Man finished. Ianis Stoica, a minute into his international debut, then missed the chance to make it 3-0.

The Legia goalkeeper who kept Lewandowski out

Romania's goalkeeper on the night plays his club football in Poland. Otto Hindrich, who is at Legia Warsaw, made the key save from Robert Lewandowski in the 62nd minute, with the game still scoreless, according to the AGERPRES report, and later denied substitute Adrian Benedyczak.

He was finally beaten in the 82nd minute, when Marcel Reguła headed in from close range after a Szymański free kick. Poland pushed for a draw, and Radu Drăgușin had to block a shot from Mateusz Żukowski in stoppage time to protect the win.

What it changes in Group B4

For Poland, the defeat caps a bad stretch: Jan Urban's team have won just one of their last eight games in all competitions, and Saturday also ended a run of three straight wins over Romania. Sweden have already won the group, and Bosnia and Herzegovina are confirmed second.

Romania are still last, but now only one point behind Poland. On Tuesday they travel to Zenica to face Bosnia and Herzegovina, while Poland host Sweden. Romania need to win and need Poland not to beat Sweden to climb off the bottom, which is a long way from where they stood after the 6-0 in September.