Budweiser Man of the Match: Bartosz BOSACKI (POL)

20 June 2006

Poland defender Bartosz Bosacki was named Budweiser Man of the Match after scoring a goal in each half in his team's 2-1 defeat of Costa Rica on Tuesday to send Poland home from the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ with a consolation victory.

He got his first in the 33rd minute after Costa Rica goalkeeper Jose Porras tried to cut off a corner kick but missed his punch. The ball fell to Bosacki, who calmly placed it into the back of the net. Another 33 minutes of football passed before Bosacki struck again, and this time he needed no mistake from the keeper as he rose above Costa Rica’s Paulo Wanchope to head in a cross in the 66th minute.

“He scored the equaliser and the winning goal,” said FIFA Technical Study Group member Kwok Ka-Ming. “ And he did well on defending. He is a great defender and he came from the back to make the victory. He deserves to be the Budweiser Man of the Match.”