WARSAW, Poland. Mar 3 (PS) — The Polish national team defeated Bulgaria 2-0 in a friendly match on Wednesday played at the stadium of KP Polonia in Warsaw.

Goals for the Polish side, which for the first time in history occurred in a dark navy kit, scored Jakub Blaszczykowski and Robert Lewandowski.

If there were was any near goal situation, it would be for the visiting Bulgarians. A dangerous situation for the Polish defense occurred after ball giveaway by goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak. Manchester United teammate Dimitar Berbatov tried to take advantage of the opportunity but the striker was unable to give a precise enough shot - only hitting the top goal bar.

The Poles fiercely attacked only in the last minutes of the first half of the game, but once they did, they did it effectively. In the 42. minute after a long ball by Kuszczak went to Robert Lewandowski, where the Lech Poznan quickly player headed the ball to the open Jakub Blaszczykowski.

The Borussia Dortmund winger dribbled past one of his opponents to show off a spectacular strike into the corner goal, beating Bulgaria goalkeeper Dimitar Ivankov.

In the second half the Poles played a little better, creating more goal chances. Especially when one of them helped increase the goal total to 2:0 for Poland. Blaszczykowski began on a counterattack, which he consciously passed to assist man Lewandowski. The 21-year-old would finish with a powerful shot, ending Bulgaria's chances of winning and cementing another Poland win for Franciszek Smuda's kadra.

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Poland - Bulgaria 2:0 (1:0)
Goals: Jakub Błaszczykowski 42', Robert Lewandowski 62'.

Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland). Spectators: 6000.

Poland: Tomasz Kuszczak, Marcin Kowalczyk, Michał Żewłakow, Kamil Glik, Dariusz Dudka, Sławomir Peszko (59-Tomasz Jodłowiec), Rafał Murawski (85-Maciej Sadlok), Radosław Majewski (46-Maciej Rybus), Jakub Błaszczykowski (78-Patryk Małecki), Robert Lewandowski (74-Dawid Nowak), Ludovic Obraniak (46-Maciej Iwański)

Bulgaria: Dimitar Ivankov, Veselin Minew (87-Kostadin Stoyanov), Stanislav Angelov, Blagoy Georgiev (69-Martin Kamburow), Chavdar Yankov (77-Ivan Stoyanov), Stilian Petrov, Ivelin Popov (46-Velizar Dimitrov), Ivan Ivanov (77 -- Jordan Miliew), Zhivko Milanov, Georgi Sarmow, Dimitar Berbatov (46-Valeri Bojinov).