Poland
A very unpredictable team. They
always have an attacking fire power but their defense has various ups and
downs. When it’s on a good day, though, Poland is a very dangerous team that
can beat the strongest teams.
It’s hard to imagine they’ll repeat the glory
of the 70s generation, but they’ll surely do better than they ever did in
Euro’s, where they never qualified from the group stage.
How they qualified
One of the
most enjoyable teams to watch in the qualification. In a balanced group, that
an inconsistent Germany made chaotic, the Polish scored 33 goals – albeit 15
were against Gibraltar – and from early on put their name en route to France.
Their defense let them down against some
stronger opposition and they lost 1st place to Germany, but their
win against the powerhouse showed great promise in a good campaign.
Squad
Goalkeepers:
Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City), Wojciech Szczesny (AS Roma), Artur Boruc
(Bournemouth).
Defenders:
Thiago Cionek (Palermo), Kamil Glik (Torino), Artur Jedrzejczyk (FK Krasnodar),
Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw), Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund), Bartosz
Salamon (Cagliari), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Lechia Gdansk).
Midfielders: Jakub
Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Kamil Grosicki (Rennes), Tomasz Jodlowiec
(Legia Warsaw), Bartosz Kapustka (Cracovia), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla),
Karol Linetty (Lech Poznan), Krzysztof Maczynski (Wisla), Slawomir Peszko
(Lechia Gdansk), Filip Starzynski (Zaglebie Lubin), Piotr Zielinski (Udinese).
Forwards:
Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Mariusz Stepinski
(Ruch Chorzow).
Robert Lewandowski
Club : Bayern (GER)
Age : 27 years
Lewandowski
is one of those players that, being born 15 years earlier, would be in the
dispute for Balon D’or. Unfortunately for him, he lives in the Ronaldo and
Messi era, and is only recognized as
one of the best strikers of the moment, for the unbelievable amount of goals he
scored.
He showed this ability from early on, and
since starting playing professionally only once, in his first season at
Dortmund, he scored less than 15 goals.
He scored 13 goals in the qualification and
will try to do similar in a group stage, and he has the quality for it.
Bartosz
Kapustka
Club : Cracovia (POL)
Age
: 19 years
19 years old attacking midfielder that plays
in Cracovia. If you’ve never seen Kapustka play go and search, because the kid
plays well with both feet, is a very smart playmaker with a very unusual
maturity for someone its age.
This Euro is perfect opportunity to showcase
all his abilities.
Adam
Nawałka
Was a very
promising player, being selected to best XI of the 1978 World Cup with 19 years
old, but injuries ended up hurting his career. As a manager he was a constant
presence in the Ekstraklasa until October 2013, when he was appointed to the
national team. After a good qualification, Nawałka will try to do as well in
France
What to expect from them?
With the
two striking forces of Lewandowski and Milik, Poland will have to balance
themselves. After all if the attack is fearless, the defense is slow and needs
all the protection they can get, with Błaszczykowski and Grosicki being
essential to stop the opposition’s wide backs to get forward.
The lack of an experienced creative source
might be the opening Kaputska needs to gain a place in the starting XI
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