Poland, Adam Nawalka must consider tactical alterations vs Colombia

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Poland came out extremely flat in their Group H 2-1 defeat to Senegal – and it showed from the opening whistle.

Aside from Grzegorz Krychowiak’s back pass into ‘no mans land’ that allowed an alert M’Baye Niang to spring into action and pounce on the loose ball quickly before beating both Jan Bednarek and Wojciech Szczesny for the decisive goal, the Poles overall performance simply did not meet the expectations that come with being FIFA’s 8th ranked nation. Continue reading

Seven Polish internationals from Serie A to feature in World Cup

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After 12 excruciating years, Poland have made it back to the World Cup, returning as a dark-horse in the competition after topping their group in WCQ and currently being ranked 8th in the FIFA rankings.

The Biało-czerwoni have the most Serie A representatives (7) among the 32 nations heading to Russia for the 2018 edition of the tournament, and since 2008 when there were 0 Poles plying their trade in Italy’s top flight, 14 are now active on the Peninsula in what appears to be an evolving trend by the year.

Here are those seven Polish internationals manager Adam Nawałka has called upon to make the trip to Russia. Continue reading