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Fernando Santos is moving from coaching Cristiano Ronaldo to managing Robert Lewandowski, another soccer great.
A month after he had departed from his native Portugal, he was presented in Warsaw as the coach of the national team of Poland. Continue reading “Fernando Santos Has Taken Over as the Poland Manager”
Despite losing 1-0 to Poland in their final Nations League game. Meaning they are relegated to League B but there were some positive performances. Wales may have lost out to Karol Swiderski’s 58 minute goal. In what was a hard fought Nation League match but three players still stood out for Rob Page’s side. Wales were without many key players during this international window and this gave opportunities to other to stake a claim for places in the World Cup squad.
Brennan Johnson
The Nottingham Forest winger was one of Wales best creative outlets against Poland. Playing on the right Johnson was able to come inside and had several good chances to score. He moved around the pitch well and looked confident to take on Polish players and tested Szczesny. Just after going behind it was Johnson who forced the Polish keeper into a fine save to keep his team in front. Continue reading ” A LOOK AT THE THREE PLAYERS THAT IMPRESSED IN WALES’ 1-0 DEFEAT TO POLAND”
Everything starts with the new coach. The impressive but still young coaching career of 46-year-old Igor Milicic has come as no surprise to anyone in Poland. He was known as a smart player and it was obvious that he wanted to coach. In recent years he has changed coaching trends in Poland, bringing in innovative ideas, creatively using modern offenses and mixed styles on defense, which often confused opposing coaches and players.
Poland international Robert Lewandowski was in attendance as Barcelona thrashed Major League Soccer (MLS) side Inter Miami 6-0 in front of their home fans. The Poland striker watched on as Catalan giants Barcelona proved to be too much for their hosts in a friendly game.
Poland won’t be going to the UEFA Nations League Finals for the 2022/23 season after they dropped out of contention in Group A4. They are in the same group with Wales, Belgium and the Netherlands. A record of one win, one draw and two defeats means that they can no longer finish at the summit at the end of the final set of games in the group. Only the group winners in League A will advance to the Nations League Finals.
Atletico Madrid are reportedly keen on a summer swoop for Aston Villa defender Matty Cash. This is according to the report from Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano as he stated that Spanish La Liga giants Atletico Madrid have made Poland international Cash a target ahead of this summer’s transfer window. Fabrizio Romano revealed on his Here We Go podcast that Atletico Madrid see Poland international fullback as a potential replacement for Kieran Trippier who signed for Newcastle United at the start of this year.
Poland are back at the FIFA World Cup stage for the second straight tournament after on the back of the back of a 12-year absence and they have been drawn in Group C alongside two-time winners Argentina, two-time hosts Mexico and Asian team Saudi Arabia in what could be a tricky group to navigate for Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski and his teammates.
Poland warmed up for their playoff final tie with Sweden from path B of the European qualifiers for this year’s World Cup tournament on Qatari soil with a 1-1 draw at the home of Scotland in an international friendly. Poland were able to play Scotland in a friendly after their playoff semifinal tie with Russia was cancelled. The away game against the Russians was cancelled after they were expelled from the playoffs due to the invasion of Ukraine as orchestrated by their president, Vladimir Putin.
West Ham United goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski would be hoping to return to Premier League action next month after missing the last game. The Poland international was absent for the last Premier League match at Manchester United. The Poland national team shot stopper was not in the Hammers squad for the Manchester United game last week Saturday due to illness.
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has been named as part of the list of contenders for the FIFA Best Men’s Player of the Year for 2021. The Poland national team hitman was the recipient of the same award last year. Lewandowski finished ahead of both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to win the award at the end of 2020. All the three players have been nominated as part of an 11-man nominees’ list for the award.
