Probably no additional call-ups will be made. In this situation I expect Poland to start with Krzynowek on the left midfield and maybe Zaglebie Lubin's Wojciech Lobodzinski on the right. If this player is capable of playing in the national team, he should show he deserves it in game like that. However it is also possible that Jelen will start on the right with Zurawski and Matusiak upfront.
My squad: -------------Boruc Wasilewski--Bąk--Radomski--Żewłakow Jeleń---Murawski--Lewandowski--Krzynówek ---------Garguła ------------------Matusiak
I think that player's age is not always the main factor. Saganowski may be two years younger than Zurawski but remember that the former played his first game for Poland in 1996 when the latter was not even considered to be international player. Saganowski was enormously gifted as a young player, if I remember well he was the youngest Polish capped player since Lubanski, but he rarely was consistent. He failed to deliver first time when he moved abroad, he played for Odra Wodzislaw few years ago and had a tag of "wasted talent" before Legia signed him in 2002 what moved his career back on the right track. Even since then he had better and worse seasons and I'm glad to see him playing well for Southampton but remember that just a couple of months ago he was out of squad at Troyes. Zurawski is older but he has never been considered as extraordinary talent in very young age what is now an advantage for him because he wasn't so exploited at very young age. His quality was rising more fluently and since he started to play for Poland, it was usually hard to imagine international team without him. Even if his form was not at its peak in last few months, he seems to be more reliable, consistent - and what also is important - experienced than Saganowski.
is blaszczykowski suspended for this game im not sure. i have afeeling kowalewski will start n goal . damn 2 key starters are out smolarek and golanski we got enough back up. my lineup kowalewski wasilewski bak radomski zewlakow jelen gargula dudka no idea zurawski matusiak now i think blaszczykowski is suspended correct me if im wrong . who is gona play left mid with smolarek and krzynowek out
didnt the post say that both smolarek and krzynowek are injured smolarek is out still a question about jaceks condition if hes out who plays left mid. i know hes out dudka can play left back and zewlakow play left mid
Honestly I can't remind single Zewlakow's game on left midfield. Probably Lukasz Gargula has better chance to play there, if Krzynowek was unavailable.
i remember 1 game zewlakow played right mid for us. zewlakow natural position at club level is always been right back or right mid . when he plays for national team at on left side. remember against belguim beenhakker played darius dudka has defesive mid a position dudka never played before
good point Beenhakker said he likes players who can play several positions, and he also wants 2 players of similar ability for each position in the future with regards to depth.......and you see that starting to happen with guys like blaszczykowski, jelen, ebi, krzynowek all capable of playing wing...... on a side note you mentioned Krzynowek being out, but whatever it was it seems likely that he will start: http://sport.onet.pl/0,0,1507342,wiadomosc.html
http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,65046,4011021.html Boruc - Wasilewski, Dudka, Bąk, Żewłakow - Łobodziński, Garguła, Lewandowski, Krzynówek - Żurawski Matusiak Leo's squad for the game Rasiak was the latest drop due to illness
wow if kazakstan wins thats going to biggest shock in euro qualifing there have alot of shocks thank God this isnt like ncaa mens basketball tournament witch has beeen absolutlly awful this year
Suddenly that 1-0 win over Kazakhstan looks a lot better. Their win today is a great result for us, we need the Serbs and Portugese to drop points vs teams like Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Armenia. Now we must take care of business with Azerbaijan.
Poland 5-0 Azerbaijan Bak 3, Dudka 6, Lobodzinski 34, Krzynówek 58, Kaźmierczak 84 Poland 1-Artur Boruc - 13-Marcin Wasilewski, 6-Jacek Bąk, 2- Dariusz Dudka, 14-Michał Żewłakow - 15-Wojciech Łobodziński, 18- Mariusz Lewandowski, 19-Łukasz Garguła, 8-Jacek Krzynówek (79. Jeleń) -9- Maciej Żurawski, 11-Radosław Matusiak (69. Kaźmierczak) Azerbaijan 12-Dżachangir Gasanzade - 9-Samir Abbasow, 3-Ernani Pereira, 6-Elmar Bachszijew, 22-Aleksander Czertoganow - 8-Asłan Karimow (67. Dzavadov) , 18-Ilgar Gurbanow, 15-Branmir Subaszic, 19-Emin Imamalijew (65. Aghakishiyev) - 21-Kanan Kerimow, 11-Leandro Gomes (62. Ladaga) Caution: Karimow (28), Gurbanov (61) Link to uefa matchcenter http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/index.html
Kazakhstan 2-1 Serbia Ashirbekov 47, Zhumaskaliyev 61 - Zigic 68 Poland 5-0 Azerbaijan Bak 3, Dudka 6, Lobodzinski 34, Krzynówek 58, Kaźmierczak 84 Portugal v. Belgium Current standings: Code: [B]Poland 6 13[/B] Finland 5 11 Serbia 5 10 Portugal 4 7 Belgium 5 7 Kazakhstan 6 5 Armenia 4 1 Azerbaijan 5 1
Very good job by our team, if Smolarek had played we could have won by more than 8:0. Azeris were nothing more than a background for our guys, it really did seem at times like it was men against boys....I wish Zuraw would have scored, had two great chances towards the end of the match. I think we still need a good finisher, though, Matusiak seemed to be bothered by lack of play, Rasiak or Saganowski would have been perfect towards the end to pile on the goals. But you can't complain, they got the job done, and did it well.
yea if smolarek wasnt injured or blaszczykowski wasnt suspended with would of been better. gargula and lewandowski played really well . everyone played well except for krzynowek ,zurawski and matusiak.
Last match of the day in Group A Portugal 4-0 Belgium Nuno Gomes 53, Cristiano Ronaldo 55, 75,Quaresma 69 Group A standings following the matches on March 24th, 2007: Code: [B]Poland 6 13 11:5[/B] Finland 5 11 7:2 Portugal 5 10 12:3 Serbia 5 10 7:3 Belgium 6 7 4:6 Kazakhstan 6 5 3:8 Armenia 4 1 0:5 Azerbaijan 5 1 1:13