Poland will travel to Paris for a friendly on 11/17 the following players will make the trip: Bramkarze: Jerzy Dudek (FC Liverpool), Artur Boruc (Legia Warszawa) Obrońcy: Jacek Bąk (RC Lens), Michał Żewłakow (Anderlecht Bruksela), Tomasz Rząsa (SC Heerenveen), Tomasz Hajto (FC Nuernberg), Tomasz Kłos (Wisła Kraków), Marcin Baszczyński (Wisła Kraków) Pomocnicy: Radosław Kałużny (Bayer Leverkusen, Jacek Krzynówek (Bayer Leverkusen), Kamil Kosowski (FC Kaiserslautern), Arkadiusz Radomski (SC Heerenveen), Mirosław Szymkowiak (Wisła Kraków), Damian Gorawski (Wisła Kraków), Sebastian Mila (Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski) Napastnicy: Grzegorz Rasiak (Derby County), Tomasz Frankowski (Wisła Kraków), Maciej Żurawski (Wisła Kraków).
I'm curious to see how Janas plays the strikers, that is, whether he'll start the hot Rasiak up front with Zurawski maybe just behind hiim? Starting all three strikers doesn't seem realistic. BTW does anyone know if the French players have been called up yet?
This game is gonna be interesting. I am glad to see that Poland is bringing their best players to play this one. France is reeling a bit right now. They have not found the form of late. Poland could be primed for an upset. Any TV coverage in America of this game?
French squad: Fabien Barthez (Marseille), Mickael Landreau (Nantes); Eric Abidal (Lyon), Sylvain Armand (PSG), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Rangers), William Gallas (Chelsea), Gael Givet (Monaco), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Sebastien Squillaci (Monaco); Ludovic Giuly (Barcelona), Florent Malouda (Lyon), Rio Antonio Mavuba (Bordeaux), Camel Meriem (Bordeaux), Benoit Pedretti (Marseille) Patrick Vieira (Arsenal); Pierre-Alain Frau (Lyon), Sidney Govou (Lyon), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Louis Saha (Manchester United).
Interesting how a long time French mainstay, Robert Pires, is not in the squad. I know he is in the middle of a rift with the French coach. I am wondering how the French team will respond. Will they back Pires or the coach. I think Poland has a chance to win this game.
FT 0:0 Two totally diffrent halves. In the first the french totally decimated us. If it wasn't for Dudek we would have lost it at least 3:0 easily. The second half was better, particularly because Hajto who played very badly today, was subbed at half time. We had a couple of chances on the offensive end, especialy Krzynowek's during first half but unfortunately nothing came of it. Frankowski didn't look as thretning today, as he did in previous maches. His opinion as a striker who only scores against weaker opponents seems to correct unfortunately. Overall a great result for us, and hopefully a sign of better things to come. On a side note I can't belive that Dudek is sitting on a bench in Liverpool, his performance today and in two previous NT matches was insane. I hope he can change club in January.
Actually I've been lurking on this board since 2002 but thanks for the greeting. As for Gdańsk, it''s beautiful to be sure, but it could have been warmer
Astargoth, I was in Gdansk this past summer and I loved it. Beautiful and scenic. I bought a Lechia Gdansk kit. Welcome to BigSoccer.