The Polish team won on Tuesday in Łódź with the leader of the elimination group after a goal from Patryk Dziczka. With the victory, the Poles lose only a point compared to the Russians and have a real chance of taking the first place, giving them a direct promotion to the final tournament of the Old Continent championship.
Michniewicz, assessing the game played at the Widzew stadium, emphasized that his team was well prepared to confront the undefeated rivals until Tuesday.
– It’s an art to score a goal against the Russians and not lose any. It is an experienced team, built for a long time. We actually created a new representation for a week. Compared to September last year, we have eight new players. They had to face such experienced rivals as Oblyakov and Moderate, who have more matches in the Champions League or Europa League than my players in the U-21 squad. This shows the scale of the challenge we had to face – summed up the 50-year-old trainer.
He drew attention to the importance of the match, the unfavorable result of which could greatly complicate the Poles’ path to promotion to the MME. – That is why we played today very carefully, very ambitiously, sometimes wisely, although there were also weaker moments when we were lucky – he admitted.
Thanks to the win, Biało-Czerwoni will have a chance to overtake the Russians at the end of the qualifying round. The Poles played one game less. In the remaining matches they will play away against Serbia and at home against Bulgaria and Latvia, and the Russians will only play against Estonia and Latvia.
– We have three games left to the end, but these will be very difficult matches. You have to prepare as well as possible for them to try to fight for the full pot. Unfortunately, it will be difficult because Patryk Klimala has to pause for yellow cards. However, we have some time to find someone in his place – explained the youth coach.
Michniewicz assured that the goal would be to score a full set of points and overtake Russia. – It’s nice that everything depends on us now, but I’m not going to waste my energy on considering different scenarios right now – he noted.
The next match against Serbia on October 9 will play against Serbia, and four days later they will play Bulgaria in Gdynia, with which they suffered their only defeat in these qualifiers (0: 3).
16 teams will take part in the European Championships, which will be held in Slovenia and Hungary in 2021. Promotion will be won by the winners of each of the nine groups and five teams from second places. Both hosts are provided.
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