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Football: Poland in training ahead of Euro 2020 qualifiers

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Grzegorz Siwicki 19.03.2019 08:15
Poland’s national football team has started a training camp ahead of this week’s Euro 2020 qualifiers against Austria and Latvia.
Poland football players during practice on Monday afternoon. Photo: PAP/Piotr NowakPoland football players during practice on Monday afternoon. Photo: PAP/Piotr Nowak

As the camp began on Monday, manager Jerzy Brzęczek told reporters that most of the team’s key players were in good health and fit to appear on the pitch.

“We must be a team where everyone will be ready to fight for everyone else," Brzęczek said at a news conference in Warsaw.

He last week released a list of 28 players called up for the upcoming matches against Austria and Latvia as the team prepares to kick off its qualifying campaign for next year’s European championships.

The squad selected by Brzęczek includes high-performing strikers Robert Lewandowski, Krzysztof Piątek and Arkadiusz Milik.

Poland play their first Euro 2020 qualifier against Austria in Vienna on Thursday.

The Poles take on Latvia in their next qualifying fixture in Warsaw on Sunday.

Poland were in December drawn to play Austria, Israel, Slovenia, Macedonia and Latvia in the qualifiers.

The Polish team was among the top seeds for the draw in Dublin despite a string of disappointing performances last year.

The Euro 2020 qualifiers will be played between March and November, with the top two teams from each group qualifying directly for the championships.

The Euro 2020 tournament will be held from June 12 to July 12, 2020 in 12 cities around Europe, with the final played at London's Wembley Stadium.

The venues are Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Baku, Azerbaijan; Bilbao, Spain; Bucharest, Romania; Budapest, Hungary; Copenhagen, Denmark; Dublin, Ireland; Glasgow, Scotland; Munich, Germany; Rome, Italy; and St. Petersburg, Russia; in addition to London.

Poland made it through to the quarterfinals of the Euro 2016 championships in France, losing to Portugal on penalties.

Brzęczek took over as Poland manager last summer after the national squad’s early exit from the World Cup in Russia.

(gs/pk)

Source: TVP, PAP

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