Polish coach names squad to take on Italy, Hungary

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“Most importantly, we must not fall from the level that has so far been achieved,” Smuda said at a press conference this morning as he continues to prepare for the Euro 2012 football championships being co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine next summer.

The squad announced today will be close to the one which will go into Euro 2012.

“Before the tournament we will have only one month to prepare, so it's important not to have to start again from scratch,” Smuda said.

Poland will be playing Italy at the new stadium in Wroclaw on 11 November and Hungary four days later in Poznan.

The squad:

goalkeepers: Łukasz Fabiański, Wojciech Szczęsny (both Arsenal FC)
defence: Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlechet), Marcin Komorowski (Legia Warszawa), Damien Perquis (Sochaux Montbeliard), Łukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warszawa), Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (Lech Poznań), Tomasz Jodłowiec (Polonia Warszawa)

midfield: Ludovic Obraniak (OSC Lille), Eugen Polanski (FSV Mainz), Dariusz Dudka (AJ Auxerre), Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Adam Matuszczyk (FC Koeln), Sławomir Peszko (FC Koeln), Adrian Mierzejewski (Trabzonspor AS), Rafał Murawski (Lech Poznań), Maciej Rybus (Legia Warszawa), Janusz Gol (Legia Warszawa)

forwards: Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund), Paweł Brożek (Trabzonspor AS) (pg)