On Monday, the Polish Football Association issued. The coach’s contract has not been automatically extended and his future will be clarified in the coming days. During Michniewicz’s tenure, many controversies arose around the staff, and now the foreign media decided to deal with them.
Foreign media write about Czesław Michniewicz and the Polish national team. “controversial coach”
Spanish Sport calls the result of the Polish national team in Qatar “bitter-sweet”, but pays a lot of attention to the uncertain situation of the coach, whose situation “echoed among the fans”. Journalists also note that the “Polish Mourinho” failed to manage the crisis situation in the media.
He confronted journalists by refusing to answer some questions and even turning down anyone who asked him to explain his results. He blocked almost all major sports journalists from accessing his social media accounts. The Polish coach was recently embroiled in a match-fixing scandal ” – we read in Sport.es.
“In Poland, Czesław Michniewicz was criticized among fans for his links to previous scandals in Polish football,” we read in the Swedish Fotbollskanalen, which also quotes Szymon Jadczak, who wrote: “For many, this is a serious problem.”
Journalists from “BeSoccer” call Czesław Michniewicz a “controversial coach”, quote statements about “feeling like an interrogation” and draw attention to a corruption scandal from years ago.
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Ukrainian 24TV is happy to provide information about the alleged dismissal of Michniewicz from the position of coach and indicates that Andriy Shevchenko could take his place. The former striker could become Poland’s coach in 2022, but the parties failed to reach an agreement. The only problem with Shevchenko’s possible takeover of the Polish team may be the situation in Ukraine. “After the outbreak of the war, he began to actively help Ukraine, becoming one of the ambassadors of the Ukraine24 project. He devotes a lot of time to it. In addition, the Ukrainian media mention Shevchenko as one of the contenders for the chair of the president of the Ukrainian Football Association,” we read.
All of the above-mentioned media point out that it is possible that Michniewicz will remain as the coach, but Cezary Kulesza announced that “talks will be needed”.
Czesław Michniewicz’s contract expires at the end of December 2022. PZPN did not take advantage of the unilateral extension of the contract.
Source: Sport
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