“Siwy bajerant” cheated all of Poland. He quoted JP II and lied till the end. Insolently

from the very beginning, he spoke beautifully about football and his plans (which he deserved the mocking nickname “gray bajerant”), although the facts brutally verified him – out of 15 matches his team won only six (two against Andorra, San Marino and Albania) , for Euro 2020, she was eliminated after the group stage, and in addition, she lost her position in the el. play-offs in a very stupid way. World Cup 2022. But for Sousa it is no longer a problem, because he wants to desert before the March clash with Russia – which made the president of the Polish Football Association even more furious.

But there were many signals that he does not treat his job 100 percent before – he did not live in Poland or regularly ignored the league, Sousa replied that most of the candidates for the national team play in foreign leagues, and the staff is wide enough. that everyone is being watched anyway, – Watching the players is one thing. The league match could be an opportunity for the Portuguese to exchange thoughts with Polish coaches and a chance to better understand the environment in which he worked.

Already this behavior contradicted his words about the “process” and long-term thought. It looked a bit like he was working half-heartedly in the frame. Compare his approach to Roberto Martinez, the Spanish national team coach for Belgium. “The big argument in his favor is the fact that he is not just a coach,” The Athletic wrote in November. In 2019, when Chris Van Puyvelde unexpectedly resigned as technical director of the Belgian federation (for an identical role in China), Martinez took over his function.

It was supposed to be only a temporary solution, but Martinez combines this function with his work as a trainer until today. And he helped, among others in the renovation of Proximus training facilities, which is used not only by its staff, but also by the women’s national team and youth teams. He also participates in the modernization of scouting tools and analyzes created for the staff.

– It completely changed how we perceive the role of the Belgium national team coach. We have built structures that will exist even after his departure, explains Mehdi Bayat, president of the Belgian union. – My daily work is to build lasting structures. We are already working on the 2026 World Cup, we have development plans ready for selected players to reach the highest level in this tournament – explained Martinez. With this type of approach, Sousa’s idea for a training camp for players from the league,

I would like to invite outstanding players. For two days, two training sessions. And that’s something I’d like to do. In addition, I would like to invite all coaches from the league for these two days to exchange experiences, talk about football, Polish football or tactics. This could give me a reason to be in Poland even more often – when we would be in touch and be able to develop together

sounds frivolous. And especially the words that “this could give him a reason to visit Poland more often”. A sufficient reason is the contract he signed in January, which he wants to terminate after less than a year. He got a huge credit of trust in Poland, even despite the defeats at Euro 2020 or later matches, in which the team was very unequal, commentators drew attention to the mitigating circumstances. It is a multitude of injuries of the leading players or the fact that he got a job two months before the qualifying and half a year before the Euro, not having such comfort as, for example, Adam Nawałka, who became the coach of the Polish national team on November 1, 2013 and he waited for the first match for points for almost a year (September 7, 2014, 7-0 against Gibraltar), playing as many as seven sparring matches, during which he gave a chance to players such as Rafał Kosznik or Tomasz Brzyski.

There were high hopes for Sousa – especially when it comes to setting trends and changing the mentality in Polish football, for example abandoning the myth that “Poland can only play from a counterattack” – especially since his team had glimpses, but never stabilized their form. And the Portuguese has no right to feel unfairly treated. He is the one who is acting frivolously, leaving the staff during his mission (Kulesza rejected the proposal of a mutual termination of the contract, but it is known that this is the end of Sousa and he will agree to his departure in the event of a suitable offer from Flamengo). – I am not able and do not want to deny every rumor that concerns me. Since Tuesday, when we spoke for the last time, nothing has changed: I still have an important contract in Poland, and my goal is a match with Russia, that’s what I have in mind. Was there an offer from Brazil? Offers were and are, I am not hiding it. But a lot of information is rumors that are not worth referring to –

It turned out that the “gray bajerant” lied from the first words to the very end.