Glik revealed the footballers’ reaction to Sousa’s departure. He described an unknown story from the bus

he left the Polish national team and overnight became the enemy of all Polish fans. The Portuguese decided to leave and contract with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro. This situation shocked everyone, including the players. Some have even chosen to comment on it on social media. wrote that “it is a pity to shred a snout”, but posted a screenshot on Twitter where you can see that he blocked Paulo Sousa’s number.

How did the team react to Sousa’s departure? “Nothing happened”

The defender of the Polish national team appeared on “” on Thursday evening and commented on all the confusion. Among other things, he revealed the first reaction of the representatives to the news that Sousa was leaving. – What was happening in our WhatsApp group? Nothing happened. There were two three messages, no storm. Did anyone know? I don’t think there was such a person. I think he didn’t know, and neither did I. There was silence, really, said Glik.

– There were individual conversations, but not in the group. There was rage combined with regret, sadness, surprise. All these emotions together. We believed in the ideas of coach Sousa. It’s easy to hit him now, but he knows what. He worked in a serious club for several years. We all believed in the vision of the game, in – as he said – the family – added the Polish defender.

Glik also remembered the match against, which, as it turned out, was Paulo Sousa’s last match as the coach of the Polish national team. He then made a controversial decision to spare the best players from play-offs. The Poles, however, lost 1-2 at the National Stadium, which cost our team a play-off. The draw turned out to be favorable, but a wave of criticism fell on Sousa.

– We were coming back from Andorra and he wrote to me that the boss was asking me for an interview in the front row. He informed me that I and Robert would not play in this match. He did not give details. The trainer did not talk to Robert in front of me. I said that I always want to play, but that was the coach’s decision. The trainer was too soft about it. The Hungarians came without a few of their basic players, and perhaps that is why this decision was made – explained Glik.

Glik has good memories of Nawałka. “Great class”

Now footballers and they have to look ahead. Cezary Kulesza and his associates negotiated conditions of separation from Paulo Sousa, which were relatively favorable for the Polish Football Association. The Portuguese coach will pay the union 2 million zlotys. As a result of negotiations, it was possible to save another hundreds of thousands of zlotys on Sousa’s salary. Now, however, Kulesza and the entire management board of the Polish Football Association face the most important task of finding a new coach. This will most likely be a Pole. According to the latest reports, Kulesza has two candidates on his list – Marek Papszyn and. Glik spoke very warmly about the latter.

Adam Nawałka, despite the last period at the World Cup, is a man of great class. To this day, he cares about the players. Even after the matches during the term of coach of Brzęczek or Sousa, he wrote a text message. He still has a strong bond with the players he has led. He would certainly be well received by the cloakroom, and even better, said Glik.