After several dozen hours of pressure from many sides, they made a joint decision to suspend all Russian football teams until further notice. The ban on participation applies to all competitions organized by both organizations. This means that the team will not play at this year’s world championships, and Russian clubs have been excluded from the European cups.
Due to Monday’s decision, FIFA will not play in the qualification play-offs in Qatar. Everything indicates that our team will advance directly to the final, in which they will face the winner of the Sweden – Czech Republic match. This means that the plans of the new coach, who worked intensively on the idea of a match with Russia, could have changed dramatically.
These are Czesław Michniewicz’s plans. More meetings and new faces
He informs about Michniewicz’s plans for the near future “”. The selector is currently in Kashubia, where he is planning his next moves. According to journalists, the grouping of the Polish national team will be held unchanged. It will start on March 20 in Książenice, at the Legia Training Center. Michniewicz intends to appoint about 30 players. Debutants may appear at the training camp. “Przegląd” mentions Mateusz Wieteska from Legia, Damian Dąbrowski from Pogoń Szczecin and Kamil Grabara from FC Copenhagen.
Michniewicz is going to spend two weeks in Kashubia, but this does not mean that he will not be leaving there. Since he was appointed the coach of the Polish national team, he travels a lot. He recently toured half of Europe and talked to both key players for the national team and players who are just knocking on the team’s door. Michniewicz also visits Polish stadiums. Last weekend he was at the match against Wisła Kraków (2: 1) and Pogoń Szczecin against Lech Poznań (0: 3). And there are more escapades ahead of him.
This weekend Michniewicz will go to the British Isles and see the “Polish” match – Krystian Bielik’s Derby County will play against Barnsley by Michał Helik. However, on Tuesday, March 8, he will go to Munich for the Bayern-Salzburg game in. Then he will talk to Robert Lewandowski again. Next week, it is also expected to announce a list of nominated players.
The problem for Michniewicz may be that it is not known who the Polish national team will play with. It is known that they will not be Russians. A walkover and going straight to the finals is also very unlikely. Poland’s potential rivals include Hungary (the best team from third places in the qualifying rounds) or Slovakia (third place in the group, where Russia was).
Source: Sport

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