Polish national team finished the October Nations League competition with one point. After a 1-3 defeat against Portugal, the Reds and Whites drew 3-3 with Croatia. Poland started the match against Croatia with a goal by Piotr Zieliński, but then conceded three goals in six minutes. Nicola Zalewski scored a goal in the first half to make it 2:3. After the break, he turned out to be a hero for Poles Sebastian Szymañskiwho defeated Dominik Livakovic in the 68th minute. However, Szymański was not performing at his best until the goal.
“He started with two missed passes in the Croatian half, and later he also missed in his own half. His loss resulted in the second Croatian goal, and right after this loss he was very easily outplayed by Sucic, who after a while beat Bułka. Unacceptable passivity in defense. Unfortunately, it was repeatable in the case of the Polish representatives. He performed much better after the break. It's good that, having such a good shot from distance, Golem atones for his sins from the first half more and more often. writes Dawid Szymczak from Sport.pl, who gave Szymański a score of 3+ on a scale of 1-6.
The match against Croatia was Szymański's 40th match for the Polish national team. So far, the Fenerbahce player has scored five goals and provided four assists. The goal against Croatia made the Turkish media remember Szymański.
In Turkey, they noticed Szymański's performance at the National Festival. “He burned Livakovic”
“Szymanski burned Livaković. The stars of Fenerbahce, i.e. Szymański and Livaković, stood opposite each other. Szymański scored a goal to make it 3:3 against his teammate,” writes the website halktv.com.tr. The mentioned website also claims that Livakovic received a red card for a foul on Robert Lewandowski from the 76th minute is controversial.
“The Fenerbahce stars put on a show during the international break. Sebastian Szymański made the difference with his performance, scoring the equalizing goal with a great shot from outside the penalty area. Szymański impressed with his goal and contribution during the international break,” adds sozcu.com.tr.
“Football players Fenerbahce made a great contribution to their countries' development during the break. Szymański scored the decisive goal with a stylish shot from outside the penalty area,” sums up sonsoz.com.tr.
This season of Szymański at Fenerbahce is much worse in terms of numbers compared to the previous competition. In the 23/24 season, Szymański scored 10 goals and made 12 assists in 37 Turkish league matches. Currently, Szymański has one assist after seven games. – By Jose Mourinho I don't like Szymański. I'll say it straight: why are you betting on him? You lose a lot in the offensive with Szymański – said Nihat Kahveci, former representative of Turkey.
Szymański has a valid contract with Fenerbahce until June 2027.