The Polish national team has already played four matches in the group stage of the UEFA Nations League. Michał Probierz's team has so far only managed to win against Scotland (3:2). After defeats against Croatia (0:1) and Portugal (1:3), a draw with the bronze medalists of the last world championships at the National Stadium (3:3) after a crazy match gave hope to the fans. The last two matches in the group will take place in November.
Great weakening of the Portuguese before the match against Poland. Star players injured
In the first of them, our team – this time away – will try to take revenge on the Portuguese. On Friday afternoon, the local federation published the list of players whom Roberto Martinez called up for the November training camp. Two key names are not on it. We are talking about Ruben Dias and Manchester City and Diogo Jota from Liverpool.
Both stars are struggling with injuries, which is why the coach could not use their services this time. Interestingly, both players played against Poland in the October match in Warsaw. Now they will have to watch their friends' struggles on TV. The team included, among others: Cristiano Ronaldo.
Here is the Portugal squad for the match against Poland
- Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (FC Porto), Rui Silva (Real Betis), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
- Defenders: Joao Cancelo (Al-Hilal), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain), Nuno Tavares (Lazio Rome), Tomas Araujo, Antonio Silva (both Benfica), Renato Veiga (Chelsea), Tiago Djalo (FC Porto)
- Helpers: Joao Palhinha (Bayern Munich), Joao Neves, Vitinha (both Paris Saint-Germain), Otavio (Al-Nassr), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Bernardo Silva, Matheus Nunes (both Manchester City), Joao Felix (Chelsea London) , Pedro Goncalves (Sporting CP)
- Attackers: Rafael Leao (AC Milan), Francisco Trincao (Sporting CP), Francisco Conceicao (Juventus), Pedro Neto (Chelsea), Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nassr)
The match between Portugal and Poland in the 5th round of the Nations League will take place on Friday, November 15 at 20:45. At the moment, Roberto Martinez's team with ten points is the leader of Group I, while our team with four points is in third place. Three days later, Touchstone's team will play at home against Scotland. Both matches will be crucial in the context of possible promotion to the knockout phase and staying in the highest A division.
What is the morale of the Polish national team before the next matches? – Everyone expects us to win, preferably without conceding a goal, but in the Nations League we play against really strong rivals. We have shown that we can threaten them, but we also have moments that we must eliminate at all costs – the coach himself recently said in an interview for Sport.pl.