– We have two games to play, but we also have training. Only when the doctor gives me the health report will we sit down and decide what to do with the goalkeepers. The decision will be made before the match, coach Michał Probierz said at the first press conference of the November training camp. During the previous years, the goalkeepers were given one match each, and the coach and the goalkeeping coach, Andrzej Dawidzuk, explained to us that they did not want to allow a situation in which only one goalkeeper played, because if he suffered a serious injury or suddenly stopped playing for the club, the Polish national team would remain. without a proven alternative. Łukasz Skorupski and Marcin Bułka have already played two matches each in the Nations League. The former scored four goals in matches against Croatia and Portugal, and the latter scored five against Scotland and Croatia. The competition is even, and Drągowski is about to enter the game.
Bartłomiej Drągowski getting ready for Portugal
It is possible that the 27-year-old Panathinaikos goalkeeper would have been given a chance during the previous training camp, but ultimately due to an injury he did not come to Warsaw in October. He is in Portugal, training, and if nothing unexpected happens in the final stretch, he will be on the pitch in the first team on Friday and play his third match for the Polish national team.
Bartłomiej Drągowski last played with the eagle on his chest on June 8, 2022, when Czesław Michniewicz was still the coach. Poland then lost in the Nations League against Belgium away 1:6. This season, Drągowski played 18 matches for Panathinaikos. He scored 17 goals and kept eight clean sheets. In the last four league matches, his opponents scored only one goal. It was worse in the European Conference League, where he scored seven goals in matches against FK Borac Banja Luka, Chelsea and Djurgarden, and his Panathinaikos team has only one point after three matches.
The Polish national team will face Portugal on Friday, November 15 at 8:45 p.m. at the Estadio do Dragao in Porto. Before that, she will have two more training sessions in Portugal: on Wednesday at the Boavista stadium, and on Thursday at the match stadium. You can follow reports straight from Portugal on our social media.