Rivals from the 62nd place in the FIFA ranking, just on Friday, broken up as much as 5: 1, and the Polish national team was a step away from the first defeat in nine months. And it would be even difficult to talk about a chance, because the goal action of Bosnia and Herzegovina was identical to the match a few days ago. The same run for the defense line, the twins perpendicular pass, very similar shot. The author of the goal is also the same – Sofija Krajsumović. Errors on the Polish side – also well known. And while on Friday losing a goal did not hurt so much, this time – in the away match in Zenica – it meant a lot. Not only that it delayed the patting of the promotion to the highest division and interrupted a series of seven wins in a row, it also slightly spoiled the mood before the July euro. There was also the thesis that the Polish national team is clearly too strong for rivals from Division B, and too weak for those from the elite.
He still does not dominate the bands like Bosnia and Herzegovina so clearly to be able to significantly lower the level, and still win. It was enough for the rivals to organize better, and the Polish women – despite the advantage of the ball – up to 91. The minutes could not score. Actually, we were slowly getting used to the thought that the match would end in failure. It didn't indicate a break. Lost in the 65th minute he did not cause any reaction. It wasn't until the added time of playing the ball in the penalty area was taken over by the reserve Weronika Zawistowska and despite the very large crowds she managed to stick it into the goal.
The Polish national team avoided failure, but this does not change the fact that on Tuesday afternoon many alarm controls came on – you need to work on the permanent fragments of the game, because despite the wholesale corner and free kicks, there was no use of them. Playing the ball in a positional attack also requires improvement, because you can't play so uniformly, inaccurately and impatiently. The lack of concentration at the goal action is also worried. And for the European Championships only three months and three matches – two more in the League of Nations with Romania and Northern Ireland and sparring with Ukraine.
Time for their history. A generation that gave itself a chance
And everything comes down to the euro. For years, but also recently. Imagination works – since Poland played in Zenica, how will it play with much stronger rivals at the tournament in Switzerland? If he has such large fluctuations in the form between Friday and Tuesday, how will it translate into the group stage of the championship? Even if Bosnia representatives can create two dangerous situations in the match – and use one of them, how many German women, Swedes and Dunks will create? Since there are so many elements to improve in April, will it be possible to make it until July? It will be a key time for women's ball in Poland. Sports, marketing, socially. In every respect.
And the players themselves know this well. “Time for our story!” – The very title of a half -hour film documenting the path of the Polish national team to the Euro, which appeared on the Federation channel on Monday, says a lot about its approach. Time for them. They lived to. They got into the attention of the fans. They have their own film, they are invited to interviews. Journalists are already standing to Ewa Pajor and Nina Patalon selector. The rest also arrive in social media. And the best is to come, closer to the tournament.
This story is told without beaten slogans, behind which players like to hide: that three points count, that the most important thing is what is happening on the pitch, that they only think about the nearest match. Polish representatives and their selector do not run away from responsibility. Planted in front of the cameras say they are fighting for themselves, but also the next generations who want to wipe the trail. To make it easier for them, that nobody would ask them from the fields, and their parents knew that the ball is not only for their sons, but also for daughters. This film allows you to get to know it better. We even find out that they believe in symbolism – once players from 1996, which today are the foundation of the national team – like Pajor, Dudek, Kamczyk, Symik, Matysik, gathered in the team up to 17 years old first fought in the play -offs of the youth euro with Austria, then they went to the tournament to Switzerland, where no one came to them. It is difficult to miss the analogy to the senior euro, which before them – the same rival in the play -offs, again the tournament at Helvet, low expectations in an extremely harder group. And may the ending be similar.
In the film they reveal that they remembered their beginnings before the play -offs and summarized the way to this place. Fragments of Nina Patalon briefings are also shown, in which he once points out to his football committing “fucking mistakes”, once praises them for the meticulous realization of tactics. But this film first of all makes us aware of how a talented generation we are dealing with. Archival recordings of teenage Ewa Pajor, Ewelina Kamczyk and Paulina Dudek are shown, on which they delighted that they said about their gold on public television and it got loud on Facebook that all friends write to them. Today they are serious Barcelona, Fleura and PSG players. Those juniors fulfilled their hopes. They were hailed as a golden generation, everyone around them promised them great careers. And they have been captured by this weight. They have already pierced one wall – they will play in a great tournament. Now they don't want to miss the opportunity they gave themselves. But if they are to fully show their potential for the euro, they must eliminate the errors that appeared in the match in Zenica. Let him be a cold shower.