The heavy defeat against Portugal and Scotland's win against Croatia (1-0) mean that the Reds and Whites must at least draw in Monday's match against the Scots to maintain their chances of staying in Division A of the Nations League. This may be difficult. The Poles were completely defeated.
Poland had no chance against Portugal. Szpakowski lists all the mistakes
It was pretty good until the break. Poland drew with Portugal 0-0 and was able to create opportunities to score a goal. And then the nightmare began. Portugal was putting pressure on Michał Probierz's team from the beginning of the second half. In the 59th minute, Rafael Leao finally broke the Polish defense. Ultimately, it ended with five goals for the hosts and only one, an honorary goal by Dominik Marczuk.
The second half disappointed all the fans. Journalists do not hide their disappointment either. Dariusz Szpakowski, commenting on this match, in an interview with Channel Sportowy, listed all the shortcomings of the Polish national team. – It wasn't just the strength that was lacking. There was no wisdom, there was no experience. After all, Portugal is a quarter-finalist of the European Championship and World Cup. They showed us… I won't say a place in the row, but they forced us to shake off all this and, with the support of the audience in Warsaw, try to fight for the play-offs in the Nations League – said the commentator.
– They were like an angry dragon breathing goals. They showed the difference in class in the second part of the match, when it was no longer possible to make up for the lack of skills with ambition. The result went out into the world and there is no point in wondering about it (…). We have an extremely important match against Scotland ahead of us, he noted.
The Poland-Scotland match will take place on Monday, November 18 at 8:45 p.m. The Polish national team will enter this match not only in a terrible mood after the clash with Portugal, but also with major shortcomings caused by injuries. And the Scots? They had a solid match against Croatia, which they won 1-0. We encourage you to follow the Poland – Scotland match on the Sport.pl website and in the Sport.pl LIVE mobile application.