It's hard to imagine a worse one game Polish national teamalthough there was no indication of this until the break. In fact, we could have been very pleased with the players' performance Michał Probierzwho created more chances against Portugal. However, in the second half it ended in total disgrace. The hosts started with a goal by Rafael Leao and then scored more goals. The final score was 5:1. The only goal for the White and Reds was scored by debutant Dominik Marczuk at the very end.
Zieliński was completely depressed in the interview. “We unscrewed it”
After leaving the locker room, Piotr Zieliński, who was once again the captain of the Polish national team in the absence of Robert Lewandowski, appeared in front of the TVP Sport cameras. Helper Inter he was asked directly if he had ever experienced a second half in which his team lost five goals.
– Today was the first time something like this happened to me. The first half was good, we had a few hundred percent chances. Against such an opponent, if you don't score a goal, it ends like this. The second half was bad they enteredsleep. We calmed it down a bit, but they scored on a counterattack. Then they scored goal after goal – said Piotr Zieliński.
– Something like this definitely can't happen. Especially since the first half showed that we can play well against such an opponent. In the second one, we left space and freedom, and they love it and had fun. It certainly can't be like that with Scotland. We have to be focused throughout the match, not just one half. We had much less downtime in the first half, and that's how it should be in the second half as well. They picked up the pace after Vitinha came on, and we picked it up – summed up the dejected Inter midfielder.
Zieliński tried to look for positives, comparing this match to last month, when we lost to Portugal 1:3 at the National Stadium. – I think that in Warsaw we didn't play like today in the first half, we didn't create as many chances throughout the match as we did today. But then you look at the score and it's 5-1. This is unacceptable, the level of aggression must remain at the same level all the time. Now we have a very important match against Scotland, we have to win this match – he summed up.
The Polish national team will face Scotland on Monday at 20.45. A draw will allow us to keep third place in the Nations League group and fight for relegation to the play-offs.