Recently, dark clouds have gathered over the Polish national team again. After Euro 2024, which ended in the group phase, public trust in coach Michał Probierz and his team was quite high, but it has been shaken in recent months due to the performance of the Polish national team in the Nations League.
This is what Poles think about Michał Probierz
The Polish national team managed to score four points. She won away against Scotland and drew at home against Croatia, but this did not allow her to maintain third place in the group. The November clashes with Portugal (1:5) and Scotland (1:2) turned out to be a disaster. This second defeat in particular turned out to be very painful – suffered after a goal in added time – and had major consequences in the form of relegation to the B division of the Nations League. This happened for the first time in history.
The lack of progress in the game, especially defensively, as evidenced by the number of goals conceded, caused Michał Probierz's ratings to drop significantly. In recent days, a survey of opinions about the Polish national team was conducted by the Institute of Market and Social Research IBRiS. It was implemented using the CATI method. Among the 1,000 respondents, 531 declared themselves fans of the national team. The first question was whether the coach should be changed.
What is surprising is that only 18 percent all respondents – and 25 percent among declared football fans – decided that it was time to say goodbye to Touchstone. There is a 20% fine for dismissing the coach if he does not advance to the World Cup. of all respondents and 30 percent fans. In turn, 32 percent are in favor of Touchstone. total and 31 percent fans.
The respondents point to the players as the most important reason for the poor attitude of the national teams – 45% of all players, and 41% of the fans. The biggest difference in these groups concerns the perception of the coach. 17 percent declared fans indicated the coach as the biggest problem of the team, with only 10 percent according to the whole group. Moreover, as much as 60 percent football fans believe that the coach should switch to a formation with four defenders. 72 percent of them rely on Łukasz Skorupski as their primary goalkeeper.