Poland manager Czeslaw Michniewicz snubbed Torino midfielder Karol Linetty from his 26-man squad to play in the World Cup in Qatar, that he announced on Thursday.The midfielder of 27 has won 42 cap for Poland since debut for the club in 2014 however, Michniewicz could not fit the player due to the intense competition.Poland captain Robert Lewandowski is one of four attacking players in the team together with Arkadiusz Milik Krzysztof Piatek, and Karol Swiderski.
Other players with experience are missing, including Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Jakub Moder, who's injured, and the defender Maciej Rybus, who was dropped in the Poland squad following his signing with Russian team Spartak Moscow in June.There was suggestions that Michniewicz would pick four goalkeepers, but he chose for three, omitting FK Copenhagen's Kamil Grabara and Cercle Brugge's Radoslaw Majecki.
Michniewicz also included veteran Kamil Grosicki. He has been awarded 86 caps by the national team and is currently playing for the Polish club Pogon Szczecin. The midfielder made his debut match for Poland in the year 2008.He will be with an age-group of 35 Legia Warsaw defender Artur Jedrzejczyk who was selected even though he has not played for Poland since the beginning of 2019.
The defensive pair of Aston Villa Jan Bednarek and Matty Cash are also included, as is Birmingham City's Krystian Bielik, who was out for the entire World Cup qualification except their playoff victory against Sweden because of a torn knee ligament.This will mark Polish's 9th World Cup finals appearance after they were unable to get from their group at Russia four years ago.
Poland and Poland, who were drawn in Group C of Qatar Poland will begin the World Cup campaign against Mexico on November. 22nd, before playing with Saudi Arabia and Argentina.He said to online football betting malaysia.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus), Bartlomiej Dragowski (Spezia), Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna)
Defenders: Jan Bednarek (Aston Villa), Kamil Glik (Benevento), Robert Gumny (FC Augsburg), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria), Matty Cash (Aston Villa), Nicola Zalewski (AS Roma).
Midfielders: Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City), Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), Kamil Grosicki (Pogon Szczecin), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Al-Shabab), Jakub Kaminski (VfL Wolfsburg), Michal Skoras (Lech Poznan), Damian Szymanski (AEK Athens), Sebastian Szymanski (Feyenoord), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), Szymon Zurkowski (Fiorentina).
Forwards: Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona), Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piatek (Salernitana), Karol Swiderski (Charlotte FC)
