It’s eleven we’ll go to the match between Poland and the Czech Republic. Fernando Santos knows how to surprise

Ahead is the first match of the Polish national team in the Euro 2024 qualifying round - on March 24, the White-Reds will play with the Czech Republic. This will also be the debut of Fernando Santos as our coach. The team has a lot of problems, injuries and other absences, so it remains a mystery what tactics the Portuguese will choose for this match, and who will play in the starting lineup. Roman Colton seems to have some leaks on this subject.

Holes in the Polish national team

So far, it is clear who exactly will not run out onto the field in a meeting with our southwestern neighbors. Many staff members missed training camp due to injuries. Santos can’t count on Kamil Glik, Arkadiusz Milik or Jakub Moder. In addition, several more players were injured immediately before or already at the training camp. Kamil Pentkowski did not come, Kacper Kozlowski left the team, Bartosz Bereszynski is struggling with health problems, and what will happen to Sebastian Szymanski is unknown.

In addition, by the decision of the coach himself, the white-red team lacked two experienced midfielders. Santos fulfilled the dream of many fans who demanded to remove Grzegorz Krychowiak from the national team because he had been feeling very bad for a long time. The Portuguese fulfilled this desire. He did the same with Mateusz Klich, who is doing well at DC United in MLS. David Kovnatsky was also absent from the group of appointees.

The expected composition of the white-red for the match Czech Republic - Poland

So how will the Poles enter the match against the Czech Republic? Roman Kolton claims that our new coach will not experiment and will rely on a four-back formation, which has not always been the rule in recent years. We don’t have many chances to play with two strikers. The eleven will also include several young players who have not always been the main players of our eleven so far.

Here are the eleven suggested by Roman Kolton on Twitter: Szczesny - Cash, Bednarek, Kivior, Karbovnik - Belik, Linetti, Zelinski - Zalewski, Lewandowski, Skoras (in a 4-3-3 formation).

There are only three points in question. Pavel Davidovich can replace Bednarek at centre-back, Przemysław Frankowski on the left flank instead of Karbovnik and Jakub Kaminsky on the left flank instead of Skorasia.