The new manager promised to give the Bayern Munich striker more support at the beginning of the qualifiers – and so he did, and in the process made the two one of the most lethal striking partnerships in Europe. He has a lot of quality, skill and experience but his form is a question mark. There is certainly excitement around their prospects and that was only slightly tempered by the fact that their group, featuring the two nations that geographically sandwich them in Germany and Ukraine, looks slightly less predictable for the ‘derby’ games it will bring. After winning the Europa League with Sevilla, however, he injured himself and is facing a race against time to be fit for the first game. They proved that they could defeat their old rivals too, Milik and Sebastian Mila famously scoring to give them a 2-0 win on the second matchday. Bergwijn grabs winner as Netherlands start life without Koeman, Round-up: Kramaric completes Croatia comeback, Piatek rescues Poland, How the glorious Nations League saved international football from itself, © Eurosport, a Discovery Company 2020 – All rights reserved, EURO PICKS: MAKE YOUR EURO 2016 PREDICTIONS. Blaszczykowski played rarely during his loan spell from Borussia Dortmund to Fiorentina (15 matches, 760 minutes) and was not a favourite of Paulo Sousa in Italy. Poland look bright and inventive throughout and the team is fairly settled, a modern-looking 4-2-3-1 allowing an industrious, creative trio behind Lewandowski to set the attacking tempo. Nawalka won 34 caps as a player, but after leaving Wisla Krakow at the age of 28 he contented himself with semi-professional football and a range of manual labour jobs in the US before later becoming a car salesman back home. Six of his 13 qualifying goals may have come against Gibraltar but the Bayern Munich striker sits comfortably among Europe’s best and should give his country an edge against equally-matched opponents. How far do you think Poland will go and why? Not only has he shown that consistently with Bayern in 2015-16, netting a staggering 30 goals in the domestic season, but during qualifying too, scoring 13 times for Poland. Not qualifying from the group would be a disaster. Is this Poland team the real deal? His replacement, Artur Jedrzejczyk, had a terrible time against Holland in a pre-Euro friendly and that means that Jakub Wawrzyniak may well replace him for the Euro 2016 opener. It will depend a lot on Lewandowski’s form in front of goal and how the team will handle the pressure. It also contains a table with average age, cumulative market value and average market value for each player position and overall. Lukasz Piszczek is still a fine attacking right-back but Maciej Rybus is injured and Poland will miss his runs from the back. Robert Lewandowski: Lewandowski makes anything seem possible for Poland. During the qualifiers Adam Nawalka decided to play with two strikers up front – something former national coaches had refrained from doing – and Arkadiusz Milik proved the perfect complement to Robert Lewandowski’s qualities. Poland lost in first group stage of both Euro Cup they had played earlier, but they did well to stop Greece, Russia and Austria for a draw in 2008 and 2013 UEFA Euro Cup. Bartosz Kapustka. Rate: Nominate. The Sevilla player breaks up play and sets the tempo for the team going forward. He had an impressive debut, scoring against Gibraltar, and then proved himself further during the following matches. Milik’s Instagram account mainly contains match action and days out with his girlfriend – but there is a sprinkling of comedy too and none more so than a decidedly unnerving photograph of him made up as the ‘Joker’ from the Batman movies. Poland: Euro 2016 team preview: Key Player: Robert Lewandowski – In terms of a pure centre-forward, there’s nobody better than Lewandowski at this tournament. Pawel Wszolek’s broken hand has also left Nawalka with few options on the wings. Template:Poland squad UEFA Euro 2016. Poland UEFA Euro 2016 Matches And Team. A lot of players are still in the team from that time – more experienced, older and cold-blooded. Lewandowski scored 44 goals in 49 appearances for the Bundesliga champions last … No use for commercial purposes may be made of such trademarks. Four Portugal players, three from Germany and two each representing France and Wales have made the official UEFA EURO 2016 Team of the Tournament. Poland team in UEFA EURO cup has participated 2 times | one in the Euro Cup 2008 tournament and other one in Euro 2012 Cup. Whisper it quietly, but this is surely the most exciting Poland team since 1982, when they finished third at the World Cup in Italy. Although 6ft 2, he moves with ease and has a sweet left foot. In goal, Lukasz Fabianski should keep his place ahead of former Arsenal team-mate Wojciech Szczesny, for whom he often used to deputise in north London. Poland have not reached the knock-out stages of a major tournament since 1986; doing so this time would be an achievement in itself but there will be pressure to do something bigger and a run of impressive friendly results has added to the optimism. Tomasz Wlodarczyk writes for Przeglad Sportowy. The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA.