Outright Odds: 125/one
Group A Winners: 4/one
Subsequent a disastrous 2002 World Cup campaign in which mentor Jerzy Engel talked up his sides potential customers just for them to become beaten 2-0 by South Korea and hammered 4-0 by Portugal, Poland are going to be keen to recreate their former Planet Cup glories.
Below coach Pawel Janas, Poland manufactured brief operate in their qualifying team, making the most of household and away victories against Austria, Azerbaijan, Northern Eire and Wales. Two slender 2-one defeats to England prevented a cleanse sweep but 8 wins from 10 matches was in excess of plenty of to cement their place inside the finals.
In qualifying they proved their power to beat average teams convincingly and they will really need to repeat this around the grand phase Should they be to repeat their glorious strategies of 1974 and 1982 where they finished third. However, Additionally they really need to confirm they've got what it requires to conquer the more robust sides since they did in 1974, when Argentina, Italy, Sweden and Yugoslavia were being dispatched prior to beating Brazil to claim 3rd spot.
They surely have the firepower to take action and Polands key strength lies in assault. Through qualifying they cracked in 27 goals, notably the eight-0 thrashing of Azerbaijan and scored not less than after in all ten of their qualifying matches. Additional importantly, they scored 10 over group winners England managed for all their multi-million pounds truly worth of strikers and only 3 sides scored additional plans compared to the Poles throughout the European qualifying marketing campaign.
Elche striker Tomasz Frankowski, nicknamed The Targets Hunter and Celtic forward Maciej Zurawski fired in 14 goals involving them during qualifying whilst Southamptons Grzegorz Rasiak is usually in contention.
Poland also are a facet that's not in need of experience. The anticipated setting up line-up has an average age of over thirty when Jacek Krzynowek, Jamil Kosowski and Radolsaw Kaluzny have all played in the German Bundesliga. Four a long time in the past the team struggled to cope with the weather in Korea and Japan but could have no these problems this time when producing the limited journey above the border into Germany.
Their only authentic weak point is in the back again in which they've got formulated a routine of conceding comfortable objectives that can not go unpunished every time they encounter a staff in scientific mood.
Advised Wager:
Poland have acquired a favourable draw in which they must arguably defeat equally Ecuador and Costa Rica Along with the nearby derby fixture towards Germany sandwiched in between. The dismal failure of 4 several years in the past means the Poles can not be backed confidently to win Group A, Despite the fact that They are really powerful sufficient to qualify from it.
Poland to qualify from Group A @ 8/fifteen
Poland to conquer 온라인카지노 Costa Rica @ 4/five