Outright Odds: one hundred twenty five/1
Team A Winners: 4/one
Next a disastrous 2002 Environment Cup campaign in which mentor Jerzy Engel talked up his sides prospects only for them to get crushed 2-0 by South Korea and hammered 4-0 by Portugal, Poland will likely be eager to recreate their former Entire world Cup glories.
Below mentor Pawel Janas, Poland made small get the job done of their qualifying group, taking pleasure in residence and absent 온라인바카라 victories towards Austria, Azerbaijan, Northern Eire and Wales. Two slender 2-one defeats to England prevented a clear sweep but eight wins outside of 10 matches was more than ample to cement their location from the finals.
In qualifying they proved their ability to conquer average groups convincingly and they will must repeat this about the grand stage if they are to repeat their superb strategies of 1974 and 1982 through which they completed third. Nevertheless, they also must demonstrate they have got what it takes to beat the more robust sides as they did in 1974, when Argentina, Italy, Sweden and Yugoslavia had been dispatched ahead of beating Brazil to claim 3rd position.
They undoubtedly provide the firepower to do so and Polands main strength lies in attack. All through qualifying they cracked in 27 goals, notably the eight-0 thrashing of Azerbaijan and scored at the least once in all ten in their qualifying matches. Far more importantly, they scored 10 more than team winners England managed for all their multi-million lbs truly worth of strikers and only 3 sides scored more aims in comparison to the Poles for the duration of the European qualifying campaign.
Elche striker Tomasz Frankowski, nicknamed The Targets Hunter and Celtic forward Maciej Zurawski fired in 14 aims concerning them throughout qualifying when Southamptons Grzegorz Rasiak is likewise in rivalry.
Poland may also be a aspect that's not in need of encounter. The expected starting line-up has a median age of around 30 when Jacek Krzynowek, Jamil Kosowski and Radolsaw Kaluzny have all played from the German Bundesliga. 4 many years in the past the team struggled to cope Using the local climate in Korea and Japan but will likely have no these types of concerns this time when earning the shorter vacation in excess of the border into Germany.
Their only true weak spot is with the again where they have formulated a practice of conceding delicate goals which is able to not go unpunished if they encounter a workforce in clinical temper.
Advised Bet:
Poland have been given a favourable attract where they should arguably defeat both equally Ecuador and Costa Rica While using the neighborhood derby fixture versus Germany sandwiched between. The dismal failure of 4 years back signifies the Poles can't be backed confidently to earn Team A, While They're powerful ample to qualify from it.
Poland to qualify from Group A @ eight/fifteen
Poland to conquer Costa Rica @ 4/5