The new head coach of the Polish national team is to become the 2006 world champion Fabio Cannavaro from Italy. According to foreign media reports, the 48-year-old specialist has successfully negotiated with the Polish Football Federation and is ready to sign a two-year contract.
This news should arouse interest among Russian fans, if only by the fact that it is with Poland that our team will play on March 24 at Luzhniki in the semifinal match of the 2022 planet championship play-off tournament. For the vacant position, in addition to Cannavaro, several mentors applied, but the choice fell on the Italian, who previously worked in the Chinese “Guangzhou Evergrande”, “Tianjin Quanjian”, in the Chinese national team and in “Al-Nasr” (Saudi Arabia).
Recall that in December, with a big scandal, Paulo Souza resigned from the post of head coach of the Polish team. It turns out that two months before the key meeting with Russia, Sousa terminated the current contract with the Polish Football Federation and headed the Brazilian “Flamengo”. Souza’s decision caused a storm of indignation in the camp of our next opponent. Until recently, one of the best forwards in the world, the main star of the Poles, Robert Lewandowski, was silent, but he also made a statement the other day.
– When I heard this news, I thought: “Is it really true?” I was shocked and disappointed. Moreover, there were no signs from Souza, no conversations. At that moment I was in Dubai and did not feel the need to call the coach. We did not make this decision, but he. This whole situation looks very ugly, but we must try to look for the positive. Perhaps this story will serve as an impulse for us, which will allow us to believe that we can play even better, – quotes the words of Lewandowski Viaplay.
Meanwhile
The finalists for The Best of the International Football Federation (FIFA), presented to the best player of the past year, have been announced. The ceremony will take place on January 17 in Zurich.
The three finalists include reigning winner Pole Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Argentinean Lionel Messi (PSG), who recently won the Ballon d’Or, and Egyptian Mohammed Salah (Liverpool). The extended list also included: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), N Golo Kante, Jorginho (both Chelsea), Kylian Mbappe, Neymar (both PSG), Erling Holland ( Borussia Dortmund) and Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United.
In addition to the prize for the best player of the year, three more prizes will be awarded. The first of them will be awarded to the strongest coach of the year. There are three contenders here: Thomas Tuchel, who won the Champions League with Chelsea, Roberto Mancini, who led Italy to triumph at the 2020 UEFA European Championship, and Manchester City coach Josep Guardiola. One of the following goalkeepers – Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) and Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) – will win the Goalkeeper Award. Czech Patrick Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), Argentinean Erik Lamela (Sevilla) and Iranian Mehdi Taremi (Porto) are competing for the award of the legendary Hungarian striker Ferenc Puskas for the most beautiful goal of the year.
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