On Saturday evening the Polish national team opponents know with whom they will face in qualifying for the World Cup in 2018. The tournament is to be held in Russia, and the draw of the groups will be carried out in Saint-Peteresburgu. Beginning at 16.
White-red must prepare for very big emotions, and perhaps nerves – by indirect friendly match with Greece in June were placed in the third basket. What does it mean? Our competitors can be very strong.
The third basket ensures that players will not play Adam Nawałki with Ukraine, Scotland, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, Northern Ireland, Serbia and Greece. In comparison with France or Italy, which can be drawn from the second basket, each of these representations opponent looks like a dream. Nor can we forget the powers of that await you in the first basket.
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Euro 2016 priority
The draw certainly can arouse great interest, but so far the Poles need to focus on the autumn matches, which will decide whether the 2016 will go to France to face the best teams of the Old Continent Euro in 2016.
– Do I have your group dreams? No, indeed we are now looking ahead to the 2016 European championship qualifiers, we are the closest matches. So far we have not run out in the future. Coach Adam Nawałka is in the country and prepares the team for the crucial autumn games. Saturday’s draw this purely technical matter. We are ready for it to face with what fate will bring us – said on Thursday, Secretary General of the Football Association, Maciej Sawicki.
The Secretary General of the Football Association admitted, however, that it would, as a re-hit on the world champions Germans who Poles are rivals in the ongoing Euro 2016 qualifying.
– I have nothing against it. As you can see, life has assigned us now the Germans and the first game we won – said Sawicki.
PZPN President Zbigniew Boniek in June in an interview admitted that not going to the ceremony to Saint Petersburg.
– The draw is really a formal act. It used to be different, because we had to meet and establish a schedule in the group. Now everything comes out of the machine – Boniek said at the time.
Eliminations to the Russian World Cup will be a record in terms of number of games played.
– Over the next 33 months teams will play 851 meetings that arise 31 finalists who will join the host of the tournament Russia – said FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke.
During a conference in St. Petersburg has also been confirmed that the opening match of the World Cup in Russia will be held on June 14 and the final on July 15.
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Avoid group of death
The draw will be attended by 52 European teams. Russia has assured performance at the World Cup as the host, while Gibraltar is not a member of FIFA.
The national teams from Europe will create nine groups – seven of six teams and two of five. According to the guidelines of UEFA England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands should be allocated to groups sześciozespołowych.
Direct promotion goes off winner nine groups and the best eight second-placed teams will play in November 2017. playoffs in four pairs. They also winners play at the World Cup in 2018.
The draw ceremony will begin at. 18 local time (16 in Poland), but on the part of Europe you will have to wait until the evening. Eliminations will run from September 4, 2016 to October 10, 2017 year.
Surely, there are several variants, which for the Polish national team supporters have been exceptionally unfavorable. Virtually every rival with the first basket (except Wales and Romania – the presence of these teams in this group underscores the controversial criteria for allocating teams to individual baskets). Finding himself in the second set of teams would give the Poles a big comfort – it would be certain that avoid clashes with the teams, which in their groups will be regarded as some favorites to win at least second place and leave the party.
The catastrophic scenario? The struggle for the trip to the World Cup with Spain, Italy, Turkey, Cyprus and Kazakhstan would certainly be a great challenge for the player Adam Nawałki, although it is clear that no one wants to check their abilities in a real “group of death”. The weaker rivals allow for errors, provide greater peace of mind when building a team. At the point where every game becomes practically a meeting with all the comfort disappears.
On the other hand, it is of course extremely favorable draw in the third basket should not be considered in terms of drama. Romania, Austria, Faroe Islands, Latvia and Luxembourg – Poles could theoretically hit on the set of rivals, and in this case, the lack of promotion would be a sin.
Of course you have to believe in their football skills and not rely on luck, but drawing showed many times that they can be both a great blow, and the moment in which you can breathe a sigh of relief.
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The controversy is an integral part
– For any change it is already too late. The conversation can now relate only to how, not whether the tournament will be organized in Russia. FIFA’s problems are not our problems. We have signed a contract with FIFA and clear plan for the organization of the World Cup. Transfer the tournament to another country is simply impossible – said Vitaly Mutko, Russian minister of sport and chairman of the Organizing Committee of the World Cup in 2018, the day before the draw groups, the elimination of the tournament. Name of the new FIFA president will be announced February 26, 2016 year.
Such events are always accompanied by controversy and attention around the world resulting in attention paid to every shortcoming. So it was in South Africa in 2010, and the situation repeated itself during the World Cup in Brazil four years later. The state of preparation, the public mood, problems that local government is not going so far to fight – loud cases were reported in the media, and often resulted in reaction to the organizers.
Apart from the problems of Russia in the international arena and the situation inside the country, very often draws attention to the racism that is still present in the local championship.
– In certain countries, especially those developed in football, which wants to put us as an example, this problem is more visible. This does not mean that we do not see threats, we will work to improve the situation, but this is not our highest priority – spoke at the head of the Russian Premier Sergei.
Recently, the Western press has reported an incident involving a former Arsenal player, Emmanuel Frimpong, who insulted fans during a meeting of his FC Ufa Spartak Moscow. Doping team from the capital seemed with each other sounds designed to resemble a monkey to insult a black player. It worked, but only suffered the consequences of a player a red card and suspended for two matches.
Before the draw qualifying groups, one of the biggest stars of league, Brazilian Hulk, he declared that racist behavior is present in almost every match.
– If this happens during the World Cup, it will be shameful and disgusting. This usually happens when you are playing Russian clubs and it will not go anywhere in the world, nobody knows. And I notice that this happens in every game – he said the most expensive player, who plays in Russia.
It is impossible to avoid controversies related to this topic. One can only hope that the organization of the World Cup will be an impulse that will allow for any improvement.
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The draw will take place on a Sunday schedule in the early afternoon.
eliminations will take place from September 4, 2016 to October 10, 2017 year. Direct promotion goes off nine groups winners and eight best second-placed teams will play in November 2017. playoffs in four pairs. They also winners will play in the World Cup in 2018.
The opening match of the World Cup scheduled for June 14 and the final – on 15 July 2018 year. Both meetings will be held at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.
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