Poland – news (preview of POL vs. NIR)

The coach of national team of Poland, Paweł Janas, had today a press conference about the match from World Cup qualifying with Northern Ireland.

"We all were happy after the victory with Azerbaijan but now we don’t have to be enthused. We have focused since Sunday at the match with Northern Ireland. The most important thing is to have all our players healthy and we are counting for this match on
Radek Kałużny and Arek Głowacki. Probably I will make some changes at the team, but not major changes” – said Janas.

This was the last meeting with journalists before the match with Northern Ireland (kick-off: 20:00, Stadium: "Wojska Polskiego", Warsaw) and it took place at "Sheraton Hotel", where also participated players Jerzy Dudek, Jacek Krzynówek and Maciej Żurawski.

"For this match just victory is counting for us. Austria will try to win points too, and they are our principal opponents for the second place in the group. A prognostic for tomorrow? For the scoring of first goal I will not set up the players for a frontal attack. We will be witnesses of positional games rather. We must play consequently, but surely we will have situations for scoring. Irishmen lost with 0-4 in England, but the goals were scored after the break. We’ll play tomorrow with prudence." – added Janas.

On September, in first match, „white-reds” have won with 3-0, Maciej Żurawski being first scorer on "Windsor Park" from Belfast. "The match with Northern Ireland is much harder then the match with Azerbaijan” – said the striker of Wisla Krakow.

"It will be a difficult match for us, but we have the suporters on our side” – said Jacek Krzynówek.

If he will play in the match with Northern Ireland, goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek would have a personal satisfaction, following to be his 50th match for national team.

"We were very glad after the victory with Azerbaijan, but now we’ll have a real battle with Irishmen. We have to play very prudently, to be sure of second place in the group” – said goalkeeper of Liverpool, Dudek.

Qualification for World Cup 2006

30 March 2005, Kick-off: 20:00, Stadium: "Wojska Polskiego", Warsaw

Referees: Peter Froejdfeldt - Stefan Wittberg, Ingemar Larsson (Sweden).

P O L A N D:

Goalkeepers: Jerzy Dudek (1973, Liverpool FC, England, 49A), Artur Boruc (1980, Legia Warszawa, 5A), Marcin Cabaj (1980, Cracovia, 0A);

Defenders: Tomasz Rząsa (1973, SC Heerenveen, Holland, 26A-1 goal), Tomasz Hajto (1972, 1. FC Nürnberg, Germany, 62A-6 goals), Jacek Bąk (1973, RC Lens, France, 59A-2 goals), Bartosz Bosacki (1975, 1. FC Nürnberg, Germany, 5A), Dariusz Żuraw (1972, SV Hannover 96, Germany, 1A), Marcin Baszczyński (1977, Wisła Kraków, 17A), Tomasz Kłos (1973, Wisła Kraków, 58A-4 goals);

Midfields: Kamil Kosowski (1977, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Germany, 31A-3 goals), Jacek Krzynówek (1976, Bayer Leverkusen, Germany, 48A-8 goals), Radosław Kałużny (1974, SC Rot-Weiss Essen, Germany, 40A-11 goals), Sebastian Mila (1982, FK Austria Wien, 16A-3 gole), Euzebiusz Smolarek (1981, Borussia Dortmund, Germany, 4A), Mirosław Szymkowiak (1976, Trabzonspor Kulübü, Turkey, 20A-2 goals), Bartosz Karwan (1976, Legia Warszawa, 20A-4 goals), Tomasz Kiełbowicz (1976, Legia Warszawa, 5A), Piotr Giza (1980, Cracovia, 0A), Radosław Sobolewski (1976, Wisła Kraków, 5A-1 goal);

Strikers: Grzegorz Rasiak (1979, Derby County, England, 17A-3 goals), Andrzej Niedzielan (1979, NEC Nijmegen, Holland, 13A-5 goals), Tomasz Frankowski (1974, Wisła Kraków, 9A-6 goals), Maciej Żurawski(1976, Wisła Kraków, 39A-10 goals), Marek Saganowski (1978, Legia Warszawa, 14A-2 goals).

N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D

Goalkeepers: Roy Carroll (1977, Manchester United, 16A), Maik Taylor (1971, Birmingham City, 43A);

Defenders: Mark Williams (1970, Milton Keynes Dons), Stephen Craigan (1976, Motherwell, 11A), Colin Murdock (1975, Crewe, 26A), Aaron Hughes (1979, Newcastle United, 41A-1 goal), Mark Clyde (Wolverhampton), Chris Baird (1982, Southampton, 14A), Tony Capaldi (1984, Plymouth, 9A), George McCartney (1981, Sunderland, 18-1 gol);

Midfields: Damien Johnson (1978, Birmingham City, 36A), Jeff Whitley (1979, Sunderland), Tommy Doherty (Bristol City), Chris Brunt (Sheffield Wednesday), Steven Davis (Aston Villa), Keith Gillespie (1975, Leicester City, 59A-1 goal), Phil Mulryne (1978, Norwich, 25A-3 gole);

Strikers: Steve Jones (1976, Crewe, 14A-1 goal), Stuart Elliott (1978, Hull, 24A-3 goals), Andrew Smith (1980, Preston, 15A), Andrew Kirk (1979, Northampton, 7A), David Healy (1979, Leeds United, 40A-16 goals), Warren Feeney (Stockport).

Coach: Lawrie Sanchez (22 October 1959).