Striker Robert Lewandowski, captain of the Polish football team, called for “big changes” on Monday after the defeat in Albania and when the coach, Portuguese Fernando Santos, said he would not resign.
“Big changes so that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel,” the player said, without specifying which changes were intended, adding that he could not explain the reasons for Sunday’s disastrous result in Tirana (2-beaten). . 0).
Lewandowski, FIFA’s best player in 2020 and 2021, seemed powerless against the current scenario, especially after the poor performance against the Albanians, in a Group E qualifying match for the 2024 European Championship.
“We have had problems since the start of qualifying,” the forward said, without being able to explain what is going on with the team. He said they “knew much better how to play” with the same players and that they had the potential “to do this”.
The FC Barcelona forward avoided talking about Fernando Santos, at a time when voices against the coach are growing louder and calling for the Portuguese’s departure.
Sunday’s result complicates the results of Poland, which has played five matches and has six points in Group E, just ahead of the Faroe Islands (one point) and behind Albania (10), and the Czech Republic and Moldova (both with eight).
Fernando Santos had to deal with a difficult press conference after the match in Tirana on Sunday, during which he refused a dismissal scenario more than once.
‘I’m resigning? Not today, not tomorrow. [Continuar como selecionador?] You have to ask the president that. If the president understands that he doesn’t want me as a coach, talk to me and we will find a solution. I am always the solution. It is not worth asking the question again, I am not going to resign,” said the former Portuguese coach.
Source: DN
