After guiding his side to second in their qualifying group, Adam Nawałka’s Poland will now head to France in an attempt to replicate their superb qualifying form in Euro 2016. They finished only a point behind Germany and much is now expected out of this impressive Polish side.
Tactical setup
A man with vast coaching experience, ranging over nearly 20 years, has enjoyed a successful spell managing the national team. The 58-year-old expects full commitment and hard work from his players in his preferred 4-2-3-1 formation, although Arkadiusz Milik’s domestic form might force Nawałka to consider pairing him with Robert Lewandowski up front, in a traditional 4-4-2 setup.
Nawałka’s free-flowing attacking football, relies heavily on the talents of his strikers who have not shown any shyness in front of goal. Poland managed 33 goals in their group, which was more than any other team in qualifying. A competent 2-0 win against World Champions Germany demonstrated Nawałka’s tactical ability to derive efficient performances from his side.
Poland have shown tendencies to sit back and play on the counter against the bigger teams, which is understandable although it can prove to bite them in the back if they are not too careful. Nawałka’s defence must show solidarity and resilience if they are to be successful.
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Previous employments
Adam Nawałka joined the Polish National team in late 2013, while still managing Górnik Zabrze at the time in the Polish domestic league. After spending most of his playing career with Wisla Kraków, followed by a brief time in American football, he went on to manage Wisla in three different spells, while also taking charge of six other teams in Poland.
He never really enjoyed much success domestically, with the challenge of managing the National side coming as his first real test. The 58-year-old has only lost on three occasions in the 22 games that he has managed, winning 13 and drawing the other six. The Euros will be the first major cup competition that Nawałka will manage his side, after failing to qualify for the World Cup in 2014.
Conclusion
It is not the first time that Poland have put in an impressive qualifying performance, but have almost always gone on to disappoint in their previous Cup competitions. Adam Nawałka will hope to change that and has even expressed his delight with the group that his side have been placed in. They will take on the Netherlands next in a friendly prior to the commencement of the tournament.
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