Czes?aw Michniewicz : New But Confident

Czes?aw Michniewicz was appointed manager of the Polish National Team in January 2022. One of his challenges was to continue the qualification journey of the team to the World Cup taking up from where his predecessor, Sousa ended. A World Cup play-off against Russia was set to be his first test, but it was called off after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Poland were sent straight through to the play-off final against Sweden, where they won 2-0 thanks to a Robert Lewandowski penalty and Piotr Zielinksi goal to seal a spot in the World Cup. He thus succeeded in his first litmus test.
His performance in the last two Nations League outings was not encouraging but the fact that the team was saved from relegation is an achievement which should be lauded. Poland is in a tough group...