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Jan Urban will remain in his position until the November meetings of the Nations League. After the meetings with Sweden and Romania, we will conduct a full analysis of where we stand and decide what to do next. However, as announced in an interview with Meczyki by Cezary Kulesza, Jan Urban will stay in his position. #JanUrban #ReprezentacjaPolski #LigaNarodów (translated)

Luca Niculescu, a 55-year-old former journalist and diplomat, has been tasked with the extremely difficult job of forming a new government in Romania within 10 days and obtaining a vote of confidence from parliament in the face of an ongoing political crisis. #Rumunia #polityka #LucaNiculescu (translated)

Tomasz Włodarczyk informed that Jan Urban remains the coach for the November Nations League matches against Sweden and Romania. He reported that Cezary Kulesza told the Meczyki portal that a full analysis will be conducted after these matches, and a decision on further steps will be made later. Włodarczyk added that there was no scheduled meeting between Kulesza and Urban in the coming days. https://t.co/UtmxXsioqh #LigaNarodów #JanUrban #PolskaFutbol (translated)

Wuja Jurek ⚽️🇵🇱 summarized the October training camp of the Polish national team, criticizing both the squad decisions and the team's performances. Among the events, he mentioned the dispute over call-ups and the absence of Karol Czubak in the squad, as well as the popular topic on X linking Czubak with Jan Urban. He also mentioned the scandal involving the recording of Łukasz Wachowski and Cezary Kulesza, whom he described as drunk, and the alleged change of the child leading Robert Lewandowski onto the pitch. The author deemed the match against Bosnia very poor, especially in the first half, and rated the final balance of four matches as a mere four points. He criticized Jan Urban for questioning the penalty and positively assessing the team’s play. He noted that Jan Bednarek caused a penalty, leading to Poland's loss to the Bosnians. He observed that Lewandowski scored three goals before being suspended for cards and not flying to the last match in Bosnia. He added that after his goals, commentators stopped suggesting he should retire and once again regarded him as a key player for the team. In his summary, Wuja Jurek also described Pietuszewski's call-up for the match against Sweden, joking that he could have strengthened the stands and tried the meatballs in the VIP area. He wrote that Potulski did not play again during the camp after a decent first appearance, and Wojciech Mońka watched the match against Romania from the stands once again before joining the youth national team. He also criticized Puchacz for a defensive mistake and a yellow card, as well as Wiśniewski for his behavior during the third goal, reminding that the player later explained letting go of Viktor Gyökeres with lessons learned from Italy. The author noted that the information about the goalkeeper coach's responsibility for defensive set pieces came to light during the camp. He also compared Julian Hall's debut in the USA national team after Kulesza's visit to that country and his two goals with the results of Polish teams: the U-21 team's victory over Sweden and Jerzy Brzęczek's team’s defeat to Italy. He wrote that after the youth team's victory, Brzęczek was increasingly pointed out as a future selector of the senior team, but after the loss to Italy, he was no longer presented as a possible savior and successor to Urban. Wuja Jurek also mentioned the victory over Romania after a red card, which he described as lucky, and the game 10 on 10 when Karol Świderski spent a full 90 minutes on the pitch. He noted Świderski's another appearance for the national team and Włodar's appeal in the Meczyków program to raise Marcin Bułka's rating for saving Jakub Kiwior's dangerous shot. Among other events, he mentioned a trend on social media involving Pucha2115, who — he wrote — swapped a JBL speaker for a Bible, and the recurring debate about playing with three or four defenders. #ReprezentacjaPolski #PiłkaNożna #Ekstraklasa (translated)

Przemek Langier compared the Polish national team to Sebastian Szymański, pointing to the similarity in their charisma and skills. He referred to the player's speech before the match against Romania, published in the vlog "Łączy Nas Piłka." He said that its content was alright, but the expression lacked fire — just like, in his opinion, Szymański often lacks it on the pitch. Langier wrote that the midfielder could play above average, but he also made simple mistakes, such as inaccurate passes or hitting an opponent standing on the goal line. He added that although Szymański's significance at Fenerbahçe was growing, the player ended up on the bench and found himself on the way out of the club. In the author's assessment, at the continental level, he was more the promise of a higher-level player than a fully developed player, and his performances, although often pleasant to watch, regularly disappointed. #SebastianSzymański #reprezentacja (translated)

Mateusz Święcicki wrote that since Euro 2024, the national team has lost eleven matches, which is 40% of the games. According to him, during this period, they mainly won against average rivals: Lithuania, Malta, New Zealand, Moldova, Romania, Finland, and Albania. He pointed out that they also managed to lose to Finland. He added that the highest-ranked opponent they defeated was Scotland, ranked 48th in the FIFA ranking, against whom they later also lost. Święcicki assessed that we have become accustomed to mediocrity. #Euro2024 #piłkaNożna #sport (translated)

Marcin Borzęcki wrote that aside from football, selection, and systemic problems, he has been annoyed for years by the Polish national team's lack of color and energy. He assessed that the team did not evoke emotions or give the impression of a cohesive unit that could intimidate opponents. As a contrast, he pointed to the Bosnians and other teams of a mid-level global standard. In his opinion, they were able to compensate for their footballing deficiencies with commitment and aggressiveness, while the Polish game lacked fire. Borzęcki also drew attention to the speech of Sebastian Szymański in the locker room before the match against Romania, published on the ŁNP channel's vlog. He believed that the tone of one of the team's leaders was more suitable for a farewell speech than for motivation before the match, and he later saw a similar dimness on the field. #piłkaNożna #reprezentacja #sport (translated)

Marcin Torz wrote that according to information reaching him from Zenica, Jan Urban was supposed to say goodbye to the Polish national team. He assessed that it was difficult to be surprised after the disgrace, and despite the victory over Romania, the team did not provide hope. He called for radical changes. https://t.co/YeLozDKAfr #ReprezentacjaPolski #JanUrban #Zmiany (translated)

The coach Urban should field the players in their natural positions and in good form to end the streak of failures of the Polish national team, as shown by the match against Romania, where the players performed significantly better. #ReprezentacjaPolski #PiłkaNożna #Urban (translated)

Poland and Romania refused to provide additional assistance to Ukraine in transporting grain, fearing for the interests of their farmers, which illustrates the tensions between the EU's ambitions to support Ukraine and the internal realities of agricultural policy in these countries. #Ukraina #rolnictwo #bezpieczeństwżywnościowe (translated)

It is impossible to deprecate a 6:0, it is hard to be delighted and draw any conclusions because the penalty and the red card set the match against a very weak Romania. The referee was generous to the Polish national team. Lewandowski improved his statistics with a hat-trick and orchestrated cards with the consent of the selector JU [Jan Urban - ed. note]. Kucharski, commenting on Friday's match, took both mentioned situations into account and mainly for that reason did not intend to rave about the spectacular victory of our team. #Polska #Reprezentacja #Lewandowski (translated)

Cezary Kucharski criticized Robert Lewandowski and coach Jan Urban after Poland's spectacular 6-0 victory over Romania, pointing out controversial referee decisions and his own reservations regarding Lewandowski's presence in future matches. #Polska #Reprezentacja #Lewandowski (translated)