Poland-FC Schaffhausen 1:0. A Beautiful Day For A Picnic.

May 23rd, 2008 | by: tomasz | Comments(3)

Just a couple of quick thoughts from me after our first friendly during the training camp. We defeated Swiss second division team FC Schaffhausen after Jacek Krzynowek’s goal in 73rd minute. To be honest, the game was painful to watch.

Picnic. That’s the first word that comes to my mind after watching the game. Picnic, just without the pleasure part. There was no pace, no change of tempo and no will to impress in our performance today. The players were slow, unorganized and lacked concentration. At least we know that they’re given hard time in training since some of them looked really exhausted. Leo was happy after the game, I just hope he knows more than us and that we just couldn’t have played better at this stage of preparation. For me, none of the players whose inclusion in the final squad is under threat won the ticket to Swissaustria. At the same time, none of the players lost a chance to play in the tournament of their lifetime. It was just such a mediocre game that it’s hard to draw any conclusions. I think it’s no use to severely criticise the lads at the beginning of preparations but some deserve to be shaken up a bit. Tomorrow I’ll write more about how particular players performed but for now I have to leave you with a dry scoreline. I, of course, welcome any comments from those who managed to watch the game.