The squad for the USA game: final cut.

The initial squad for the USA friendly that contained thirty players was reduced by Leo Beenhakker to twenty two. Consequently, Dawid Janczyk won’t get a chance to earn his first full cap for Poland.

First of all, three players were ruled out by an injury. Jakub Blaszczykowski and Adam Kokoszka have been injured for some time now. There are very close to making a comeback but nobody wants to risk their health and it’s better for them to rest a few more weeks. Rafal Murawski was injured in the last week’s Lech game against Wisla Cracow and he also won’t be able to answer Leo’s call up. Two players were relegated to the youth squad: Dawid Janczyk and Radoslaw Majewski. Our U21 is playing against England on Tuesday and both players will be given an opportunity to impress Leo in this tough encounter. It’s a good decision by our coach, neither Janczyk nor Majewski would get more than 10-15 minutes in the USA friendly. However, Janczyk may feel disappointed as it’s his second call up to the Polish squad and for the second time he won’t be able to make his debut. Three players were named as backups: Jakub Wawrzyniak, Marcin Kus and Tomasz Zahorski. Leo has observed them closely in the recent friendlies and decided to give others the chance to impress. At the same time, it doesn’t necessary diminish their chances of earning the ticket for the Euro. In the last interview Leo confirmed that all good players with the Polish passport are still considered as candidates for the Euro squad. Good, it’ll keep all the players concentrated and motivated. It’s time to get equal with the Americans for our last two friendly losses. Can’t wait for the game.