Michniewicz: “On Saturday they can also criticize us”

The coach of Poland, Czeslaw Michniewicz, wanted to keep the positive side of the match against Argentina despite the poor role played by his players, submitted to their rival, but with the goal of qualification achieved.

The European coach accepted the criticism but stressed that the classification breaks a long streak outside the qualifying round at a World Cup and called on critics to put the accent on the next commitment, if the case arises, in the round of 16.

“We have qualified after many years and we are going to enjoy it. We have a game on Saturday and there we can be criticized also. I understand the opinions. We lost and we have not played the best football but in the end. goal achieved,” Michniewicz said after being informed of the huge difference in possession, shots on goal and corner kicks.

The coach regretted several chances for his star, Robert Lewandowski, who lacked the opportunity to score.

“Lewandowski was involved in the game. We did not help him to score a goal. If Messi had played with us and Lewandowski in Argentina he would have scored five goals. But we did not give him. He is a great who is a striker and many Rivals are waiting. Messi This has not changed either. We expect Robert to always score, but we did not have the opportunity to do it, “he said.

“We are very happy, we finished with four points. We know that the cards are also considered and we want to control everything that happened in the second half,” said the coach who insisted on enjoying the historic moment. “There are teams that come through with three points. We won one game and drew another. I know there are other teams that are playing better, but the positive result came to us.”

The Poland coach admitted: “Argentina had more chances, it’s true. There was a VAR penalty. We talked at half-time. We lost a lot of balls. We couldn’t control the ball. The field was well organized. We were complicated. we were alone and we lost passes, we weren’t solid on the ball and didn’t have the ball. We did everything to change the dynamics. Argentina played very well and they marked Lewandowski very well”.

“We didn’t want to inform the players, but at one point I told LEwandowski and when we saw the last card I was afraid that more would come and remove the players who were booked. We had no control over the game and the pass is at stake because of the disciplinary issue. Everyone is equal in Mexico,” he said.

“Sometimes there are teams that haven’t lost in Arabia. We would have liked to make more passes and have more possession but we couldn’t,” the Poland coach continued. “Let’s enjoy now.”

“France is always dangerous. They have always had good teams, I know their victories well and they have a good team and they can beat anyone, with good individuals. Everyone who will face France will have problems,” he said of France, their next rival.