Poland was defeated by Portugal but its image was further damaged by this fact

The defeat received on Friday in Do Dragao against Portugal (5-1) ended Poland’s chance to reach the quarterfinals of the Nations League, but its bad image, in the absence of Robert Lewandowski, was compounded by a scoresheet error that prevented the Karol Swiderski after the forward traveled from the United States to play the match.

last saturday Swiderski He took the field as a substitute and scored a provisional 0-1 that advanced his team, Charlotte FC, against Orlando City in the quarterfinals of the MLS playoffs in the United States. But, after the final 1-1, the Polish striker had a shot saved in the penalty shootout and was eliminated.

Warm-up injury

On Friday Swiderski lived another chapter to forget, for its peculiar nature and for the consequences it represents for him. Poland was forced to make a lineup change before the start of the match against Portugal, when Sebastian Szymanski He was injured in the previous warm-up and He was replaced by Mateusz Bogusz.

This event left Michal Proberz, coach of Poland, with fewer substitutes to use, but neither he nor any of his staff noticed that the minutes did not include a player to cover the loss.

Swiderski couldn’t get in

Poland lost 2-0 in the 72nd minute and then Probierz decided to bring in Swiderskibut he, after arguing with the fourth referee, had to return to the bench in a state of shock.

A member of the Polish staff went to speak with UEFA representatives, but Swiderski was even forced to leave the bench permanently. Instead, the jump on the field is Adam Open replaced Kacper Urbanski.

The explanation

The reason? At the post-match press conference, the spokesperson of the Polish Football Association explained what happened. “Regarding the situation with Karol Swiderski, we would like to inform you that, As a result of human error, he was not included in the team’s roster,” said Emil Kopanski. “The player apologized in the locker room, so the whole thing is closed.”

Now, Poland are focused on avoiding finishing bottom of the group and being relegated to League B. With 4 points under their belt, they are tied with bottom-placed Scotland, who they will host in monday

While Poland won in Glasgow (2-3), with a draw they will avoid automatic relegation as they have a particular ‘average’ in their favor in Scotland, although they need to achieve certain survival in a playoff against the second team from the League. B.