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Football: Poland boss names squad for last two World Cup qualifiers

03.11.2021 08:00
The Poland football manager has released a list of 27 players called up for the team's last two World Cup qualifiers, against Andorra and Hungary.
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The lineup announced by Paulo Sousa includes star striker Robert Lewandowski and other regulars such as Napoli midfielder Piotr Zieliński and Hertha Berlin forward Krzysztof Piątek.

Fresh faces include English Premier League right-back Matty Cash, who became a Polish citizen last month.

Poland play Andorra away from home on November 12 before taking on Hungary in their last World Cup qualifying fixture in Warsaw three days later.

After eight rounds of fixtures, Poland are in second place in their qualifying Group I, behind England, with 17 points and a plus-17 goal differential.

All group winners in European qualification automatically secure a place at next year's tournament in Qatar.

Here is the full Poland squad for the November matches against Andorra and Hungary:

Goalkeepers:

Kamil Grabara (FC Copenhagen)

Łukasz Skorupski (Bologna)

Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus)

Defenders:

Jan Bednarek (Southampton)

Bartosz Bereszyński (Sampdoria)

Matty Cash (Aston Villa)

Paweł Dawidowicz (Verona)

Kamil Glik (Benevento)

Robert Gumny (FC Augsburg)

Michał Helik (Barnsley)

Tomasz Kędziora (Dynamo Kyiv)

Tymoteusz Puchacz (Union Berlin)

Maciej Rybus (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Midfielders:

Przemysław Frankowski (Lens)

Kamil Jóźwiak (Derby County)

Mateusz Klich (Leeds United)

Grzegorz Krychowiak (Krasnodar)

Karol Linetty (Torino)

Jakub Moder (Brighton & Hove Albion)

Przemysław Płacheta (Norwich City)

Damian Szymański (AEK Athens)

Piotr Zieliński (Napoli)

Forwards:

Adam Buksa (New England Revolution)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

Arkadiusz Milik (Olympique Marseille)

Krzysztof Piątek (Hertha Berlin)

Karol Świderski (PAOK Salonika)

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Source: PAP, pzpn.pl