Michał Prdyk discovered cards! In this composition, Poland begins the game for the World Cup

It is worth recalling that in the last match of 2024, at PGE Narodowy, the team led by Michał Probierz lost 1: 2 to Scotland. That failure meant that the Polish team was degraded from the Division and the UEFA Nations League.

Here is the composition of the Polish national team for a match with Lithuania. Michał Prdyk did not surprise

2025 Polish team will certainly want to start completely different. During the March representative break, the eliminations of the World Championships 2026 start. Poland will play two matches at PGE Narodowy, with Lithuania and Malta.

What staff choices did Proter make for the first Friday clash with Lithuanians?

I must admit that there were without major surprises. In the goal Łukasz Skorupski, elected number 1 after resignation from the representative performances of Wojciech Szczęsny. Trio defenders are, from the left: Jakub Kiwior, Jan Bednarek and Kamil Piątkowski. In the second line, again from the left: Przemysław Frankowski, Jakub Moder, Jakub Piotrowski, Sebastian Szymański and returning after a long break to Matty Cash. A duo of attackers? Robert Lewandowski and Karol Świderski.

Why not in the setting with the “four” at the back? The reasons were explained by the coach himself, who consistently sees much more to play Poles with three defenders and two swing (Lithuania talking about Frankowski and Cashu).

– Many ask about the four in defense. I am not in love with any game system. I adapt footballers to what we have. Even if we would like to play four now, we would have to give Matty Cash as a helper, the next defender, as a helper and then these players do not play in their positions. And secondly, I think that this game system, which we prefer today, is better for many players, they can present themselves in it better. That is why I took such actions. In all my career in various settings I played and always adapted players to how to play. The other way around, I have something in my head and I just want to play because it suits me. And this is the moment that I would like to play with great pleasure if you find me five Polish wingers playing in Europe or Poland, I would be delighted and willingly changed this setting. But they are simply not there today – admitted coach Prdyk during the Thursday conference.

Poland will play on Friday (i.e. 21.03) with Lithuania and Monday (i.e. 24.03) with Malta. The beginning of both matches at 20:45.

The broadcasts are carried out by TVP1 and TVP Sport. Online fans can watch Poles’ matches on the TVP Sport website, or via the station application. These are the first meetings on the way to the 2026 World Cup, which will take place next year in three countries: USA, Mexico and Canada.