“Chances were limited.” The expert speaks clearly about the match of the Polish national team
At the European Handball Championship, Poland lost the first match against Norway 21:32. There was no sensation.
Everyone can see the horse for what it is. The horse is Polish, our native and ambitious. With a smart rider. You want to jump over high obstacles, but unfortunately your limbs are sometimes too short. The Polish team is fifteenth in the world, and this place is not accidental, and in this light we have to look at the fruitless efforts of the Poles in the Berlin arena. If he had played handball before scoring three goals, he would probably have had a chance. However, the ancient rule is that a match should last one hour, or two halves of thirty minutes each. Speaking of minutes, every minute was getting worse for the Poles. Before the break, paraphrasing some past youth literature, 10:15, end 21:32.
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But if we wanted to objectively assess the chances of the Poles at the inauguration of Berlin, they were seriously limited from the beginning, if not non-existent. Norway is among the top six teams in the world. Almost exactly two years ago, the Norwegians beat the Poles 42:31 at the previous Euro (they took the fifth place in the championship, we remained the twelfth). Another issue that is limited to the problems of the Polish team is the obvious shortage on the right side of the pitch – right-handed players, often debutants, who play on the right side of the pitch. That didn't work. Not to mention the absence of Arkadiusz Morita, the best player in the national team. But not only that. However, this is not the time to reveal all the secrets of the Polish team at the very beginning of the tournament.
Marcin Liewski, also a debutant coach of the championship, said before the tournament that he wanted the Poles to fight on the field and enjoy the game. Well, there was a time when they fought. And joy? It seems that joy can only exist when struggle is followed by positive action. Unfortunately, he did not play in the match against Norway. Let it happen in the competition with Slovenia. Because lately we have had too much struggle and too little joy in our lives. Unfortunately.
