The Faroese team will be the 67th team in history to be included in the Polish football schedule.
The Faroe Islands have a direct shot at the finals of Euro 2024, coming from third place in the group. They were ranked behind Austria and Romania and ahead of Ukraine. The qualifying rounds ended eight months ago. Since then, Danish coach Peter Bredsdorf-Larsen's team is getting stronger and looking better.
One of the youngest teams in the tournament (average age 24.5 years) is quickly gaining experience, as evidenced by the results of this year's Euros. In the first match, the Faroese lost to Slovenia 29:32, and in the next match, they drew with Norway, another leading team of recent years, 26:26. Elias Ellefsen of Skipagotu (THW Kiel) scored a point-worthy goal from the penalty spot in the dying seconds.
– Then I didn't have much time to think. I just wanted to score – admitted the 21-year-old player in an interview with PAP. And Skipagotou laughed when asked if he knew all the fans who had come from their homeland for the tournament in Germany. In total it is almost 8 thousand. people. – I know most of them, my mother was also on the stand. All I know is that he was very nervous, he said immediately after the match against Norway.
The central playmaker noted that he was familiar with the Polish national team. Many of his players play in the Champions League. – We will look at the video material to prepare well for this meeting – he said.
Other Faroese players to watch out for are right winger Hakun West av Teigum (Fouche Berlin) and left playmaker, the tournament's youngest player, 18-year-old Olli Mithun (IK Savehof).
The Faroese team is the shortest at Euro 2024 (average 188.1 cm). None of the players on this team are over 2 meters tall.
Coach Bredsdorf-Larsen already worked during the Euro. In the 2008 edition, he was assistant to Danish coach Ulrik Vilbeck, whom he helped win the championship title. The two men know each other so well that they appeared together on the game show Millionaires in 2012. They won 5,000 crowns by completing the tenth question.
– The stakes in the match against the Faroe Islands are high – admitted the coach of the Polish national team, Marcin Liewski. It is not only about finishing the European Championship with victory, but also, first of all, seeding in the qualifying draw for the 2025 World Cup.
When is the Poland – Faroe Islands match? What time is the Poland – Faroe Islands match?
Poland – Faroe Islands match will be held on Monday. Start at 18:00.
JŻ, PAP