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Football: Poland in training ahead of World Cup qualifiers

22.03.2021 10:00
Poland’s national football team has started a training camp ahead of its upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Hungary, Andorra and England.
Paulo Sousa.
Paulo Sousa.Photo: PAP/Piotr Nowak

Poland begin their World Cup qualifying campaign with a fixture against Hungary in Budapest on March 25.

Three days later the Poles will take on Andorra in their next qualifying fixture on home turf in Warsaw.

On March 31, Poland will play away against England in London.

Manager Paulo Sousa last week released a list of 27 players called up for the three games.

Due to the pandemic, the players taking part in the training camp in Warsaw will be separated from fans and the media, local news outlets have reported.

State honour for Poland captain

Meanwhile, Poland captain Robert Lewandowski, who in December won FIFA’s 2020 Best Men’s Player award, beating Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi, is set to receive a state honour from President Andrzej Duda at a ceremony in Warsaw on Monday.

The Commander's Cross of the Polonia Restituta Order will be handed to Lewandowski for his "outstanding sports achievements and for promoting Poland in the international arena," according to Błażej Spychalski, press spokesman for President Andrzej Duda.

The Polish goal machine on Saturday scored his second hat-trick of the month as his Bayern Munich side beat Stuttgart 4-0 in the German Bundesliga.

Robert Lewandowski (centre) scores the 3-0 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between his Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart in Munich on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Robert Lewandowski (centre) scores the 3-0 lead during the German Bundesliga soccer match between his Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart in Munich on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Photo: EPA/LUKAS BARTH-TUTTAS

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Source: PAP