Before the World Cup in Russia, Poland was ranked #8 by FIFA international standings and was one of the favorites to advance deep into the tournament. Other teams in Group H were ranked much lower: Columbia #16, Senegal #27, and Japan #61. Poland, however, lost its first two games, and thus effectively ended its participation in the World Cup 2018. Zbigniew Boniek, the current head of the Polish Football Association, will likely try to make some changes in an attempt to make the national team more competitive. His most obvious move is to fire the current head coach, Adam Nawałka. But changes that Poland really needs appear to be much more structural than that, and might not be addressed in the coming years. First, the focus has to be on the Polish Soccer League. Currently, the league is not strong enough to compete internationally. Until Polish soccer teams are able to be semi-competitive with German, French, or Spanish clubs, the national team will not have enough q...
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