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Leo Beenhakker has announced 31 players

Wednesday, 16 April 08, 11:02 PM

Although the official deadline of presentind the squad for EURO 2008 is 28 May, Leo Beenhakker has announced 31 players that he will consider when making the final decision.

Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Celtic Glasgow), Tomasz Kuszczak (Manchester United), Łukasz Fabiański (Arsenal), Wojciech Kowalewski (Kolporter Korona Kielce)

Really, no one would expect anything else here. The first three will probably go to EURO, I reckon, and Kowalewski will stay in Poland.

Defenders: Jacek Bąk (Austria Wien), Arkadiusz Radomski (Austria Wien), Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht Brussels), Paweł Golański (Steaua Bucuresti), Mariusz Jop (FK Moscow), Adam Kokoszka (Wisła Kraków), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warszawa), Michał Żewłakow (Olympiakos Pireus), Grzegorz Bronowicki (Crvana Zvezda Belgrad)

Marcin Kus is the only defender who played against USA, but he's not on this list.

Midfielders: Dariusz Dudka (Wisła Kraków), Wojciech Łobodziński (Wisła Kraków), Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk), Rafał Murawski (Lech Poznań), Łukasz Garguła (PGE GKS Bełchatów), Jacek Krzynówek (VfL Wolfsburg), Euzebiusz Smolarek (Racing Santander), Radosław Majewski (Groclin Grodzisk Wlkp.), Michał Goliński (Zagłębie Lubin), Michał Pazdan (Górnik Zabrze).

No changes from the match with USA. Only Euzebiusz Smolarek is listed here, not as a striker.

Strikers: Maciej Żurawski (AE Larissa), Tomasz Zahorski (Górnik Zabrze), Radosław Matusiak (Wisła Kraków), Łukasz Piszczek (Hertha Berlin), Marek Saganowski (FC Southampton), Artur Wichniarek (Arminia Bielefeld), Dawid Janczyk (CSKA Moscow).

In the post presenting the squad for the match with USA I was wondering, why Leo Beenhakker doesn't consider Wichniarek and Saganowski. And they're here. We don't see Paweł Brożek (from Wisła Kraków) and it's nothing strange, because this guy has totally lost his chances to go to EURO 2008 in the last match. He was simply pathetic and everyone was afraid that he could be the weakest link of our national team.

The other missing guy is Ireneusz Jeleń (Auxerre). I really have no idea, why Loe Beenhakker is not giving him a chance - he's doing pretty well in Le Championat.

Another name that still may appear on the final list going to be presented on 28th May is Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warszawa). I've written a post about him some time ago - he's from Brazil, but he has applied for Polish citizenship and everyone keeps wondering whether he'll find his place in the squad for EURO 2008, or not.

"Have fun trying to guess the ultimate squad" - said Leo Beenhakker to journalists.

He added, that there's going to be three goalkeepers, eight defenders, ten midfielders (4 wingers, 4 defensive and 2 offensive) and three strikers in the final list.

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