EURO 2021

On Wednesday a cornerstone was built in under the construction of the stadium in Gdansk for the Football European Championships in 2012. Lech Walesa, the former President, Miroslaw Drzewiecki, minister of sport and tourism, Marcin Herra, chief-executive of PL.2012 and Grzegorz Lato, chief-executive of PZPN took part in the event. The facility, which will host three group matches and the Poland-Ukraine quarter-final is a cost of more than 600 million zlotys. Its tribune will have space for 44 thousand of spectators. The event of building-in the cornerstone was held exactly […]

Ukraine’s preparations to co-host the European Football Championship in 2012 have fallen badly behind schedule. Uefa, Europe’s football governing body, has given the country until 30 November to show significant improvement, or face losing most of the matches to the co-hosts, Poland. In the eastern city of Donetsk, people are riding high on a tide of football fever. In May their team, Shakhtar, won the Uefa cup. Thousands came out onto the streets to celebrate and welcome the players home. The crowd seemed oblivious to the brooding presence of a […]

Zbigniew Boniek met the UEFA president Michel Platini at the game between Roma and Chelsea in the Master League. Both gentlemen had the opportunity to talk about the Polish football, elections in the Polish Football Association and about Euro 2012. It was in connection with the last one that Boniek brings good news for the cities of Krakow and Chorzow back from the meeting. „Michel opened my eyes to certain matters. In Poland no one realizes that, but it is as many as six cities that have equal chances for […]

Leo Beenhakker and his new training staff prepared a list of 20 players to be observed during the first round of Polish Ekstraklasa and First League – according to “Przegląd Sportowy” Leo Beenhakker searches for new players not only due to the next World Championships in 2010 but also for Euro 2012. There are both former national team players and completely new ones on the list of 20 names, who will be observed by the Dutch manager in the league first round. – How will the proportions between ‘newbies’ and […]

Two months before timeline dated in Schedule accepted by UEFA, draft Project of National stadium in Warsaw is ready. It Has to be a major arena of Football European Championship. They’ve projected roof of object curiously – It will be “wrappable” and hidden to special can which will hang centrally over the field. Roof will be not only “wrappable” but also heated. – Around this device, there will hang huge TV monitors, on which you’ll see zoom’s of players on the time of match Or soon plans of music. The […]

Do the present national squad members have a chance to play? Polish football was never famous for great, football stars (maybe apart from few exceptions like Boniek, Lato or Deyna). Goalkeepers Although slowly, but everything changes for better, because Poles are said to be those who make goalkeepers great (what a pity that only goalkeepers). One should concentrate on this crucial matter and think is it really true, and whom of the present national squad members have a chance to take part in Euro 2012. Not so long ago, we […]