Where is european futsal going? Looking at what happens in many continental countries, the answer is quite obvious. Nowhere. After "enjoying" the grotesque world of brazzurri, the "limited" but constant "example" of Spain and Portugal, the most recent "weird" cases of brarussian, brabelgian and brazeri, the ultimate country chosing the "easy way" is Poland. The first ever brapolish player is quite known especially in Italy, as his position during the past A2 division (group A) league has determined a shocking seasonal ending. Yeah, we're taling about the brazilian/italian/polish athlete Cleverson (Cleverson Lilton Pelc), who helped Kaos Bologna to conquer the past league and consequent promotion in "Serie A1". Brilliant achievement that was then cancelled (though Kaos Bologna found anyway a place in A1 division, just because an unbelievable number of clubs disappear every year in Italy... where futsal development is everything!) by the FIGC Disciplinary Committee, due to the irregular position of Cleverson (if you want to know more on the matter, click here). Kaos Bologna had a 10 points penalty which determined their "relegation" to the second place of the table, losing the immediate promotion in the italian elite.

Also, Cleverson was suspended for 5 rounds, but this is another classic joke of international futsal (the game of "lost sanctions") and the brazilian new signing of FC Nova Katowice (result of the merger between Jango Katowice and PA Nova Gliwice) is already playing in Poland and today did his debut in the first round defeat of Nova Katowice to Clearex Chorzow (Michal Slonina scored for Chorzow just five minutes before the end).

So, this is the trend of european futsal and almost nobody seems to be worried about it... take a portuguese dictionary in Budapest and Debrecen, you'll need it. And don't think about players formation, just keep on watching Falcao's goals on youtube!

Coming back to Poland, there's something more to say. The squad has therefore its first brazilian star, but is currently not counting on an head coach. The final choice (but how many coaches did Poland change in the past 3-4 years? that's a record for sure) should soon arrive (probably on September 17th), when the local FA will have to appoint the czech trainer Vlastimil Bartosek or Roman Kowalchuk. Poland will then travel to Debrecen in order to take part in the four nations tournament set to happen in the Fonix Arena, with Czech Republic, Slovakia and host Hungary as rivals.


Polish National Team - Players List

Goalkeepers
Bartlomiej Nawrat (FC Nova Katowice)
Dariusz Slowinski (Hurtap Leczyca)
Krystian Brzenk (Rekord Bielsko-Biala)

Field Players
Michal Slonina (Clearex Chorzow)
Andrzej Szlapa (Clearex Chorzow)
Dawid Hajnc (Clearex Chorzow)
Jakub Podgorski (Krakbet Krakow)
Marcin Olejniczak (Grembach Zgierz)
Bartlomiej Leszyk (Akademia Futsal Club Pniewy)
Rafal Franz (Akademia Futsal Club Pniewy)
Lukasz Zebrowski (Pogon 04 Szczecin)
Cleverson (FC Nova Katowice)
Marcin Mikolajewicz (KS Marwit Torun)
Zbigniew Mirga (FC Nova Katowice)

Subsitutes
Dariusz Pieczynski (Akademia Futsal Club Pniewy)
Michal Marciniak (Grembach Zgierz)

Head Coach: tbc









Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com