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Poland can be coached by former Portuguese worldwide and Bordeaux coach Paulo Sousa on the delayed Euro 2020 finals this 12 months, the top of the nation’s soccer federation (PZPN) stated on Thursday.
“I am very honoured and proud to turn into the coach of the Polish nationwide soccer staff,” Sousa stated in a video message performed throughout a press convention by PZPN president Zbigniew Boniek on Polish tv.
“Poland is a rustic of soccer and I’m positive together with your enthusiasm, giving us the energy and help and perception of the nationwide soccer staff, collectively we will struggle for the following European championships.”
Sousa, 50, will change Jerzy Brzeczek, whose dismissal was introduced this week, a choice that got here as a shock as he helped the staff qualify for Euro 2020, delayed till this 12 months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Brzeczek had been in cost since July 2018 and had prolonged his contract in November.
However Boniek stated there was “discouragement” within the staff below the 49-year-old Brzeczek, including: “With this format, the staff couldn’t transfer ahead”.
Sousa, a Champions League winner with Juventus and Borussia Dortmund as a participant, left French Ligue 1 membership Bordeaux final 12 months after overseeing a disappointing 2019-2020 season through which Bordeaux completed twelfth.
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