Poland Vs The Czech Republic as the Hosts Target Qualification for knock Out Phase .

the euro 2012 tournament has been going well apart form the various reported clashes between fans ,mostly involving  the polish and the Russians. violence  is expect when politics are mixed into competitive sport .The volotile history of the two nations has resulted in mindless fans clashing, causing millions of euros in damages . the two nations have been fined by Europe footballing  commissions.as Poland were guilty mishandling the situation particularly when they allowed 20,000 Russian fans march through Warsaw on the aniversary of the fall of the soviet union . 

Poland look to distance them selves form  negative publicity tonight ,with a win over the Czech Republic. with two draws in two games against Russia and Greece respectively Poland coach  Franciszek Smuda hopes for a better result against a mighty adversary. with players like Robert Lewandowsky and Jacob Blaszczykowski in their ranks Poland have every right to expect a victory. Poland are great passing side ,with  fluent movement.they demonstrated this in the match against Russia as they created multiple scoring opportunities .    Polish midfielder Eugene Polanski remains optimistic about the teams chances of victory, he had the following to say in a pre match press conference :

"We know that we can do something special for our fans and the country."This is the most important game in my career. This whole tournament is extremely important."All the preparation, all the training, four weeks of preparation, we are here for five weeks in total, and we want to demonstrate that we can give everything."If we give 100% of ourselves, we will win definitely tomorrow."

23 year old R.Lewandowski in action against Russia 

the Czech Republic's campaign did not start well  falling to a 4- 1 defeat at the hands of Russia in the opening game .they managed to  bounce back with a 2-1 victory over Greece in their second group game . as the victory will surely boost the players mentality. a draw is enough for the Czech team to qualify as runners up since Russia lead the group with a better goal difference. Captain Tomas Rosicky has warned his team mates of the dangers of playing for a draw as he feels that the teams failure to attack will boost the opposition , resulting in a mounting pressure from Poland during the match .the player is currently awaiting  a fitness test as  ankle injury may sideline the player for the upcoming matches if they were to qualify .  

Line Ups 

Petr Cech is said to have recovered form shoulder injury ,and will start in goals. in the event of Captian Rosicky not making the starting 11 , Jiracek is likey to move to the middle with Selassie covering him on the right wing . 

when attacking they come in full force , throwing numbers at their opposition. this in a way is  effective but the downside of it is being exposed at the back in case the ball is recovered by the opposition. as we saw in the game against Russia ,the Czech republic must be car full not leave empty pockets in defense ,as Poland posses great pace on the wings . look out for Gabriel Selassie bombing down the wing as he like to take on multiple defenders at once.

No real injury worries for Poland , as there is a slight chance Polanski may miss the match due to injury.

Arsenal Goal keeper  Wojciech  Szczęsny  returns  after being red carded against Greece on the opening match of the tournament . 

Poland have very balanced team both in attack and defense . if they take their chances they should be able to win this match provided the they keep jiracek and Rosicky quiet .Poland must take the game to the wings in order to stretch the defense and give striker Rober Lewandowsky more space to operate. look out for lewandowski 's ghostly off the ball movements as he has the tendency to pop up unexpectedly all over

 check-republics 18 yard box . 

Final Verdict 

Poland :3       Czech Republic: 1