“In all my career, I don’t remember losing a game 0-2 from the third minute.”

Fernando Santos expected otherwise in his debut off the bench for the Polish national team, and found it otherwise, because in his Euro 2024 qualifying debut, he suffered a 3-1 defeat away to the Czech Republic, in a match. As he found himself with two goals on his back from the first three minutes.

The way Robert Lewandowski’s side lost the game is something that unimaginably upset our former national coach, who expressed it during a press conference on Sunday (26/03) and promised an immediate reaction to Monday’s home game (27/03). , 21:45, Novasports Start, live stream from SPORT24) against Albania.

“The bottom line is the same. What happened, can never happen again. In my entire coaching career I don’t remember losing 0-2 so early.

We cannot forget this match against the Czech Republic and we must not repeat it.”The Portuguese pointed out a meaningful addition:

“It wasn’t the defense problem but the whole team. On the first goal, four of our players did not stop the opponent who ran to the height of the penalty (sb after an offside kick), on the second the whole team was to blame.

We should have been more focused from the start of the game and we weren’t. We had to show character and we didn’t. I’ve played against Poland many times and I know how difficult it is for the opposition when their players are committed.

On Monday we will show design and character. We have to have more ball, and play better. We respect Albania, but here we are responsible.