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Leo Beenhakker the Polish coach is hopefull of Poland making the final 8 but this next comment will reveal the truth:
Beenhakker said: “Maybe I can call my old friend Slaven Bilic and ask him to play his mother-in-law as a striker against Poland. But, apart from that, I can’t do much more. All we [...]

Coach Leo Beenhakker is hoping Poland can sneak into the UEFA EURO 2008â„¢ quarter-finals “through the back door” as he prepares his players for Monday’s critical Group B clash with Croatia in Klagenfurt.
Stakes couldn’t be higher for the Poles who need the win to keep their slim chance of playing quarter finals alive. Beenhakker had [...]

Stand in Captain Jacek BÄ…k is looking to make history by becoming the first Polish international to reach 100 caps. The 35 year old BÄ…k will play his 97 game against Croatia.
If Poland could go all the way to the final or if BÄ…k would continue to play after Euro he may still make [...]

Poland are likely to only have 90 more minutes of Euro 2008. After finishing on top of their qualilfying group in front of Portugal and Serbia they looked to be able to make it through the group stage at Euro 2008 it hasn’t been the case they didn’t look ready for the 1st game and [...]

GROUP B
Poland (1) v Croatia (6, winners), Austria (1) v Germany (3)
Croatia are confirmed group winners so will take on Turkey in Vienna on 20 June. However, Germany, Austria and Poland all have chances of earning a Basel tie against Portugal the night before. Germany, two points ahead of their rivals, need only draw with [...]

Poland have waited more than 40 years to make it to the European Championships competing but failing to quailfying 12 times in a row they were successful and hoping to impress at Euro 2008 they havn’t.
Coach Beenhakker has conceded that his side are going out even though they can still mathematicaly make it through to [...]

No it isn’t what you think, Artur Boruc isn’t injured he is heading home to Warsaw to see his new born son. Artur will be making a return to Euro for the final group game against Croatia.
Artur has been the star for Poland in both group games particuarly in the game against Austria. He [...]

Group B Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Croatia 2 2 0 0 3 1 6
Germany 2 1 0 1 3 2 3
Austria 2 0 1 1 1 2 1
Poland [...]

As the picture shows all Polish hearts broken in the final minute of the game. Poland gave away a penalty for shirt pulling off a corner and gave Austria to square up the match 1-1. Austria converted and the match ended a draw which puts both teams in a poor position to progress.
The match started [...]

Both Poland and Austria were defeated in their opening games with this match being decleared a do-or-die game for both nations.
Here is a bit from both teams before the match:
Austria: “It will be an all-or-nothing match,” he said. “The loser will be out. Anything less than a win will leave us virtually without any [...]