A serious blow to the Polish national team just before the match against Romania

Piotr Zieliński had health problems during the training camp and was ultimately left out of the squad for Saturday's match between the Polish national team and Romania in Bucharest in the second division of the Nations League.

The official squads of the teams registered for the Romania - Poland match were published by UEFA.

Saturday's meeting in Bucharest will start at 20.45 Polish time. Three days later, the Poles will host the Swedes in Wrocław.

Two rounds before the end of the competition in group B4, Jan Urban's players had collected only 4 points. Sweden is leading - 10 points, ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 8. Romania, last in the table, remains with zero achievements.

The White and Reds no longer have a chance for first place, which will be rewarded with direct promotion to division A. They can still fight for second place, which means playing in the promotion play-offs, although the task will be difficult because not everything depends on them. If they remain in third place, then - in accordance with the UEFA reform - they will not fall a level lower, but will finish the competition after the November matches.

The fourth-placed teams in the B division groups will play relegation play-offs against the second-placed rivals in the C division in March.

The weaker attitude of the staff this year caused the atmosphere around them to deteriorate significantly. The selector is looking for new solutions and ways to improve results. He called up three debutants for the next two matches - Oskar Kubiak, Bartosz Mazurek and Łukasz Poręba.