The Polish national team without Lewandowski will face Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Nations League

Monday's Nations League match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica will be the 14th appearance of the Polish national football team led by Jan Urban. The coach's current record is six wins, four draws and three defeats. Goals: 24-16 in favor of the White and Reds.

64-year-old Jan Urban took over the team in July last year after a month earlier - after a defeat against Finland (1:2) in the World Cup qualifiers and due to a conflict over the captain's armband with Robert Lewandowski - Michał Probierz resigned from leading the national team.

After the Poles failed to qualify for the world championships in the USA, Canada and Mexico, Jan Urban's players joined the Nations League. After falling to the B division, we found ourselves in a group with Sweden, Romania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. We collected 4 points in the first three matches, defeating the Romanian team 6-0 in impressive style. We lost to Sweden 1-3 in Solna and barely drew 0-0 with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

And this is the band we will play against again tonight.

This time, however, Polish players will travel to the Balkans. It's a difficult terrain, as best demonstrated by Sweden, which lost a 1-0 lead in the last minutes of the match and drew with the Bosnians.

The Poles are fresh from a very successful match against Romania - the weakest team in the group. Gheorge Hagi's men have yet to score a single point. They lost all three matches, the last one against Poland at the National Stadium being particularly painful. The result 6-0 for Poland is the best proof of this.

On Monday evening we will play away against Bosnia without our captain - Robert Lewandowski, who is suspended in this match due to too many yellow cards. Without Robert Lewandowski, who is suspended for yellow cards, the Polish national team will play away against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 4th round of the B division of the Nations League. The match in Zenica will start at 8:45 p.m.

Bosniak problems

However, the absence of "Lewy" is not a completely new situation for our staff. This will be the 14th such case. Out of the 13 so far, we have won only three, but once they managed to beat the Bosnians. The hosts don't have an easy task either. They have to cope without Edin Dzeko, who scored 73 goals in 152 matches for the national team. The 40-year-old striker said goodbye to the national team on Friday. He played 63 minutes in the match against Sweden (1:1).

We have the same situation with Edin as the Poles with Robert. Players of this caliber attract fans to the stands and command respect from their rivals. Poland has enormous offensive potential. However, his absence will be felt, although for us the absence of such a player may be a psychological advantage. I always like to watch real goalscorers on the pitch, so it's a pity he won't be there, admitted Bosnian coach Sergej Barbarez.

Who is "Lewy" in attack?

Lewandowski can be replaced by Karol Świderski from Widzew Łódź or Mateusz Żukowski from Magdeburg, who plays in the 2. Bundesliga. We now have one real striker. Świderski often plays as a number ten, an attacking midfielder. Until recently, Żukowski played in other positions, but it turned out that he scored goals in Magdeburg and became a striker - explained the coach.