Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Colombian keeper scores as Poland lose World Cup preparation match

World Cup finalists Poland on Tuesday slumped to a disappointing 2-1 defeat at home against Colombia in their final World Cup preparation match before leaving for Germany.
The Poles, who will be facing hosts Germany, Ecuador and Costa Rica in Group A at the June 9 - July 9 tournament, were booed off the park by the 20,000 fans in the stadium after Elkin Murillo (19) and goalkeeper Luis Martinez (63) scored for the South Americans. Ireneusz Jelen found the net for the home side in injury time.
Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak was harshly criticised after letting Martinez's long goalkick float over him into the back of the net.
Coach Pawel Janas' decision not to include Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek in the World Cup squad will be looked at critically once again after Kusczak's poor performance and Polish fans started singing 'another goal, another goal' every time the Colombian forwards entered the Polish area towards the end of the match.
Poland has scheduled their first open training session in Germany near Hanover for Wednesday and will be facing the Ukraine in their last friendly on Saturday.

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