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SzwecjaPolish National Team
| Player | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| GOALKEEPERS | ||
| Artur Boruc | 33 | 0 |
| Tomasz Kuszczak | 5 | 0 |
| Łukasz Fabiański | 7 | 0 |
| DEFENDERS | ||
| Jacek Bąk | 92 | 3 |
| Grzegorz Bronowicki | 13 | 0 |
| Marcin Wasilewski | 25 | 1 |
| Paweł Golański | 8 | 1 |
| Michał Żewłakow | 75 | 2 |
| Mariusz Jop | 22 | 0 |
| Adam Kokoszka | 5 | 2 |
| Jakub Wawrzyniak | 8 | 0 |
| MIDFIELDERS | ||
| Dariusz Dudka | 23 | 2 |
| Łukasz Garguła | 10 | 1 |
| Jakub Błaszczykowski | 13 | 1 |
| Roger Guerreiro | 0 | 0 |
| Jacek Krzynówek | 77 | 14 |
| Mariusz Lewandowski | 44 | 3 |
| Wojciech Łobodziński | 14 | 2 |
| Radosław Majewski | 3 | 0 |
| Rafał Murawski | 7 | 1 |
| Michał Pazdan | 3 | 0 |
| FORWARDS | ||
| Radosław Matusiak | 14 | 6 |
| Marek Saganowski | 20 | 3 |
| Euzebiusz Smolarek | 29 | 13 |
| Tomasz Zahorski | 6 | 1 |
| Maciej Żurawski | 69 | 16 |
Is UEFA afraid of Webb's errors?
15.06.2008
, aktualizacja: 15.06.2008 20:22
Howard Webb, the English referee who ordered a controversial last minute penalty which totally reverted the outcome of the Austria-Poland game, seems to be a hot potato for UEFA. The European Federation appointed him to referee the easiest game in the upcoming last round of the Euro 2008 group stage - Spain vs. Greece. Does this mean that UEFA wants to protect oneself from Webb's potential further blunders?
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Webb will lead Wednesday's match in group D. The Spaniards have already secured the first place in the group for themselves and their opponents are already out of the tournament after two losses.
The controversial penalty, dictated by Webb in the Austria-Poland game (1:1) was a suprise even for the allegedly fouled Sebastian Proedl. "We were very lucky that the ref gave us a penalty", said the Austrian after the game, yet added: "This was a good decision, although as a rule you don't order such penalty kicks so late in the game".
Robert Faulkner, a spokesman for UEFA defended all three referees after the game - despite their earlier error, giving Poland a goal from an offside position. "All referees taking part in Euro 2008 are high-class professionals and have all the experience needed to conduct matches on this level", said the UEFA official.
Nevertheless, one can see that giving Webb the Spain-Greece game is a cautious decision. UEFA seems to protect itself from further blunders by the South Yorkshire policeman. As even the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claimed that he "wanted to kill Webb after the final whistle", and death threats from Polish fans - also based in England - put Webb under police protection while one of the high-profile Polish ex-referees claimed that the Englishman was under financial and political pressure, UEFA seems to hide their head in the sand. If Webb makes any error in Wednesday's game, it will be of no matter to either of the teams.
But the real question is, will his next error compel UEFA to take any action against the Englishman? As the case of the two botched matches in the 2002 World Cup shows, football governing bodies tend to forget such blunders quite easily. Yet the selection of the referees for the next World Cup in Germany was a lot more strict. And even then we had the case of Graham Poll's famous three yellow cards. So the question is not really "should Webb be punished", but: "should the referees for big international tournaments be examined even more thoroughly"?
As history shows, the answer to this question is sadly predictable...
The controversial penalty, dictated by Webb in the Austria-Poland game (1:1) was a suprise even for the allegedly fouled Sebastian Proedl. "We were very lucky that the ref gave us a penalty", said the Austrian after the game, yet added: "This was a good decision, although as a rule you don't order such penalty kicks so late in the game".
Robert Faulkner, a spokesman for UEFA defended all three referees after the game - despite their earlier error, giving Poland a goal from an offside position. "All referees taking part in Euro 2008 are high-class professionals and have all the experience needed to conduct matches on this level", said the UEFA official.
Nevertheless, one can see that giving Webb the Spain-Greece game is a cautious decision. UEFA seems to protect itself from further blunders by the South Yorkshire policeman. As even the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claimed that he "wanted to kill Webb after the final whistle", and death threats from Polish fans - also based in England - put Webb under police protection while one of the high-profile Polish ex-referees claimed that the Englishman was under financial and political pressure, UEFA seems to hide their head in the sand. If Webb makes any error in Wednesday's game, it will be of no matter to either of the teams.
But the real question is, will his next error compel UEFA to take any action against the Englishman? As the case of the two botched matches in the 2002 World Cup shows, football governing bodies tend to forget such blunders quite easily. Yet the selection of the referees for the next World Cup in Germany was a lot more strict. And even then we had the case of Graham Poll's famous three yellow cards. So the question is not really "should Webb be punished", but: "should the referees for big international tournaments be examined even more thoroughly"?
As history shows, the answer to this question is sadly predictable...