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 Five goalkeepers vie for place on Poland's World Cup squad
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Picking out their best goalkeeper may not be easy for some countries but in Poland the decision is particularly tough - no less than five players are vying to be selected for this summer's World Cup finals in Germany.
Jacek Kazimierski, the man charged with training the Polish squad's goalkeepers, has been carefully weighing up the hefty list of contenders, four of whom play abroad.
He has to decide between Jerzy Dudek of Liverpool; Artur Boruc of Glasgow's Celtic; Tomasz Kuszczak of West Bromwich Albion; Wojciech Kowalewski of Spartak Moscow; and Lukasz Fabianski of Legia Warszawa.
"The decision on which three goalkeepers will be chosen for the national team will be taken at the end of April," Kazimierski told AFP.
"Everything is still possible. All the goalkeepers being considered are of a comparably high level."
Dudek, 33, long regarded as a natural choice for the national team, helped Liverpool to victory in the 2005 Champions League. But since then he has been languishing on the reserves' bench amid doubts over his form.
"Jerzy Dudek should act like a man and give up all thought of being on the national squad," Jan Tomaszewski, 58, goalkeeper for Poland's legendary squad of the 1970s, told the Polish press.
Tomaszewski added: "The number one choice is without doubt Boruc", the 26-year-old who recently helped Celtic win the Scottish championship.
"Boruc is very sure of himself. He's gifted with excellent reflexes. Unfortunately, he makes irrational mistakes," said Piotr Kozminski, a football writer for the Superexpress newspaper.
A third candidate is West Brom's Kuszczak, 24, who has surprised observers with the quality of his game, his spirit and commitment.
"But he still lacks experience, especially compared to Dudek or Boruc", said Kozminski.
Meanwhile, the 29-year-old Kowalewski has earned high praise for his performance with Spartak Moscow.
"He has every chance of being picked. I'll go to see him in Moscow before making a definitive decision," said Kazimierski.
The final name on the list is 21-year-old Fabianski.
"I want to go to the world championships, as the third goalkeeper on the national team," Fabianski recently told reporters.
"He seems still too young to go to Germany, but he's been acquitting himself well," Kazimierski said.
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 Posté le: Mer Avr 26, 2006 1:56 pm
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