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Polish players wary of Ukrainian backlash

2016-06-20 06:11:00 from:SNTV

Poland held a news conference on Sunday (19th June) during which they talked about banning drones during their training session, ahead of their clash with Ukraine in Marseille on Tuesday (21st June).

SOUNDBITE: (Polish) Poland defender Bartosz Salamon (on playing to win against Ukraine)

"Well, the Ukrainians might be playing not to lose face, but we will be playing the match to win. So I'm sure we will set up the line-up that is optimum for the game. We will be ready and we will waiting for our chance, for our opportunity. That's the right approach and I believe that's how all of us are seeing it."

SOUNDBITE: (Polish) Poland goalkeeper Artur Boruc (on being surprised that Ukraine have not performed well so far in this tournament)

"Yes, it might be surprising because they have quite a few really good players, really good individuals. They have very strong wingers but they haven't shown too much of this in the tournament and that's something we will be watching out for in the match because I believe they make a good team."

SOUNDBITE: (Polish) Poland technical director Tomasz Iwan (on banning drones in the town of La Baule during team's training session)

"We try to gather information about our opponents, their fitness level, the tactics, but we bear in mind that we might be watched as well. So the drone-ban and photo-ban, are standard approaches of any squad in all the training camps, at all the training bases. But we realize that there might be some leaks and these are very important pieces of information that can be used in preparation for the game."
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