National team in tatters

15th April 2011

Smuda's team looks to be falling apart before his eyes

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Franciszek Smuda must be wondering what he’s got himself into, after a week in which six national team representatives have been charged with corruption and his first choice centre back appears to be a hate figure for his prospective team-mates. Smuda now faces severely limited options, as the players charged are likely to be banned for life and over Emanuel Arboleda he has to either give in to player power or risk a full-scale mutiny.

The corruption charges concern a match between Cracovia and Zaglebie Lubin in the 2005-6 season – when Smuda himself was in charge of one of the teams involved. A scoreless draw guaranteed Lubin a place in European competition and put Cracovia at no ris ...

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