FC Porto praised in Poland by Pietuszewski: “They develop and sell” | OneFootball

Oskar Pietuszewski is emerging as one of the standout names in Poland. Called up to the senior national team for the first time in this March FIFA window, the FC Porto winger could make his international debut this Thursday in the decisive match against Albania.

At just 17 years old, the youngster was included by Jan Urban in the list of 23 call-ups, after the coach removed two names, for the World Cup qualifying play-off semi-final. According to the UEFA website, Pietuszewski will wear the number 21 shirt.

Dariusz Dziekanowski, a former Poland international who played at the 1986 World Cup, commented on the player’s current moment and described the move to FC Porto as “good news”.

“Oskar has indeed been a wonderful surprise. It is good news to see him at FC Porto. They know how to develop and then sell players like him. And by ‘players like him’ I mean talented, hard-working players with the right mentality. It is a world-class club which, although not part of Europe’s top tier, where every player dreams of getting to, knows how to prepare youngsters for that level. It was a good choice,” said the former striker, who, in addition to several years at Legia Warsaw, also played for Celtic and Cologne, among other clubs.

Pietuszewski’s strong media exposure at the national team camp also did not go unnoticed by Dziekanowski. “More famous than Lewandowski? Comparing these players at this stage makes no sense, let’s not do that. But I’m very happy that we have a young player going through such a good moment. He is in excellent form, constantly improving. We need to make the most of that,” added the former footballer in comments to the Goal website.

Poland-Albania will be played this Thursday in Warsaw, starting at 7:45 pm (Portugal time). The winner will advance to the play-off final, where Sweden or Ukraine await.

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