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Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has stated that the Polish nationwide soccer workforce won’t obtain any bonuses from authorities for advancing from the group stage on the soccer World Cup in Qatar.
In Qatar, the Polish workforce made it into the knockout spherical for the primary time since 1986, however they needed to go away the event on Sunday after shedding 3-1 to France.
On Tuesday, Morawiecki wrote on Fb that he believed that “rewarding for outcomes on the most prestigious tournaments is a crucial ingredient of the entire system and on the similar time the position of the (Polish Soccer – PAP) Affiliation and the primary sponsors.”
“Lastly, straight to the purpose: there can be no authorities funds for bonuses for soccer gamers,” he added.
Based on Monday’s reviews from the Wirtualna Polska web site, Morawiecki was stated to have promised the Polish soccer workforce gamers earlier than their departure for the World Cup in Qatar that they might obtain a bonus of at the least PLN 30 million (EUR 6.4 mln) in the event that they superior past the group stage.
This data sparked a wave of criticism. On Monday, authorities spokesman Piotr Mueller stated that the prime minister had talked with the president of the Polish Soccer Affiliation (PZPN) and the coach of the soccer workforce in regards to the fund for coaching and infrastructure improvement and the situation was to get out of the group part.
In his put up, Morawiecki additionally wrote that though making it into the knockout spherical by the Polish nationwide workforce for the primary time in 36 years “is a superb pleasure” and the state’s position is to assist the event of soccer, however this is applicable primarily to funds for youth coaching, constructing infrastructure and assist for gifted gamers.
“We’ll allocate extra funds for these functions,” Morawiecki stated.
