Two military planes accompanied the expedition led by Robert Lewandowski after the fall of a missile
The Defense Minister defended the decision.
two fighters F-16s escorted Poland’s soccer team to Qatar on Thursday afternoonin the country’s airspace, an initiative that has not gone down well with the Poles, some of them wondering the usefulness of that measure.
For his part, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, defended the decision on Polish public radio on Friday.
“It’s a good thing, it shows the support we give our players,” said Blaszczak, who added that it was a regular driver training that consisted of accompanying the players until the World Cup.
the flight of Robert Lewandowski and his teammates took place while the countrya member of the European Union and NATO, is still reeling from a missile explosion in Przewodow, a small town 6 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, which killed two people earlier this week.
The projectile, which has generated fears of an escalation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it would have been fired by the Ukrainian air defense with the aim of intercepting the Russian attacks.
Poland will play its first World Cup match against Mexico on November 22, in group C, which also includes Argentina and Saudi Arabia.