Poland's impressive play-off record means little to head coach Jan Urban

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/poland/2HzmcynI/"]Poland[/a] reached the last World Cup ‌through the playoff route, also qualifying for Euro 2024 ‌that way, with many of the current squad having come ‌through those pressure games.[/p][p][b]"Yes, they have experience, of course they ‌do,"[/b] Urban told reporters ahead of Thursday's game in Warsaw.[/p][p]"If that's the card they want to play, I think that when they ‌go out on the pitch, that experience ⁠is in them.[/p][p][b]"But they ‌won't be thinking about having played such matches before, they'll be ​thinking about what we've planned, how we want to play against this team.[/b][/p][p]"You're in the match, analysing ​what's happening on the pitch. There's responsibility, stress, fatigue, there's no time for such things. You don't think about things ⁠like that."[/p][embed guid="006b3f2d-3965-4340-8ab0-5cb856ebf4c9" url="https://x.com/ALBfootball/status/2036029072791248944" social-type="twitter" /][p]Poland have ​the upper hand in the head-to-head record with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/albania/ELP2K4oB/"]Albania[/a], winning 10 times and losing twice. Their most recent meeting in 2023, however, ended in defeat for Poland as Albania topped the ‌Euro qualifying group.[/p][p]Urban has only been in charge since last July, after Michal Probierz resigned following the fall-out from his decision to strip Poland's record scorer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lewandowski-robert/MVC8zHZD/"]Robert Lewandowski[/a] of the captaincy.[/p][p]Albania, meanwhile, have been led by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sylvinho/vmRZ1yMS/"]Sylvinho[/a] since 2023, and his opening game was a 1-0 loss to Poland in Warsaw.[/p][p][b]"In each of the recent matches we've played against them, they've caused us more problems,"[/b] Urban said.[/p][p]"That's also ‌because they have a very stable squad and have ​been working with the same coach for three years.[/p][p][b]"I ‌expect quite an open game. Even though Albania are a team with a defensive emphasis, they also know that there has to be a result here. They're a team capable of surprising, I just hope it won't ⁠be tomorrow."[/b][/p][p]The winner of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/albania-ELP2K4oB/poland-2HzmcynI/?mid=ruWYiHPi"]⁠Thursday's game[/a] will face ‌either [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ukraine/j1JtDMwo/"]Ukraine[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/OQyqbHWB/"]Sweden[/a] in Tuesday's final.[/p]