Is Podolski a traitor against Poland?

Question

His parents are Polish and he was born in Poland, he has a big family there. But he scored twice agaist Poland. Is he a traitor?

Answer 1

Don't be ridiculous.

Answer 2

I'm amazed how stupid some of the people are who just assume he's Polish, based on his last name. He's a German citizen, who just happened to be born in Poland.

Podolski lived in Poland for whopping 2 (!) years, as a kid. The rest of his life (i.e. the other 21 years), including his school and training years, he spent in Germany. He's much more German than he ever was Polish. He would be a traitor if he didn't play for Germany.

Answer 3

Sure he is.

If he's polish then he should play for the Polish national team.

It's ok if he plays for a team that's not in poland during the regular season, but during Euro Cup, he should play for Poland

Answer 4

Germany needs all the foreign players it can get to be competitive. Notice the pass came from Miroslav Klose.

The best club team in Germany (FC Bayern) only has 4 German starters.

Answer 5

Kinda... Sorta.... Not.

He wanted to play for us but we rejected him... and now we pay...

I just hope the day comes when he plays for us...

Answer 6

im a passionate polish fan, n im nt sure caus be in his shoes if u were born in a country n lived in another ur hole life where would u play? n i respect him becaus he didnt jump around lik the rest of the germans so 4 tat i respect him n he came up 2 the polish players n tryd 2 make them feel beta so as a polish fan i am , i respect him n i dnt knw if hes a traitor- its your own opionion

Answer 7

Of course all Polish fans would rather him play on our team, but he made his decision and is still a great player that is helping Germany a lot.  He is also respectful as he did not showboat or celebrate at all after both goals which is very honorable.  Great guy and great player.  Unfortunately not for us, but still great to watch.

Answer 8

No, he is not. He behaved respectfully and was friendly to the Polish team.

Football is business.

Answer 9

Podolski...heck he even SOUNDS Polish!

Answer 10

Dont be stupid, he made his choice and you could see he was not jumping around like an idiot after scoring. He was very respectful.

Answer 11

if you are talking about the soccer player then no he is not a traitor. he is getting payed big "bucks" to play for the german team and that was his choice to be recruited for the german team.

it is kinda like the NFL a player is from a certain state and plays for a totally different state and then in a game the player plays against his states team, would you call him a traitor ?

no you wouldn't

it's the same game, they go whereever they get paid the most.

and i'm sure poland can not offer as much as the german team.

Answer 12

yes..... he also played a major role in beating poland in the world cup...

Answer 13

yesssss i think sooo :(

well i guess he had to do what he had to do ..

but man i wanted to win so badly.. tooo bad he didnt play for poland !! .. ah well :\

Answer 14

OK, there is a basic fact that says that in a national team, only people who have the citizenship of that country for which national team they want to play, can actually play in the national team. SO: Podolski has the German citizenship. I don't know who chose for him to have it (has he got German anestors and his paretns simply "re-migrated" to Germany when tha chance offered? If his parents are really polish, he had to choose which citizenship he wanted when he was 18. Maybe there is just a lot more money in German soccer than in Polish soccer? Maybe he would have had to serve in teh polish Army, had he chosen to be polish, whereas he might have been "saved" from his mandatory 1 year service in Germany on reasons that he would get out of training... There are numerous circumstances and reasons why he would be "German". As many as why he could be "Polish", which he is not, though.)

He was very respectful to Poland by not jumping around celebrating. But he plays for Germany. Giving up the chance to score would be to bite the hand that feeds him, so that would be idiotic.

Next question!

Answer 15

No, but he is a sell-out. A lot of Polish-born youth playing in the German leagues are considering playing for the Polish national youth teams and then the adult national team. They're of course being met with hostility from Germans who got it in their heads that they have a greater right to their talent, because they said so. Tough for them, they'll be winning it for THEIR fatherland, not Germany. It's a shame that Podolski and Klose had to leave Poland.

Also, there's no reason for which he couldn't play for the Polish team. I think he's too chicken to give-up on the high pay and to get hassled by prejudiced Germans (n***s). You don't see the Brittish freaking-out because Boruc plays in the Polish national team. As far as I'm concerned, Poland's had a talent leak, Podolski, Klose and Trochowski got sponged, by Germany.

I'm sure that as Poland's economy grows, our football associations will have more options in raising and retaining talented players better than Podolski.

@Dorota: If your source is Onet, your post aint worth shee-it! And it's got about as much class and intelligence in it as the said portal and especially, its forum commentators.

@My Religion: He IS Polish you damed fool! He's got a Polish citizenship, which he got BEFORE his German one. Get a damned clue!

If there's anyone stupid in this forum, it's the two posters I just mentioned. Remember kids, what you say about others may very well be an admonition of your own weakenesses! ROFL!

Answer 16

No, he is not.

Answer 17

NO!

Yes, he was born in Poland and lived there for 2 years but he lived in Germany for 20 years.

Poland didn't want him as their player so Germany took him. It's his team and he would never sacrifice Germany's victory for Poland. It probably crushed his heart shooting those goals but he had to do this.

Poland could have won this game but it's a crappy team! They weren't even working together and didn't even pass the ball to each other.

Podolski is a great player and not a traitor.

It was a good game.

Answer 18

good question. But better would be was it just coincidence that he got hit and fouled so many times after scoring the first goal or was it a little 'kwasny- winogrony' i.e. sour grapes or retribution? Two yellow cards?

I agree that he felt bad and maybe its not his fault that he had the opportunities and he closed them and that the Polish defense was a bit overwhelmed and dysfunctional.

Answer 19

No he was bought by Germany he had to play against Poland and anyway Poland didn't want him STUPID

Answer 20

in regards to the game poland vs. germany i believe he isn't a traitor. i mean as mentioned before most of his life was spent in germany anyway. but i mean he plays for that team. it's like being drafted for any sport in the us. you go where you get picked. and plus he had the open opportunity to score a goal and he did it twice that game. i don't blame him for doing that..