That game took away from me all the joy of victory in Łódź... I hate when Poles plays like that against Russian teams in Russia - giving up before the game. Even when we have foreigners in the squad
I don't think the problem lied in the mentality, Mariusz Wlazly is simply playing really bad recently, his attack statistics from last matches are horrifying, I have no idea what the cause is, maybe he's not feeling well, some injury problems, maybe it's something completely different (personal?), maybe just technical, but he certainly is going through a hard period.
13 Dec 2008 (Polish league) vs. Politechnika Warszawa (away match, won 3-2, Dobrowolski played the whole match as the setter and was elected MVP; Wlazly scored 10 pts: 2 blocks, 1 ace and 7 in attack with 36,8%, teams average was 44%):
18 Dec 2008 (CL) vs. Iskra Odintsovo (away, lost 0-3, Wlazly scored 6 points in the whole game: 2 blocks, 1 ace and 3 in attack with 15%, team's average was 30%)
21 Dec 2008 (Polish league) vs. Trefl Gdansk (home, won 3-1, Wlazly played first 2 sets, scored 9 pts: 1 block, 3 aces and 5 in attack with 28%, team's average was 53%. Trefl has injuries problems, they were playing without libero Marko Samardzic and without Bojan Janic).