We may have crept into Europe through the back door but failure in Poland will amount to being thrown out through the living room window.
If City don't perform today, or at Spurs in the Carling Cup, then we face being eliminated from two cup competitions within a week. The Champions League currently seems beyond us after falling to our lowest league position so far and without the prospect of Euro success to drive us, I can't see it changing.
Get a result however, and City can put Europe to one side for a few months and concentrate on the league again, we will have at least one more European excursion to look forward to and, with the Champions League rejects joining us, a potential plum draw.
We showed in the opening 15 minutes of the home leg that we have the better of Groclin, but the Poles then demonstarted that if we become complacent, they have the ability to make us pay.
A 90 minute performance is a must, an early goal would be a bonus. It isn't essential though as so long as we perform to our capabilities, I'm sure the required goal will come sooner or later.
The City attack must be aware that if they do not improve on their last two outings - where they couldn't muster a shot on goal - then humiliation awaits, and what promised to be such an exciting season will become another false dawn.