It is now City who face a culture shock as Groclins' home is able to hold just around 5,000 spectators. Indeed, Grodzisk Wielkopolski (www.grodzisk.wlkp.pl) is a tiny town, with around 14,000 citizens, which is located in the West of Poland in the vicinity of Poznan city.
Groclin Dyskobolia is a team representing one of the smallest towns in the Polish First Division, so any visitors surely should not expect any metropolitan impressions from their visit.
City must beware Groclin's 4 current national team players (Niedzielan, Rasiak, Sobolewski, Mila - who scored the equaliser in Manchester) and 4 former Polish internationals (Wieszczycki, Zajac, Liberda, Pawlak).
Additionally, 4 foreigners are in the squad (Krizanac - Croatia, Mynar - Czech Rep., Sedlacek Czech Rep. and Siklic - Croatia), although the latter has not been capped yet.
- City coach Stuart Pearce has been over to Poland ahead of Thursday's game on a scouting mission and to sort out arrangements such as training facilities.