The 65-year-old has been in charge at Ajax and Real Madrid during his career and rates Poland's progress up there with his finest achievements, but the dream could be over if Austria defeat them at Ernst Happel Stadium tomorrow.

The co-hosts have been encouraged by their performance in defeat to Croatia, but Beenhakker has confidence in his own side.

"I can guarantee my team will be ready for it," said the Dutchman. "It's a match to stay in the tournament.

"We know all the possibilities Austria have with their players and I'm not worried about it."

Poland have been hit by injuries, with skipper Maciej Zurawski likely to miss the rest of the tournament after straining his quadriceps in the defeat to Germany.

Jacek Bak will take the armband in the absence of Zurawski but the former Celtic striker will stay with the squad despite his hopes of playing in the tournament being slim.

Beenhakker said: "He is not happy, as you can imagine but he told me, 'I'm the captain and I stay here and stay with the team'."

Beenhakker is likely to make other changes from the starting XI of the opening match and acknowledged Roger Guerreiro had played his way into contention with his impact as a substitute last time out.

"He changed the game against Germany, I saw that," Beenhakker added. "I'm happy that more and more people are convinced he is a good player for the national team."

Beenhakker is wary of the advantage playing at home will be for Austria.

He feels his side have more quality, but added: "We have to show it.

"Austria again showed it's a very difficult opponent to beat because it's not a normal situation. Many times you see local teams in their own countries playing at a higher level based on the atmosphere and support.

"You see it in every sport, like the Olympics. We realise we have a very tough game."

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