When the Poland national team walk out on to the pitch at their stunning new national stadium in Warsaw on Friday, they will walk with the ghosts of the past in more ways than one.

CNN: June 8, 2012 -- Updated 1346 GMT (2146 HKT)

In May, Uefa confirmed that Warsaw's 55, 000-capacity National Stadium, Poznan's 46, 000-capacity Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw's 44, 000-capacity Maslice and the Gdansk Baltic Arena, which holds 47, 000 fans, would host half the games.

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