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Hardly a classic performance by Warsaw’s biggest team but a 1-0 away win in Turkey against Gaziantepspor puts Legia in a strong position as they prepare for the second leg on Thursday.
The Legion withheld a heavy assault by Gaziantepspor in the first half who finished fourth in Turkey’s Super Lig last season ahead of Beşiktaş. Biding their time and defending well, Legia waited for their opportunity to arise and shortly after half-time Miroslav Radovic received a perfectly timed through ball and made no mistake at all slotting it past the keeper.
After this Legia looked more confident and their under-pressure manager Maciej Skorża will be feeling a little more positive about his position.
Meanwhile Śląsk Wrocław only managed a 0-0 home draw against Bulgaria’s fourth best side Lokomotiv Sofia and will need a strong performance in the Bulgarian capital on Thursday if they are to make it through to the next round.
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Here are the latest results from the 22nd game week of the Ekstraklasa:
Wisła Kraków 3 – 1 Bełchatów
Górnik Zabrze 0 – 0 Lechia Gdańsk
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Apologies for the lack of coverage last week. I’m sure you have an idea of what is going on in the league and most of you are probably aware of how Lech fared in the Europa League, we all hope that they can still qualify from that exceedingly tough group. Back to the domestic league and the Ekstraklasa played host to a great number of goals in round 10 and the table is really beginning to shape up now.
Polonia Bytom 0-0 Śląsk Wrocław
Lots of goals in round 10 but not so many in this rather dull opener on Friday. Both of the teams find themselves towards the bottom half of the table and the single point suits neither of them particularly. Conversely neither team deserved a win or even a goal in my opinion as the game was a cagey affair with both sides doing very little in front of the net.
Korona Kielce 1-4 Legia Warszawa
This is more like it! Five goals and a red card in Kielce as Legia seemed to show that their crisis was behind them away from home. Korona seemed to have very little confidence and looked especially weak after they were reduced to ten men after Malkowski was sent off. The visitors capitalised and score three more times in the remaining hour to secure victory.
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Here are the results from last weekends round of games:
Fri 01/10/10 Polonia Bytom 2 – 2 Widzew Lódz
Wisla Kraków 0 – 0 Slask Wroclaw
Sat 02/10/10 Arka Gdynia 0 – 0 Polonia Warszawa
Zaglebie Lubin 0 – 0 Cracovia Kraków
Górnik Zabrze 0 – 1 Jagiellonia Bi…
Legia Warszawa 0 – 3 Lechia Gdańsk
Sun 03/10/10 Belchatów 1 – 0 Lech Poznan
Ruch Chorzów 0 – 1 Korona Kielce
And here’s a link to the table as it stands at the moment:
This weekend we take an international break but I would recommend going to the Poland World Cup Blog for all the latest on that front.
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I’m pleased to report on another successful night in the Europa league for Polish champions, Lech Poznań as they beat Salzburg to go top of Group A above both Manchester City and Juventus.
Both side shared the spoils in the opening stages of the game as Rudnevs and Cziommer both put efforts over the bar for their respective teams. It was after about half an hour that the home side really started to dominate as the Salzburg keeper, Tremmel, was called into action on a number of occasions before half-time.
After the break, Lech continued to pus for that opening goal and were rewarded only a couple of minutes after the restart. Tremmel did well to parry a long effort from Krivets but it was Arboleda who headed Lech in front from the resulting corner.
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Apologies for the lateness of this post but it’s been a pretty manic week for me personally!
Korona Kielce 2-1 Śląsk Wrocław
With the Śląsk manager suspended for this game (and now replaced by Orest Lenczyk) this was not a surprising result but perhaps the scoreline should have been even greater as Korona are now nearly top of the table. In fact in the first half it was the away side who dominated play and had a nuber of chances to take the lead. This all changed in the second half though as Śląsk seemed to tire and Korona were not as wasteful as their opponents.
Legia Warsaw 2-1 Lech Poznan
Despite Lech having the better start and stunning the home supporters with an early goal they failed to get more than one goal and the home side eventually got back into the game with Kucharczyk getting the equaliser. After this the game opened up and both teams had chances to get a winner. In the end it was Legia who did so and in dramatic fashion as Mezenga headed the home side to victory in the 89th minute.
Lechia Gdańsk 5-1 Górnik Zabrze
A simply awesome win for Lechia as they dominated their opponents in every area of the pitch, notably up front!
Polonia Warszawa 2-2 Polonia Bytom
A disappointing start for Pawel Janas in the Polonia hot-seat but a decent result for the visitors though they were perhaps unlucky to only pick up a single point in the end.
Cracovia 2-0 Arka Gdynia
Hardly the most entertaining game to celebrate Cracovia’s new stadium but an important win nevertheless as Arka looked distinctly pedestrian away from home.
Ruch Chorzów 1-1 Widzew Łódź
A pretty balanced games and a share of the points is a fair result.
GKS Bełchatów 1-1 Wisła Kraków
Not a classic by anyone’s reckoning but both teams can take positives from this game. Wisla often looked dangerous up front whilst GKS looked confident in defence with Sapela playing a blinder between the sticks.
Jagiellonia Białystok 2-0 Zagłębie Lubin
A great performance by this years surprise package. Zagłębie weren’t necessarily awful but were bound to capitulate in the end to a Jagiellonia side who seem to grow in confidence every week.
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Wisla Kraków 2-2 Korona Kielce
First game for Robert Maaskant at the new home stadium and the Dutchman showed some of the tactical nous which arguably makes him the most adept manager in the league. His team was structured well, Cezary Wilk had a good game against his former club and for much of the game Korona danger-man, Niedzielan, looked absent. However, the team still suffers from a relatively poor defence and Korona did well to take their chances when they came.
Lechia Gdańsk 1-0 Cracovia
An unconvincing performance by the home side against the worst team in the league. Lechia fans are still angry and protesting but Buval scoring on his début will be a sight for sore eyes. Meanwhile Cracovia are still yet to record a single point and a defeat at home next week would surely mean a goodbye to Rafal Ulatowski.
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If Artjoms Rudnevs is not your personal man of the match form this game then there must be something wrong with you. The 22 year old Latvian completed his hat-trick against the Old Lady in injury time to give his side a dramatic equaliser and a point in their opening game of Group A of the Europa League.
Most would not have given the Polish champions a chance against Juventus and so no one was surprised when the Italian giants controlled the early part of the game with Milos Krasic causing all sorts of problems down the wing. However, time and time again the Serbian’s deliveries failed to meet their intended target. Lech, on the other hand, always looked threatening on the break and this is how the first goal came about. Krivets found Peszko on the right and as the midfielder looked to come inside he was brought down by Melo and the referee had no hesitation in pointing to the spot. Rudnevs stepped up, sent Manninger the wrong way and picked up his first of three goals.
Things went from bad to worse for Juve on the half hour mark when desperate defending was not enough to stop Lech doubling their lead. Rudnevs this time scoring from open play albeit into an open goal from six yards out. The old lady was rattled and Lech began to assert some control over the game but the Italian side got a goal back just before half-time through Chiellini though he can thank some dubious defensive play.
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Some fascinating games, plenty of goals and a couple of surprises were on display this weekend across Poland as the Ekstraklasa table begins to take shape.
Polonia Bytom 2-0 Zagłębie Lubin
Polonia picked up their first win of the season after both managers made significant changes to their starting lineup. Zagłębie had the best of the chances in the first half but were made to pay for not taking them in the second period when Sawala and Ujek both scored for the home side.
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If you, as a manager, were top of the table after four games, the last thing you would be thinking about is the sack…isn’t it? Well not so for José Mari Bakero, manager of Polonia Warszawa, as some pundits reckon the Spaniard could be the next man for the chop in the Ekstraklasa.
After success at the turn of the century, the team from the capital are now experiencing what has come to be known as the ‘J.W. Construction Era’. The ‘J.W.’ stands for Józef Wojciechowski who took over the club as chairman in March 2006. Ever since, Polonia fans have endured what can mildly be called a roller-coaster ride.
The initial takeover inspired hope and expectation in the fans as Polonia came to be recognised as one of the strongest clubs in the country with huge financial backing. One can only begin to imagine the disappointment then, at the end of the season when the team were relegated after finishing in last place. In 2006/07, they failed to get promoted and fared even worse in the following season; finishing 7th.
Then, in the 2008 off season, J.W. stepped in again as he merged the club with successful Ekstaklasa outfit, Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, who had finished third in Poland’s top flight that season. After effectively buying promotion and keeping most of Dyskobolia’s star players, Polonia were now an established Ekstraklasa side and finished the following season in 4th.
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