Krzynowek gets it

The Polish Ekstraklasa has been struggling over the last decade. It’s only seen 4 different champions. The league lacks parity and the league fails to provide any kind of development to Polish youth. The last time a Polish club made it to the Champions League was the 1994-05 Legia Warsaw, where their run ended in the quarterfinals against Greek side Panathinaikos. Before they went down however, they out lasted Blackburn Rovers and Rosenberg in group play. And the last time we had success in a smaller, but still prestigious UEFA Cup was the 2003 Wisla Krakow squad who beat Schalke04, Parma and then finally lost in the fourth round to Lazio.

Smuda not off to a good start

Stefan Majewski was granted a gift of a lifetime, a two match interview by PZPN. To show the Polish federation that he can be the top man for the national team as coach. Like Leo Beenhakker’s final games, the offense under Majewski was still non-existent. And thus, the world-wide search for his successor began. PZPN interviewed many coaches, both domestic and foreign, and found the best candidate to take over was former Lech Poznan boss Franz Smuda.

Wasted trip ends with 1-1 draw with Iraq

My title of my previous blog was a bit off. It wasn’t just a wasted trip to Johannesburg, but a completely waste of a time to even head down to South Africa. My entire post could be the same as the one I posted on South Africa. Except, this time Roger Guerreiro came in at half-time and provided some type of offense, provided some type of attack. After all, they were only playing Iraq, and don’t get me wrong, I do think Iraq has come a long way from where their national team was just even a  few years ago with the war going on and all, but, it’s Iraq!

Leo names squad for South Africa

Leo Beenhakker has named his squad for the latest summer fixtures against South Africa, Iraq and Greece. The game against South Africa will be played at the Orlando Stadium. It will be the final warm-up friendly for the Africans ahead of their opening Confederations Cup Group A clash at Ellis Park against Asian champions Iraq on June 14. However, There are a few squad changes that may cause upset in some – but there is one change which should not be a surprise to anyone.

Brozek should think twice about joining West Ham United

Pawel Brozek has finally become what many have always expected out of him for years. The 25 year old Wisla Krakow striker has been a hot topic of late, not only because of his play, but also rumors surrounding him with a move to a bigger European club. Brozek has been a scoring machine the last two seasons. In 2007/08 season, Brozek led the Polish Ekstraklasa with 23 goals. And currently, at the winter break, Brozek leads all goal scorers again, with 12. Brozek had a remarkable scoring record in 2008, playing a total of 30 games and scored 19 goals. Including 5 caps with the National team and 2 goals, against the Czech Republic and Lithuania.

Roger and out for Wales

A hero saves the day

I used the name of the topic from Setanta Sports headline as it fits perfectly what we saw today. “Roger and out.” The Welsh side put up a good fight and youngsters were sparkling with ambition. The meeting was being held with a low attendance from the crowd, but Polish supporters made a real hubbub considering their modest quantity. Some of the shouts might have been rather naughty and I found them disturbing, but let’s call it a night. A hubbub reached it’s peak in the 80th minute, when Roger Guerreiro scored with a tremendous lob, that type of lob which you probably need to be Brazilian to try, not mention scoring.