I’m sure we have all heard the same poor excuse by fans since Polish international Roger Guerreiro received his passport and first call up. This same excuse of course claims that Roger cannot speak Polish, thus this should not make him eligible for national team play. I think not. That is why I intend this blog post to finally end that Roger language excuse once and for all. Frankly, it’s annoying, especially when Roger actually speaks Polish almost better then Smolarek.
The powers of the Ekstraklasa have been loading up on talent this summer, trying to stack a roster for what should be a very competitive 2009/10 season. Such moves like Arek Radomski from NEC in the Dutch league to Lech Poznan, Carlo Costly returning from his load deal to GKS Belchatow from Birmingham City, Marcin Mieciel going back to Legia Warsaw from German VfL Bochum and Wisla Krakow bringing in Lukasz Gargula and Andraz Kirm. However, the biggest signing of them all may have been this past week when Lech Poznan signed goalkeeper Grzegorz Kasprzik from Piast Gliwice. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been a while since i last checked in with some news and notes around the Polish league. Honestly, not much has happened since my last post on transfers around the Polish league and abroad. Most of the attention has been on the national team but there have been some news of note last few days that I figured i’d get everyone up to date on the happenings in Polish soccer. Read the rest of this entry »
On Tuesday, May 19th, Lech Poznan will play Ruch Chrozow for the 55th Polish Cup (Puchar Polski). The match will be played in Chrozow, who have a gigantic opportunity to qualify for a European cup tomorrow with a win. Normally I’d say Chrozow doesn’t stand much of a chance, but, with about 40,000 tickets already sold at Slaski Stadium, majority of which will be rooting for Ruch, and the whole argument that anyone can beat anyone any given match day, makes Ruch’s case really strong. Read the rest of this entry »
Hey Soca Soul readers, greetings from Gliwice! I had the honour on going last night to the Piast Gliwice vs. Legia Warsaw match. I didn’t take any photos, we forgot our camera at home. Great game I thought and Piast has come a long ways from where they were. Legia are truly a very talented team but Piast had more attacks. Legia had more of the play and kept the ball well, but in terms of attacking Piast had the advantage. Piast keeper Grzegorz Kasprzik was tested only once before the strike by Takesure Chinyama. Which was an absolute beast of a play. Chinyama beat Kasprzik and shot it from a nearly impossible angle to the goal. There was a bit of confusion during the game when an apparent knife was thrown at Kasprizik. Piast should only blame themselves. You won’t win without scoring goals and Sebasitan Olszar and Kamil Wilczek had great chances but failed. Olszar actually had multiple chances. Read the rest of this entry »
The Polish Ekstraklasa returned after a week off due to international duty. Piast Gliwice can finally they they “arrived” to the Ekstraklasa, as they hosted their first game in Gliwice since getting their promotion. Piast Gliwice has been playing in Wodzislawiu Slaskim as their stadium was getting fixed to meet Polish FA regulations. And Piast did not disappoint, beating their rivals, Gornik Zabrze, 1-0, which also moved Piast from regulation battle to 9th place. The premier match of the weekend was in Poznan, between Wisla Krakow and Lech Poznan. In a very physical match, Krakow took the lead early in the 2nd half with a goal by Peter Singlar. Lech Poznan tied it though, in the 83rd minute, on a Semir Stilic strike to give his club the draw. Legia Warsaw got full points, in a tight game against Arka Gydnia, but a solid road victory for the capital team. Goal scoring machine Takesure Chinyama gave his team the advantage, which now moves Legia just 1 point behind leader Lech Poznan. Read the rest of this entry »
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