#MATCH REPORT

After a two-month break players of the Polish Ekstraklasa resumed their football rivalry. Warsaw team went to Lubin to play a match against local Zagłębie on Friday.

Legia Warsaw didn’t win its second league game in a row. This time Besnik Hasi’s players only drew goalless with Śląsk at Łazienkowska on Saturday evening. Warsaw footballers presented real ineffectiveness in scoring goals. Although they had some opportunities to defeat Pawełek’s goal, they seemed to be extremely awkward.

Legia Warsaw lost its second match in the UEFA Europa League. This time Warsaw team’s footballers were defeated 2-0 at their own stadium on Thursday evening by Italian Napoli. The first half of the game was rather even.

Legia Warsaw only drew 2-2 with Zagłębie Lubin on Friday evening. Until the end of the first half the away team was winning 2-0 with Warsaw players. In the 18th minute of the match one of Legia’s footballers made a mistake of which Zagłębie’s Krzysztof Piątek made use. He had only Dušan Kuciak to beat, whom he managed to delude and that’s how Piątek scored a goal.

Legia won 1-0 with Albanian FK Kukësi in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. The only goal was struck at the beginning of the second half by Michał Kucharczyk. Bartosz Bereszyński passed the ball to Ondrej Duda, who ran into the penalty area and put the football back to Kucharczyk, who eventually defeated Albanian goalkeeper with a low shot.

Legia defeated 2-0 Górnik in Łęczna on Sunday evening. Both goals were scored in the first half by Nemanja Nikolić. In the 16th minute of the game Guilherme passed the ball to Aleksandar Prijović, who gave it to unwatched Nikolić. The Serbian player intercepted the ball and had no problems with putting it in Łęczna’s net.

In the third qualifying round (UEFA Europa League) Legia Warsaw was playing the first leg against Albanian FK Kukësi in Tirana on Thursday evening. While Warsaw footballers were leading 2-1, the referee had to suspend the match. Everything due to the situation that happened on the pitch. One of FK Kukësi’s supporters threw something (probably a stone) from the stands towards the field. The object hit Ondrej Duda’s head, who got hurt.

Legia’s players outclassed 5-0 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała at Łazienkowska on Sunday evening. Warsaw footballers started the game with their rivals’ own goal in the fourth minute. Nemanja Nikolić centred the ball into Podbeskidzie’s goal area. Bartosz Jaroch tried to save his team from losing a goal but he intervened so badly that he directed the ball into his own net.

In the second leg of the second qualifying round (UEFA Europa League) Legia defeated 3-0 Botoșani in Romania on Thursday evening and won the promotion to the third qualifying round of the tournament.

In the first game of the season 2015/2016 Legia Warsaw outclassed 4-1 Śląsk in Wrocław on Sunday evening. Still, the first goal was struck by the team from Wrocław. Its author was Flávio Paixão, who scored a very nice header. Few minutes later Legia equalised thanks to Dominik Furman, who properly executed a free kick. The first half finished with a 1-1 draw.

In the first leg of the second qualifying round (UEFA Europa League) Legia Warsaw defeated 1-0 Romanian Botoșani at Łazienkowska on Thursday evening. The only goal was scored in the 78th minute by Ondrej Duda. Slovak midfielder kicked the football from the penalty area’s line towards the goal and he defeated rivals’ goalkeeper who seemed to be completely confused with the situation.

Legia Warsaw defeated 2-0 Piast Gliwice on Holy Saturday evening at Wojska Polskiego Stadium. The first goal was struck in the 26th minute by Michał Kucharczyk. After Legia’s counterattack Orlando Sa passed the football to Michał Kucharczyk, who found the way to the net kicking it between Piast’s goalkeeper’s legs.

In the first leg of the Polish Cup semifinal, which took place on Wednesday evening in Bielsko-Biała, Legia Warsaw outclassed 4-1 Podbeskidzie. The first goal was struck in the 24th minute by Michał Masłowski. Legia’s player decided to take a shot at rivals’ goal and scored the goal, indeed. Podbeskidzie’s goalkeeper made a terrible mistake. The football had glanced off in front of him and seeped through his hands.

In a very important game Legia lost 1-2 with Lech in Poznań on Sunday evening. The first half was quite matched although it seemed that Legia had been prevailing a bit on the pitch. Everything went quite well until the 62nd minute of the game when Legia’s Arkadiusz Malarz was shown a red card by the referee.

Legia drew 2-2 with Wisła in a fortunate way at Łazienkowska. In the 16th minute Wisła’s Łukasz Burliga scored the first goal for his team. He adroitly outrunned Legia’s goalkeeper and put the football in Legia’s net.

Three days after the cup match Legia played with Śląsk, again. This time it was a league game in Wrocław. Warsaw players won it 3-1. The first goal was struck in the 19th minute by Jakub Rzeźniczak, who defeated Śląsk’s goalkeeper with an acrobatic shot.

In the second leg of the Polish Cup quarterfinal Warsaw footballers drew 1-1 with Śląsk Wrocław at Łazienkowska. The first goal was struck in the 12th minute of the game. Śląsk’s Peter Grajciar took advantage of Dušan Kuciak’s mistake and defeated Legia’s goalkeeper.

Legia defeated 3-0 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała. The first goal was struck in the 12th minute by Adam Ryczkowski. Orlando Sa passed the ball to Tomasz Jodłowiec, who competitively got into Podbeskidzie’s penalty area. There he noticed Adam Ryczkowski, who defeated rivals’ goalkeeper. Legia’s fans had to wait for the next goals until the second half.

In the second leg of the 1/16 UEFA Europa League Legia lost 0-3 with Dutch AFC Ajax. Because in the first leg that took place in Amsterdam Warsaw footballers were defeated 1-0, Legia was knocked out of the tournament.

In the first away game of the year 2015 Legia only drew goalless with Korona in Kielce. We induce you to see 60 photos from the match taken by Mishka.

In the first leg of the Polish Cup quarterfinal Legia Warsaw only drew 1-1 with Śląsk in Wrocław on Thursday evening. Warsaw players had scored the goal seconds before the referee finished the first half. Its author was Michał Żyro.

Warsaw players disgraced themselves last Sunday in Łęczna, where they were defeated 3-1 by Górnik Łęczna. The first goal was scored in the 9th minute by Łęczna’s Fedor Černych, who took advantage of Łukasz Mierzejewski’s pass.

In the last game of the UEFA Europa League Group L Warsaw team defeated Turkish Trabzonspor at Łazienkowska on Thursday evening. Due to this victory Legia finished first in its group. The first goal was scored in the 22nd minute by… Trabzonspor’s goalkeeper Fatih Öztürk. One of the Turkish team’s defenders tried to stop Orlando Sa’s kick. However, he did it so poorly that the football hit Öztürk’s back and… found its way to the net.

Legia Warsaw outclassed 4-0 Górnik in Zabrze. The first goal was scored in the 12th minute by Iñaki Astiz, who “finished” Ivica Vrdoljak’s header. Twenty minutes later it was 2-0 for Legia. Michał Żyro decided to take a long-range effort and fully surprised rivals’ goalkeeper because the football had found its way to the net.

Legia defeated 2-0 Cracovia Cracow at Łazienkowska on Monday evening. The first goal for Warsaw club was struck by... Cracovia’s footballer. Adam Marciniak, who tried to save the ball, did it so inappropriately that he… defeated his own goalkeeper and scored an own goal.

After a poor game Legia Warsaw suffered its first defeat in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. On Thursday evening the club from Poland lost 0-1 in Lokeren with local Sporting. The only goal was struck in the 7th minute of the match. Hans Vanaken, who got the ball from Junior Dutra, kicked the football so hard that Warsaw team’s goalkeeper Dušan Kuciak had no chance to hold it back.

Legia won 3-0 its away match in Bełchatów on Friday. The first goal was scored in the 33rd minute by Jakub Kosecki. The goal was a nice header after Ondrej Duda’s pass. A minute before the break Ondrej Duda, who took advantage of Costa Marques Guilherme’s pass, struck the second goal for his team.

Legia has lost its fourth league game this season. This time Warsaw players weren’t able to cope with Pogoń’s footballers in Szczecin, where they were defeated 2-1 on Sunday evening. The first goal was struck by Pogoń. After Legia’s former player Adam Frączczak had controlled the ball on the left wing, he noticed uncovered Rafał Murawski, whom he passed the ball and who defeated Dušan Kuciak with a header.

Legia has won its fourth game in a row in the group phase of the UEFA Europa League. This time Warsaw players defeated 2-1 FC Metalist Kharkiv at Łazienkowska on Thursday evening. Thanks to this victory Legia has been promoted to the 1/16 final of this European tournament.

Although Warsaw team’s coach Henning Berg had decided to modify Legia’s line-up for this game, this turned out to be a successful football experiment because Warsaw footballers coped with Ruch Chorzów winning 2-1 at Łazienkowska.