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After a very poor game Legia was defeated 2-0 by GKS in Bełchatów on Sunday. Legia’s Ivica Vrdoljak wasn’t able to score a goal from a penalty which was dictated by the referee in the first half of the match. Both goals for Bełchatów were struck by Marcin Żewłakow and Maciej Małkowski. We encourage you to see 81 photographs from the game taken by Mishka.

After quite good game Legia’s players were able to defeat 2-0 Ruch Chorzów in the second leg of the Polish Cup’s quarterfinal and they won the promotion to the semifinal. Both goals were scored by Warsaw team’s captain Ivica Vrdoljak – the first few seconds before the end of the first half and the second nearly fifteen minutes after the break. Footballers from Łazienkowska drew 1-1 in the first match played in Upper Silesia two weeks ago. We encourage you to see three photo reports from the game: the first one prepared by Mishka, the second one by GeoS, and the third one by Hagi.

Although Legia was leading 1-0 with Śląsk Wrocław thanks to Ariel Borysiuk’s goal in the first few minutes of the match, the team from Warsaw eventually lost 1-2. The away team hasn’t been able to win in the capital of Poland for the last ten years. This time Wroclavian footballers managed to defeat Warsaw players. At first, Przemysław Kaźmierczak equalised and then, four minutes after the beginning of the second half, former Legia’s supporter Sebastian Mila struck the second goal for his club. We induce you to see three photo reports from the match prepared by members of our editorial staff: Mishka, GeoS and Hagi.

Footballers of Young Legia managed to outclass 4-0 their young local rivals (Młoda Ekstraklasa) at Konwiktorska on Monday. Young Legia’s player Rafał Wolski, who also is a member of Warsaw team’s senior squad, scored three goals! The last goal was stroke by... Young Polonia’s Tomasz Wełna. The result could have been even higher, but Wojciech Lisowski had missed the penalty in the 8th minute of the game. After a long injury Dickson Choto has appeared for the first time on the pitch this year. We induce you to see Hagi’s photo report from the game.

In the derby match, which took place at Marshal Józef Piłsudski Polish Army Stadium on Sunday, Legia defeated 1-0 its local rival Polonia Warsaw. The only goal of the game was stroke by... Polonia’s Maciej Sadlok in the 26th minute. During whole 90 minutes these were Legia’s footballers who predominated over their opponents. Unfortunately, they wasted some great opportunities to score a few more goals. That’s why they only won 1-0.We encourage you to see Mishka’s photo report from the game.

In the first leg of Polish Cup’s quarterfinal Legia only drew 1-1 with Ruch in Chorzów on Tuesday. Warsaw footballers played really poor in the first half and probably that is why the host team was leading 1-0. The only goal was scored by Ruch’s Arkadiusz Piech in the 15th minute of the game. We induce you to see 55 photographs from the match taken by Mishka.

Footballers of both Cracovia and Legia let their supporters watch a great number of goals on Friday. The match finished with an amazing 3-3 draw. The first goal was scored by Cracovia’s Marian Jarabica in the 36th minute of the game. Just before the break Legia’s Michał Kucharczyk equalised. Five minutes after the beginning of the second half the Cracovian team was leading again – Alexandru Suvorov properly executed a penalty. Twelve minutes later Warsaw team’s new player Michal Hubnik scored his first goal in Polish Ekstraklasa.

In the second friendly game played in Bemowo on Saturday Warsaw footballers managed to defeat 3-1 Widzew Łódź. Michal Hubnik who made his debut in Legia performed quite well. He stroke two goals for Warsaw club (in the 6th and 28th minute of the game). Alejandro Cabral scored the third goal five minutes before the end of the first half. We induce you to see Mishka’s and Piotr Galases photo reports.

Legia drew 2-2 with Olimpia Elbląg in a friendly game which took place in Bemowo at 12 p.m. on Saturday. After the first half Warsaw players were leading 1-0 thanks to Michał Efir’s goal. The footballer made use of Sebastian Szałachowski’s pass. We encourage you to see Mishka’s photo report.

Legia lost 1-2 its last match of Spanish preparatory camp. This time Warsaw footballers’ rival was Cádiz Club de Fútbol, the team which is currently in the fourth position in the fourth group of Spanish Third Division. We encourage you to see 55 photos taken by turi.

Warsaw players managed to win 2-0 their third match of their Spanish preparatory camp. This time Legia played against FK Inđija (Serbian: ФК Инђија). The first half finished with a goalless draw. Both goals were scored after the break. At first, FK Inđija’s Borislav Jovanović stroke an own goal in the 50th minute of the match. Twenty-seven minutes later Legia’s Manu managed to defeat Serbian goalkeeper Vladimir Vujasinović and the team from the capital of Poland finally won 2-0 the game.

Legia was defeated 2-0 by FC Kuban Krasnodar (Russian: Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) in its second friendly game in the preparatory camp in Spain. This has been Warsaw team’s first defeat since the beginning of its preparation to the spring round.

Legia managed to defeat 2-1 FC Lokomotiv Moscow in its first match in the preparatory camp in Spain. After the end of the first half the team from Russia was leading 1-0 thanks to Dmitri Sychev’s goal in the 11th minute of the match.

In the last friendly match which took place in Cyprus Legia’s footballers only drew 1-1 with FC Tobol (Kazakh: Тобыл Футбол Клубы). The first goal was scored by Tobol’s Igor Jurin in the 28th minute of the game and after first half Kazakh club was leading 1-0. Warsaw team could equalise, but Ivica Vrdoljak wasn’t able to strike a goal from a penalty.

Warsaw team only drew 2-2 with FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (Russian: Футбольный клуб КАМАЗ Набережные Челны) in the fourth friendly game in its preparatory camp in Cyprus. The first goal scored KAMAZ’s Michaił Primienow five minutes after the beginning of the game and after the end of the first half Russian club was leading 1-0.

Legia’s rival in the third friendly match in Cyprus was FC Krylia Sovetov (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб "Крылья Советов" Самара), again. This time, Warsaw footballers managed to defeat their Russian opponents only 1-0. The only goal was scored by Ivica Vrdoljak in the 16th minute of the game. The footballer properly executed a penalty after a foul on Miroslav Radović.

In the second friendly game played in Cyprus Legia managed to defeat 3-0 FC Krylia Sovetov (Russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб "Крылья Советов" Самара). The first goal was scored a few seconds before the end of the first half by Takesure Chinyama. This footballer left the pitch in the break and was replaced by Rafał Wolski who was later proclaimed as the man of the match. He was able to strike two more goals – in the 56th and 69th minute of the game and eventually the team from the capital of Poland could successfully leave the field

Legia’s footballers train very hard in Cyprus. In the first friendly game they drew 1-1 with FC Mordovia Saransk (Russian: ФК Мордовия Саранск) yesterday. After the first half there was a goalless draw. Three minutes after the beginning of the second half FC Mordovia’s Kirill Panchenko managed to score a goal for his club. A few minutes before the end of the match Warsaw team’s Michał Efir equalised. We encourage you to see 30 photographs taken by Piotr Kucza.

Year 2010 overflew with many interesting events connected with Legia Warsaw. LegiaLive!’s photographers managed to take thousands of photographs for the last twelve months. You can see them in hundreds of galleries or pieces of news. We presented you the first part of last year’s photographic summary on Thursday. The second part you’re able to see today:

Year 2010 overflew with many interesting events connected with Legia Warsaw. LegiaLive!’s photographers managed to take thousands of photographs for the last twelve months. You can see them in hundreds of galleries or pieces of news. We present you the first part of last year’s photographic summary in form of photocasts:

Legia luckily managed to defeat 1-0 Polonia Bytom thanks to Miroslav Radović’s goal in the 76th minute of the match. If the host team had properly executed a penalty in the third minute of the game it would have been leading 1-0. There were about 6.000 people in the stands. Bytom was visited by 1.000 supporters from Warsaw. We induce you to see two photo-reports prepared for you by our editorial staff: - 57 photos taken by Mishka - and 49 photos taken by Hagi.

Legia’s footballers played a friendly game against Znicz in Pruszków on Tuesday. Warsaw team coped with its rivals and defeated it 3-0. The first goal was scored three minutes before the end of the first half by Michał Kucharczyk. Michał Efir stroke the second goal for Legia three minutes after the beginning of the second half. Eventually, Sebastian Szałachowski managed to defeat the goalkeeper of Pruszków team eight minutes before the end of the match. We encourage you to see 24 photographs from the game taken by Mishka.

Footballers of Legia managed to defeat 3-0 their rivals from Gdynia at Łazienkowska on Friday evening. The first goal was scored in the first half by Ivica Vrdoljak who properly executed a penalty. After the break Arka’s goalkeeper was defeated twice – firstly by Bruno Mezenga and secondly, a second before the end of the match, by Tomasz Kiełbowicz who stroke a goal appropriately executing a free kick.

Legia was claimed to be a favourite in the match against Wisła Cracow on Friday. Unfortunately, Warsaw team’s players were painfully beaten by Cracovian footballers. Legia suffered a 0-4 defeat with Wisła. We encourage you to see two photo-reports from the game prepared by Mishka and Hagi.

In a friendly game against Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki which took place on Wednesday afternoon Legia’s footballers managed to defeat 4-1 their regional rivals. After the end of the first half Warsaw team was leading only 1-0 after Maciej Iwański’s goal. Thanks to further two goals of Sebastian Szałachowski and one goal of Michał Efir in the second half the club from the capital of Poland was leading 4-0. A face-saving goal for guests was scored by Dariusz Zjawiński.

Nearly 18.000 fans who gathered in the stands of Legia’s new stadium could have suffered a heart attack on Sunday, because Warsaw footballers were losing 0-1 until the 88th minute of the match! We induce you to see three photo-reports from the match prepared by members of our editorial staff: 80 photos taken by Mishka, 66 photos taken by GeoS and 36 photos taken by Hagi.

In the one-eighth final of Polish Cup footballers of Legia managed to win their match against Śląsk Wrocław thanks to two tremendous goals scored by Sebastian Szałachowski and have been promoted to the quarterfinal of the tournament. The first half of the game finished with a 0-0 draw. All three goals were scored after the break.

Players of Young Legia managed to defeat 4-1 footballers of Young Korona Kielce (Młoda Ekstraklasa) on Saturday. The first three goals were scored in the first half of the match. What’s interesting is the fact that two of them were stroke by Bruno Mezenga. The third one was a penalty which was successfully executed by Kamil Majkowski.

Legia’s players managed to win the second match in a row. This time footballers of Warsaw defeated 4-1 Korona in Kielce on Friday evening. After the end of the first half Legia was leading 2-1 thanks to Michał Kucharczyk’s and Ivica Vrdoljak’s goals. The second mentioned player properly executed a penalty which was ordered by the referee who saw that Korona’s Zbigniew Małkowski had fouled Legia’s Miroslav Radović. The goalkeeper from Kielce was punished with a red card and had to leave the pitch. We encourage you to see 68 photos from the match taken by Mishka.

Footballers of Legia managed to win 1-0 their match against Widzew in Łódź thanks to Ivica Vrdoljak’s goal in the 16th minute of the first half. Warsaw team could defeat its rivals at least 3-0, but firstly the referee didn’t recognize unfairly a foul on Rzeźniczak after which there should have been a penalty for Legia and secondly he didn’t recognize a properly scored goal by Michał Kucharczyk.