#POLISH CUP

According to "Fakt", Legia's defender, Artur Jędrzejczyk, is going to be Korona's footballer in the spring round. The player should be loaned to the team from Kielce. In the autumn round he played for Legia in seven matches: four in the league, two in the Polish Cup and one in the qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. Moreover, he managed to strike a goal in the first league game against Zagłębie Lubin.

In the quarterfinal of the Polish Cup, Legia plays against Ruch Chorzów. The first leg takes place on 16th or 17th March 2010 in Chorzów. The return match will be played on 23rd or 24th March 2010 at Łazienkowska. Matches in the Polish Cup's quarterfinal:

In the 1/16 Polish Cup's final Legia managed to defeat 2-0 local GKP in Gorzów Wielkopolski on Tuesday. The first goal was stroke in the 18th minute by Sebastian Szałachowski. However, for the next one we had to wait until the 93rd minute – Marcin Mięciel shot the ball from the 40th metre. Legia's players took advantage of the fact that GKP's goalkeeper decided to help his colleagues as they were executing a free-kick – Warsaw footballers performed an effective counterattack. We encourage you to see 79 photos from the match taken by Mishka.

In Polish Football Association's head office there was a draw of the 1/16 Polish Cup's final. In this round participate teams from the Ekstraklasa. Legia goes to Gorzów Wielkopolski on 22nd September. Team from Warsaw will have to compete with local GKP. This will be the first official match of both teams. GKP is in the First Division at the moment. With 10 points it occupies the third position in the league table.

The Polish Cup's trophy goes this year to Lech Poznań. Footballers from Wielkopolska defeated Ruch Chorzów 1-0. The only goal was scored in the 51st minute by Sławomir Peszko after Rengifo's pass. The match was admired by 26.000 viewers (including 9.000 fans from Poznań). Supporters of both teams presented some simple choreographies. They also used some pyrotechnic stuff. Thanks to this victory Lech is going to be present in the European games. If Franciszek Smuda's players win the Polish championship title, Ruch Chorzów will also play in the European games.

Jan Urban (coach of Legia): I have to congratulate Ruch upon its promotion to the Polish Cup’s final. Two victories speak for themselves. We knew that we had a tough nut to crack to make up for the negative result after the game in Warsaw. Certainly we didn’t want to play in the extra-time. We didn’t change our tactics even after the lost goal. As you could see, my team really wanted to make up for the loss. Ruch had its great situations, however if we had quickly scored a goal, everything would have been possible.

"We have a great opportunity to get the pick of the basket. However it's up to us if we are able to do it" – said Jan Urban at press conference. "I am not nervous. We'll be trying to make up for the negative result from the first match against Ruch. I know that my team would really like to play in the final. I believe that they can do it! I will try to form the lineup so that it doesn't have a great influence on the game against Wisła on Sunday. It's possible then that we will have to play in the extra time on Thursday" – said Urban.