European League

Five quick decisions in a row give a brief description of Lech Poznań’s special match. Even before we enter the pros and cons of a particular match, analyzing a particular player’s game or overtime, we present five quick post-match conclusions. Several dozen minutes after each game, five comments on the performance of the Kolejorz team, individual players and the current situation of the team.

ADMINISTRATION

Lech Poznań started this match very well and it is not known why. Was the team excited in the locker room? Is that the plan for this meeting? The team suffered a 0-5 loss, a 0-1 loss in the Polish Cup, or even an unlucky 1-0 win? Anyway, Lech attacked Pogoń like an angry boar, started attacking immediately and would have been leading 1-0 in the 2nd minute if Mikael Ishak had scored in a 1v1 situation. With better efficiency, the Poznań team would have been ahead after 10 minutes, even 3-0, 4-0, nothing seemed to happen, but Lech did not stop. He dominated Pogoń in terms of football, motor skills and tactics, and when the ball was at his feet he always pressed, exchanging many short passes on the ground. At times, the fans could rub their eyes in surprise, because for months Lech had not been playing as fast, as smart and as efficiently as today. Until the 31st minute, Pogoń took two shots on target, caught by the confidence of Bartosz Mrozek, and he had another dangerous shot on the ground, covered with his feet by our goalkeeper. After this action in the 30th minute, Lech had the upper hand again and was not discouraged by the previous missed opportunities Finally, at the end of the first part, one broke of the most active players, Afonso Sousa, down in defense and he was there. frustrated by Benedikt Zech. Why did the referee change his decision, cancel the yellow and show a red card? As the Portuguese released the ball in the right direction, it was one on one with the goalkeeper, so despite the action taken closer to the left, red card to come. There would have been no penalty for the Austrians had it not been for the efficient, fast play of Lech Poznań based on good determination in attack, which was very impressive in the first half. I don’t think anyone expected Lech Poznań to be excited in the first 45 minutes.

G0L THE GOSPEL

During the break, the coach Niels Frederiksen asked the players to keep playing like this, because if they play this badly, they will score a goal in the end (the Dane talked about this at the post-match conference). At the same time, Robert Kolendowicz made two changes in the 46th minute, he wanted to thicken the midfield, he wanted to make the game more difficult for Lech so that he would get tired on the pitch and not be able to scored a goal to do it. 1-0. Fortunately, Lech did not give up, Mikael Ishak shot into the net from an offside position, Sweden had another chance in which he lobbied the opponent, and a minute later , after another amazing action, Afonso Sousa scored a goal, giving the Poznań team the lead in the 55th minute. The Portuguese struck at the right time, scoring in the first quarter an hour after the break, instantly destroying the Port team’s tactics for the rest of the game. After this goal, the defenders of Pogoń immediately lowered their heads and put their hands down, knowing that they could not lose the goal quickly after the change of sides, because then it would be difficult to even draw get

PRECIOUS WORD

The period between the 61st and 75th minutes of the game was not as impressive as the previous minutes. Lech Poznań seemed to slow down, focused on controlling the game, even more counter-attacks, some players started to play economically, trying to gain time. Pogoń Szczecin started to fight back in this situation, playing with ten players, they saw that there was a little more space on the pitch and they had their chance in the 71st minute of the game. Then our defense got lost after a cross from the left, Michał Gurgul missed the mark, the opponent quickly tried to take a shot, and finally Antonio Milić kicked the ball out of our penalty area . Finally, in the 77th minute, a counterattack led by Mikael Ishak allowed Lech to score from a counterattack, which ended the emotions in this unequal game. Then Ali Gholizadeh took advantage of the space on the right, avoided being offside, went in, outwitted the tired Szczecin defenders and scored a goal with a flat shot with his left foot to make it 2-0. In the 77th minute the game was definitely over, in the 77th minute you could breathe a sigh of relief and also add 3 points to Kolejorz.

ON THE WORLD, A CERTAIN EFFECT

Lech Poznań won and became the favorite, which was not so obvious before the game. First – in the last two away games, Kolejorz had different levels, allowing their opponents to fire as many as 32 shots, including 12 on target, in second place – Pogoń Szczecin had a very good match with Widzew Łódź (2:0), in which they shot over 20 shots and was a team two classes better than their opponent. Today, Lech Poznań was quite unexpectedly two classes better than Pogoń, who did better from the start in terms of quality, dynamics, enthusiasm and motor skills. Many of our players were in the so-called “gas”, their speed + individual enthusiasm surprised the “Portowcy” who were the background for Kolejorz in all directions. The red card that Benedikt Zech saw today came directly from the play of Lech Poznań, from where the ball was played to Afonso Sousa, who was able to get away from the stoppage and miss, this is the number of the other players of ours to play, winning more important battles in the mid-zone areas.

MATCH WORTH A LEADER

Lech Poznań should have won today by more than 2:0, the final result does not reflect the advantage we had. We should win comfortably today even 4:0-5:0, and the final result does not include the statistics (in ball possession 56% to 44% and in views 22/10 to 11/3) shows the advantage that Lech. Poznań had in Sunday’s game which should be emphasized again. The statistics are false, Kolejorz dominated Pogoń Szczecin in all areas, playing Sunday a game worthy of the new leader of the Ekstraklasa. This is the type of Lech in Poznań that everyone wants to see, you could see the passion in the game, quality, intensity, enthusiasm + good tactical preparation for this prestigious clash, for which Niels Frederiksen and his staff deserve praise. Player Kamil Grosicki was ejected from the game, striker Pogoń Szczecin, who according to Robert Kolendowicz was better than Mikael Ishak, was also ejected. Pogoń Szczecin was simply not on the pitch on Bułgarska Street, and for now he is not in front of us in the table, which is like a dream. On Friday, the blues and whites will want to continue the suit, with such a game there is a chance to break Mielec’s spell, to win over Stal, which would allow Kolejorz to lead the September break for the team national (three years ago, in the competition season, we were also in first place).

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