In Monday's clash between KGHM Zagłębie Lubin and Lechia Gdańsk, the newcomer, Lechia Gdańsk, came out on top, beating Zagłębie 3-1. What can we say about this match?
And the course of the match there reflected the result of this match, you could see the dominance of the Gdańsk team. One of the players who stood out was Tomas Bobcek. He played a great match, whether it was with Zagłębie or Lech Poznań – you can see the progress of this player. Lechia was leading 3-0 after two goals by Tomas Bobcek and one by Maksym Chłań. However, in the 79th minute, Mateusz Wdowiak set the result of the match at 3-1.
Marcin Włodarski, Zagłębie coach, on the course of the meeting:
- This is not what we expected from our home opener, especially since the beginning of the match did not indicate what happened later. We made very simple mistakes, after which the opponent scored goals. We knew that we could not lose the ball, being low, in such an easy way, because it drives the opponent. Congratulations to the visiting team. We have a lot of situations, but we are not able to convert them into goals, and we concede goals in the way we did today.
John Carver, pleased, said:
- I think it was a good match for us for the first 65 minutes. We played decent football then. After the changes we weren't as good as we wanted to be. Of course it was a match where two teams were playing to stay in the Ekstraklasa, so we knew that we were in for a different kind of match. We controlled the match well and created a lot of chances by putting pressure on our opponent. I was also very pleased with our goalkeeper's performance. We're taking three points away today. Our season is only starting now, we've caught up with other teams and we're closer to the table. Big respect for the players and the staff for making it happen.
Both statements can be found on the Zagłębie Lubin website.
The match was watched from the stands by nearly 2.5 thousand people.