The Legion has fallen so low that now counts differently. “The end justifies the means”

For Legia, the Wednesday quarter-final against Górnik Łęczna has grown into the match of the season. And Legia won this match – it was 2-0 at Łazienkowska Street, the team from Warsaw is already in the semi-finals. But apart from a good game and a nice goal by Josue in the first half and an effective counter finished by the end of the second, when the opponent threw all his strength into the attack, she again showed nothing great.

“The goal justifies the means” – they can tell themselves in Warsaw – to qualify by winning the Polish Cup – the only window to the world that Legia can repeal this season – the team is only divided by two wins. Although looking at the level of the game with Górnik, it is better to write “still” or even “as much as” two wins.

“It was only one game, I don’t see much difference”

“My team lacks self-confidence,” said Vuković before the last league game against. And on Wednesday, before the match with Górnik Łęczna, he repeated basically the same thing. He admitted that Friday’s 2-1 victory in the league with Wisła – after Mateusz Wieteska’s goal in added time to the second half – somehow did not improve these moods significantly. – It was only one match, I do not see much difference – Serb shrugged before the match with Górnik.

In the league, Legia Vuković is fighting for survival, on Wednesday they were fighting for the future. And she will still fight for it, but so far there is no big difference in the approach, energy level and quality of the game. Legia is still crude. He still makes simple mistakes in the middle of the field. She is still scared at times and pushed under her own penalty area to a deep defense. This was the case on Wednesday in the second half. Especially at the end of the match, when it seemed that Górnik would sooner equalize than Legia would score a second goal. She shot because of Muci in the 86th minute.

Four defenders and one nice team action

It is already a standard this season that rivals come to Łazienkowska and are not afraid. They play high pressure with Legia, often double or even triple the marking – like Górnik in the 18th minute, when Bartosz Slisz lost the ball. Everyone has already got used to it.

However, not everyone is used to setting up with four defenders, because this is a novelty in Legia. After returning to Legia in December to save the season, Vuković decided to do this for the second time on Wednesday. Earlier his team played like that against Wisła, so it can be said that the maneuver was successful, because Legia won both matches. But again – these were not convincing victories.

The action that Legia carried out in the 24th minute is not a standard either. Immediately after Josue’s goal, when, just in front of Górnik’s penalty area, the ball was exchanged for one contact by Mladenović, Slisz, Rosołek, again Mladenović, Josue and again Slisz. It was a nice, well-thought-out action played with a good rhythm – only Slisz’s better shot was missing. The strike from before the penalty area was accurate, but in the middle and Maciej Gostomski had no problem with defending him.

Legia counts. Matches without a defeat and luckily in the draw

It was a glimpse of a good game, one of the few in this game. That is why the fans of Legia will only shrug their shoulders and repeat again “The end justifies the means”. Some may also notice that the match with Górnik was the third consecutive game for Legia without a defeat. The last time the Polish champion had such a series in September, when he first defeated Spartak Moscow (1: 0) in the Europa League, then Górnik Łęczna at home (3: 1), and finally he defeated Wigry Suwałki in 1 / 32 of the Polish Cup (3: 1).

Well, Legia has fallen so low that, instead of winning streaks, it’s all unbeaten games that count. Unlike in previous years, when the goals were: the championship and the Polish Cup. Now the legionnaires are probably hoping for luck in the semi-finals draw on Friday. They can find Lech Poznań, Raków Częstochowa or the third league Olimpia Grudziądz. It goes without saying that only in the clash with one rival, Legia will be the favorite.