Three coaches, several smaller falls and stumbles, yet the Polish championship for Lech Poznan. How did it happen that the byword “Kolejorz” became the club’s number one? The key slogan is: “Maciej Skorża.”
7 August 2014 year, the fans at the stadium in Poznan chant: “What are you doing? You hańbicie our colors!”. Lech Poznan just compromised, she was eliminated in the Europa League qualifying because the team Stjarnar półamatorskiej Gardabaer from Iceland for three hours he could not score even one goal. This password is one of the milder. Other, demanding, inter alia, Mariusz Charger head coach, have a sharper dimension. Steed says goodbye to work, although “parting” thanks to two goals from Luke Teodorczyk and exclusion of rivals for serious foul Zaur Sadajewa, he managed to win from Lechia Gdansk.
Smashed team takes over temporarily Krzysztof Chrobak, but he is not able to control the team. Of the three meetings “Kolejorz” does not win any, on top just before the official hiring a new coach Matthias activists eager to save the budget, they sell the best striker, that Luke Teodorczyk. When Skorża takes over Lech, this is not even giving him the right position in the group championship game.
Skorża has little time to change anything. This situation calls “extremely difficult”, most athletes know only by name. At the last moment the club pulls striker – Skorża chooses Sadajewa controversial, though he could put on a better Eduards Višņakovs. September first match in Białystok, Lech losing 0-1 and Sadajew playing so poorly, that is substituted at the break. “Kolejorz” after this defeat, dropping to 11th place …
7 June 2015 year, the same stadium in Poznan. 41.5 thousand in the stands. the audience enjoys the Polish championship. Grandstands chant “Maciej Skorża” and when wyczytywane the names of the players come out to pick up medals, with some of them is a big uproar. Darlings are: captain Luke baluster, fighting for two Karol Linetty, “lumberjack sympathetic” to the defense of Paulus Arajuuri, and the biggest – bearded Sadajew. Chechen is so excited that he walked towards the podium and looking all the time in the “boiler” not really trying to make him see the congratulations of the President of the Polish Football Association Zbigniew Boniek.
How did it happen that the players of Poznan in ten months they came from hell to heaven?
First: on the coaching bench got the right man who knew how to create a team with what was available. The only exception was Sadajew, although formally employed in Lech before the skin. Coach “Kolejorz” could do what they failed to make persons working with Chechen Lechia Gdańsk.
Each month the bearded man from Grozny became more and more useful for the team, he began to see colleagues, threw signal for battle for every ball. It also noted the fans, hence ovation in his honor during the championship feta. And what if that player from Russia was shooting little goals, as the team won the championship anyway?
Skorża announced at the beginning that the goal of his team will fight for the championship Polish, but to create their own project needs at least two preparatory periods. The title he managed to win just one.
Second: Skorża immediately changed the captain’s armband Hubert took Wołąkiewiczowi and handed it to Luke Trałce. It was a hit. Both – Skorża and baluster – have for a lot of respect, and working with a new coach, 31-year-old midfielder made the greatest progress in his career. It is the lungs and a good team spirit, though – it may also dangerous – without him the team can not win. It is hard to imagine a team without that player Lech.
Third: Lech coach opted for stability in defense – chosen people and prepared them accordingly winter. The composition of defense, unless blacking to pause for cards or minor injuries could be administered in the dark: Kędziora, Kaminski, Arajuuri, Douglas.
The first recorded a slight decrease mold, Douglas is still much better at attacking than defensive, but Skorża not experimented. I was not disappointed, but also create a Arajuuriego on perhaps the best defender in the league. Even last season Fin every now and then reported injuries, even when getting a chance to play. Now, he is gritting his teeth and fought until he could, even though the biceps injury with the match against Wisła was already too serious. In 30 rounds since Lech coach is Skorża, “Kolejorz” has lost only 26 goals, the lowest in the league.
Fourth and very important in the context of the future of the club: Skorża consistently stood for young footballers: Linettego, Formell, Kownackie or curl. Linetty already presents a representative form Kędziora and Kownacki also were appointed to the team, although the latter for the time being a little exaggerated. It turned out that the promotion of youth can be combined with achieving success, and it’s important for the hundreds of boys who train at the Academy of Lech.
Fifth: Lech advantage of the weakness of Legia Warsaw, who despite almost three times bigger budget was not able to demonstrate its superiority on the pitch. Personal conflicts, poor preparation of the team in the winter – this in Poznan this time it was not.
The owner of Lech Jacek Rutkowski does not like slow coaches – does it only when it considers that the trainer is no longer able to find the right way the maze. So it was with Jose Mari Bakero, so it was with Mariusz Charger. Skorża can sleep peacefully for months and carry out their plans to build a strong club in Poznan. It can also count on the support stands.
But there is one detail, which should keep in mind. Lech has in its recent history password “Zalgiris” or “Stjarnan,” which are associated with kompromitacjami. Similarly Skorża stuck once on Levadia Tallinn. Sam coach ensures that the work of the previous clubs was an experience that now pays. And even despite the glitches, and such in Poznan were – see: defeat of the Blue Stargard, fatal matches in Gliwice or Łęcznej – Lech finally and so had his own way. I hope it was the same one and a half months in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League.
Author: Andrzej Group
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