Defeats Legia and Lech. In Europe at zero – Sport.pl

In the 9th minute of the match in Poznan, Szymon Pawlowski shot powerfully from distance. The ball headed towards the goal, where Sepe did not move. When about a dozen centimeters passed the post, he groans thousands of fans of Lech shook the bleachers. The Polish champion team ended a traumatic time of crisis. From Jan Urban on the bench team to Thursday not lost. The fans once again believe in Lech and come to the stadium.

The new team of Cuba Błaszczykowski (Thursday played in the basic composition to 71 minutes) looks like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In the Italian league lead in Europa League reserve composition he reached the midway point in last place in the table. In Poznan mattered to Italians only victory they would again depend only on each other. On the contrary assessed Lech, still second to last in the league, but all the time in the battle for promotion from the group in Europe.

Fiorentina ran the game, dominated possession, but the goal was getting to him a determined and organized. Lech counterattacks were swift, dangerous, visitors’ keeper was employed as often as Jasmin Burić. The decisive moment came in 42 minutes after the attack Dariusz Dudka on Giuseppe Rossi. He was a free-kick 23 meters from goal Lech Josip Ilicic has done it perfectly. Buric did not manage to pick. Lech she losing, but fought. In the last action of the first half, the referee did not see as Federico Bernardeschi hit an elbow to the face Thomas curl. She could be a red card.

The fighting continued after the break. In the 77th minute substitute Lech Gergo Lovrencsics hard shot on goal, the goalkeeper would have no chance if the impact was duty. Five minutes later Ilicic scored the second goal for the visitors in alone tossing the ball to Buřič. The winner was the better of the two informed the teams. Fiorentina now has two points more than Lech, who must win away to Belenenses and at home to FC Basel. The mission extremely difficult – if feasible for reviving the Polish champion?

The Legion of yesterday must rely only on a miracle. The last in the table with one point and one goal in four matches – as runner-Polish pursuing its long-term plan for promotion to the group average European. The efforts of the Legion is like a wave – it’s up and down. Four years ago, the band played in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League, peeling after a fierce battle with the later semi-finalist Sporting Lisbon. Three years ago Legia lost in qualifying to next season under the leadership of Urbana occupy last place in the group. Prior to Henning Berg has restored hope his team won the group, gaining as much as 15 points to fall off in 1/16 finals with Ajax.

This enumeration shows how difficult it is building in Poland a good team, how hard to overcome with him up the ladder of development. Legion budget reaches 120 million zł, but on the pitch team does not really finds a way on how to develop, strengthen and consistently climb up. Even small steps.

The poor start this season blew his post Berg. Stanislav Cherchesov had a better understanding of the team, give it a new impetus in Europe – this sufficed to win a point for a foul on Club Brugge two weeks ago in Warsaw. On Thursday we had to play for the win to retain a chance to advance to the 1/16 finals. Of the two weakest teams Group D has proved weaker Legion. It was a symbolic action, followed in the 38th minute Meunier drove past the goalie Dusan Kuciak. Goalkeeper of the Legion action began giving defenders, they exchanged the ball nervously for a moment lost it, then Jacob Rzeźniczak fell down, and Meunier scored from the crest to the grid.

Promotion? In theory still possible. But since 2009, when it was established LE, the group has not left any team after four rounds had only a point.

Lech – Fiorentina 0: 2 (0: 1): Ilicic (42., 83.)

Lech Burić – Kędziora, Dudka, Kaminski, Kadar – Tetteh, baluster – Formell (60 Lovrencsics), Linetty Z, Pavlovsky – Hamalainen (77 Gajos). Fiorentina Sepe – Tomović Rodriguez, Astori, Bernardeschi – Błaszczykowski (72 Alonso), Vecino Suarez (Badelj 79), Ilicic – Rossi (Kalinic 63), Fernandez.

The second match of Group I: Belenenses – Basel 0: 2 (0: 1)

	1. Basel	4	9	7-3
	2. Fiorentina	4	6	8-4
	3. Lech	4	4	2-5
	4. Belenenses	4	4	2-7

Club Brugge – Legia Warsaw 1: 0 (1: 0): Meunier (38)

Brugge Bruzzese – Meunier, Denswil Mechel, De Bock – Claudemir, Simons Vazquez – Gedoz, Diaby (81 Mbombo), Leandro (74 Vossen). Legion: Kuciak – Bereszyński, Rzeźniczak, Lewczuk, Brzyski – Vranjes, Pazdan, Jodłowiec (62 Guilherme F) – Duda – Saganowski Z (59 Prijović), Triczkowski.

The second match of group D: Napoli – FC Midtjylland 5: 0 (3: 0).

	1. Napoli	4	12	16-1
	2. Midtjylland	4	6	5-10
	3. Brugge	4	4	3-9
	4. Legia	4	1	1-5

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16 games in a row

lost goal from Legia played. Worse series was only in the 30s

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