Applause for Lech You also have to be able to win in the hinterland of Europe

First of all, congratulations to Lech, because after the defeat with Karabakh 1:5 in the Champions League qualifiers and later the torment with the Icelandic amateur Vikingur (overtime was needed in the Conference League qualifiers), no one believed that "Kolejorz" under the leadership of the Dutchman would able to present itself worthily outside our Ekstraklasa I was a supporter of his change myself and I admit that I was wrong.

The matches in the group stage, and especially the prestigious victory over Villarreal and now Bodo, are proof that it was worth being patient, letting Van den Brom work quietly In addition to the promotion itself, one must appreciate the fact that Lech, playing decent football, earned EUR 10 million, and maybe even more.

See also: Lech Poznań met another rival in the Conference League Looking at how over the years the club's authorities were able to educate, creating players and earning a lot of money from them, it begged to somehow balance it and combine it with raising funds from international competitions Because they are actually a gold mine.

A few matches won and millions of euros fall into the money Thanks to them, you can implement new projects or simply hire more and more valuable players.

Lech is starting to stand on two legs in this matter, and the other clubs with theoretically the richest Legia can only watch and envy On the other hand, you need to be aware that announcing that we are witnessing the birth of some power, because in the Conference League games, the Polish club reached the 1/8 finals, is a distortion of reality.

Just like the claim that the Dutch coach is the first coach in a Polish club for a long time, who can combine the game on two fronts In ESA and Europe.

After all, just before the match with Bodo Van den Brom, he allowed himself to be played by the weak Zagłębie Lubin at his own stadium and thus practically lost his chance to defend the championship title At the moment, Lech has as many as 13 points behind the leader Raków Częstochowa.

And after all, someone from the better football world was hired for a lot of money, so that at least he wouldn't squander what his native Maciej Skorża did right before him So, let's put the claim that with the Dutchman you can hold two magpies by the tail.

Of course, I have always been a supporter of the thesis that if real international success is to be paid for with some failure on the domestic market, then it should be abolished, because summarum, looking at the interest of Polish football, it's better to win something significant once in a while than to just be the master of your own yard Only that the Conference Cup, with all due respect to all participants, is the third European league.

We are delighted with the presence of our team in Europe in the spring, but this presence would not have been there if UEFA had not invented this peripheral competition a few years ago This is the first thing that should bring the fans of our league football down to earth, who are delighted with the alleged joining of the Polish champion to the European elite.

The second is team building Since, unlike previous years, when Lech really presented a whole galaxy of Polish young rising stars and the team that played in the Europa League was based on them, now the focus was mostly on foreigners, then one could probably demand at least the same ceiling.

And after all, Lech plays a step lower than in the times of well-sold Jakub Moder, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Jakub Kamiński and the company Fernando Santos, who was present at the match against Bodo, was delighted with the atmosphere and the fans, but he did not write down the notebook with the observations of the candidates for the team.

Yes, Michał Skóraś played decently, but Bartosz Salamon was injured quickly, and Filip Bednarek and Filip Szymczak are rather not the size of the hat And this lack of creation of players for the team is also painful, especially when compared to the recent times in Poznań.

Anyway, despite a few remarks, one cannot complain about Lech With all its imperfections, it is the only Polish team that retains some dignity in European stadiums.

And has a chance to keep doing it because another Swedish rival, Djurgarden, is absolutely within the reach of the Polish champion A possible quarter-final? That would sound really proud.

Even if it's just the Conference Cup .