PKO BP Ekstraklasa Legia Warszawa Widzew Łódź Coverage And Live Score

Both teams are not only eternal rivals, but also the only teams that represented Poland in the group stage of the Champions League Widzew was promoted to it in 1996, and Legia - a year earlier and in 2016.

They are also the only Polish semi-finalists of the European Cup (predecessor of the Champions League) Legia did it in 1970, and Widzew in 1983.

The temperature of Friday's game doesn't need to be turned up anymore, because the atmosphere is hot enough Even despite the fact that Legia - counting the games of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup - has not lost to Widzew for 22 matches.

"Welcome to hell" - it was written on the official website of the Warsaw club, referring to the famous setting prepared at "Żyleta" before one of the former meetings of these teams A photo of three players from the capital team (Bartosz Slisz, Josue and Yuri Ribeiro) in Legia shirts from years ago - from the time when matches with Widzew decided the fate of the national championship.

Tickets for Friday's game were selling like hotcakes Similarly, among Widzew fans, for whom approx.

1 7 Thousand

tickets If ten times as many were donated, they would run out quickly too.

That is why a few months ago the Łódź club was even wondering whether it would be possible to move this football holiday to PGE Narodowy In the end, nothing came of it.

Anyway, it would be impossible now anyway due to problems with the roof on the largest Polish facility SEE ALSO: The former coach of Zagłębie Lubin has died.

The peak of popularity of this classic is in the 80s and 90s, when all football Poland was alive with matches between Widzew and Legia, they were also the reason for the special mobilization of the police Above all, however, they decided about the national championship, as in 1996 and 1997, when Widzew won twice in Warsaw.

In May 1996, the inhabitants of Łódź, cheered on by a crowd of their fans at Łazienkowska Street (they came to Warsaw on two trains filled to the brim), won 2:1, although they were losing 0:1 The win brought them closer to the title they won two weeks later.

After half a year, Widzew won 1:0 at home, and the second half of the match was delayed for a few minutes because Legia fans threw flares at the penalty area of ​​Maciej Szczęsny, a former goalkeeper of the club from Łazienkowska Smoke covered almost the entire field.

In June 1997, a classic was played in the capital, which went down in the history of Polish football Until the 90th minute, the hosts were leading 2:0, but eventually lost 2:3.

The inhabitants of Łódź celebrated the second consecutive title of the national champion To this day, when someone in Poland makes up for big losses at the end of the match, they are compared to that Widzew team.

And the meeting itself was hailed as the best in the history of the Polish Ekstraklasa The legionnaires partly reciprocated the inhabitants of Łódź two months later, when they won the Super Cup match 2:1.

This time they were losing 0:1, but they were able to turn the tide of the match They also turned out to be better in October 1997 - they won 3:1.

In April 1999, the Widowmakers were leading 2-0 against Legia, but the guests managed to equalize The last blow, however, was delivered by the people of Wisconsin.

In the 75th minute, a 3:2 victory was provided by Radosław Michalski, who - like Szczęsny - joined Widzew from Legia in the summer of 1996 Tradition was binding and on April 15, 2000, Widzew won again at home 3:2, this time Dariusz Gęsior scored the winning goal in the 90th minute.

It was the last win of the Łódź team in the prestigious competition Since then, the Ekstraklasa has been tied four times and Legia has won 15 times (plus three victories of the capital team in PP).

In The 2001/02 Season, Both Teams, Due To I A

regulations - the division of the league into two groups - did not face each other Fans of Legia also have something to remember, for example the meeting from June 2004.

The team from Łódź, broken and already relegated from the Ekstraklasa, lost 0:6 at Łazienkowska, and the image of Widzew's defeat was completed by the fact that one of the goals was scored by goalkeeper Artur Boruc from the penalty spot In the current century, the Warsaw-Łódź hit has lost some of its prestige.

Mainly due to the problems of Widzew, which in 2004-06, 2008-10 and 2014-22 he did not play in the Ekstraklasa In 2019 and 2020, this classic took place in the competition for the national cup (Legia won twice in Łódź - 3: 2 and 1: 0), but the league start of the only Polish participants of the Champions League was expected from the 2013/14 season.

The colors of the boaters were then represented by, among others: Patryk Stępiński (currently captain of Widzew) and Rafał Augustyniak - now a footballer of Legia For the last time in Warsaw, Legia met Widzew on July 20, 2013, in the first round of the Ekstraklasa.

She won 5:1 (in the return round she won in Łódź 1:0) After years of Widzew wandering around the lower leagues, it's time to write a new history of this rivalry.

In the autumn round of the current season, Widzew lost at home 1:2 On Friday, he will not be a favorite, but no one will underestimate Łódź residents on Łazienkowska Street.

Especially in view of the fact that for many months - since the aforementioned match with Legia - they have been doing very well Janusz Niedźwiedz's team, whose primary goal as a newly promoted team was to ensure their survival, scored 35 points in 21 matches and are ranked fourth, losing only one point to third Lech Poznań.

Legia with the achievements of 42 is the vice-leader In total, the two teams met 69 times in the Ekstraklasa.

Legia triumphed in 32 matches, in 19 there was a draw, and Widzew won 18 times Widzewiacy - not counting the 3:2 sparring they won in March 2022 - have been waiting for the victory over Legia for 23 years, and for Łazienkowska - almost 26.

Needless to say, how much would it mean for the fans of the Łódź club to end the infamous series "When Legia lost to Widzew for the last time, players such as Kacper Tobiasz, Cezary Miszta or Igor Strzałek have not yet been born.

Currently, the longest series of Legia matches without defeat against Łódź is underway, +Wojskowi+ have not succumbed to them for 22 matches "- reminded on the website of the Warsaw club Live coverage of the Legia Warszawa - Widzew Łódź match on Polsatsport.

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