Lech Poznan – FK Zeleziarne Podbrezova 5-0 in the sparring

A week before the first game of the Cup, Lech Poznan beat the ninth national team of the Slovak Premier League, Zeleziarne Podbrezova, up to 5-0. – This is not an attempt, and an opportunity to achieve the model of what we want to do later – commented the coach Lech Ivan Djurdjević

The group of the tiny Podbrezova is the Slovakian equivalent of Bruk-Bet Termalika Nieciecza. With the difference that he managed to stay in the Premier League for next season. The Slovaks came to the summer camp in Szamotuły – from where their duel with Lech, who will take Gandzasar Kapan of Armenia in the first round of the elimination of the European League in a week . Djurdjević has decided that some of the players will play today for more than an hour, and alternate – only less than thirty minutes. Saturday, when "Kolejorz" will participate in Opalenica with the Cyprus AEK Larnaka, the proportions will be reversed. Then, probably less likely, Łukasz Trałka and Maciej Gajos, who spent 90 minutes on the field, and Matusz Putnocky will play in goal.

Lech played in the 3-5-2 position throughout the match. He looked decent on the defense – with the exception of two situations where players did not play the ball back and the rivals had a hundred percent situation. Rafał Janicki's errors in the first half and bent on the position of Łukasz Trałka's central defender did not end in goals for the rivals. Lech had huge problems in the positional attack during the first half-hour he played incorrectly. The situation changed for goal 1-0 after Darek Jevticia scored Vernon De Marco. The Argentinian is the greatest discovery of Djurdjević – it perfectly breaks the attacks of its rivals, and at the offensive it shines with constant fragments. Shortly after, Maciej Gajosa lifted 2-0 after Maciej Gajos pulled out, and Lech started playing more relaxed. After the changes, when on the field appeared, among others Pedro Tiba, Maciej Makuszewski and Kamil Jóźwiak have already demolished their rivals. Poznanians' higher pressure combined with perpendicular games for quick attackers meant that Lech had the opportunity to seize the opportunity. He used three. – These matches are for the players to understand what is the model of our game and what will be the systems. Today, we have also tested different parameters, including Łukasz Trałka in the middle of the defense. From this are sparring, to later in the league where games for the promotion of certain things have been developed, and the case limited to a minimum – says trainer Djurdjević.

The first success of Lech was marked by the Portuguese Pedro Tiba, for whom "Kolejorz" paid close to a million euros. At the last goal, Tiba played a big heel against Tomasz Cywka, who in turn gave Maciej Makuszewski a one hundred percent opportunity. How long should the Portuguese be ready to play? – It's not about numbers, but about him and our feelings. I was a player who changed the country and I know how it is. Not only does the pitch count, but it is also a change of culture, food, climate, he was without family, he is looking for an apartment. This acclimatization will be slow, and we do not want to destroy some things. There are also players who have played here for a long time, who have progressed and are fighting for the team. He has good quality, but he also has to fight – says Djurdjević. Pedro Tiba will however be in the Lech team for the match with the team of Armenia.

– In the first half we were looking for a game in a positional attack, swapping positions. In the second, we knew that we were more active, we were more urgent, we wanted to use our forces against a higher and slower team. We are looking for solutions to select the players equally for each opponent – said Djurdjević. An interesting solution may be to put forward two fast wingers: Makuszewski and Jóźwiak.

In the match against Żeleziarne Podbrezova, the injury was inflicted on Tymoteusz Klupś, but the break of the young Lech player should not last long. He felt the pain of warming up, but he did not want to talk because he was ambitious. It's a pity, because such things need to be reported – admits Lech's coach. On Saturday, striker Paweł Tomczyk, who due to minor muscle problems left the meeting with the Slovaks, should already play

Goals: 1-0 From Marco 30., 2-0 Jevtić 34., 3- 0 Makuszewski 66., 4-0 Gajos 68., 5-0 Makuszewski 73.

Lech: Burić – Janicki (63. Orłowski), Rogne (63. Cywka), De Marco (63. Vujadinović) – Klupś (46. Baerkroth), Trałka, Gajos, Radut (63. Jóźwiak), Tomasik (63. Kostewycz) – Jevtić (63. Tiba), Gytkjaer (63. Makuszewski).

Timeline of the 2018/2019 season Ekstraklasa