The beautiful dream of Jagiellonia Bialystok in the Champions League has ended. The Polish champions lost in the third round of the qualifiers to Bodo/Glimt and are left to compete for the group stage Europa LeagueThere they will meet the better of the pair Ajax Amsterdam – Panathinaikos Athens. In the event of a defeat in both legs, “Jaga” will spend the autumn in the group stage of the Europa Conference League.
Jagiellonia Białystok lost to Bodo. And then suddenly… Halvor Egner Granerud fired
On Tuesday match Adrian Siemieniec's players played very poorly. “It was good, but only for half an hour, because that was how long Jagiellonia Białystok was able to maintain the quickly gained lead in the return match with Bodo/Glimt in the qualifiers Champions League. Later, just like in Białystok, the Polish champion saw what kind of football he was really aiming for” – wrote Jakub Seweryn from Sport.pl.
It wasn't a dozen or so minutes after the end of the Jagiellonia match that Halvor Egner Granerud, a famous Norwegian ski jumper, made an unexpected comment on social media. He pointed out the sponsor on the Polish team's shirts.
“I like the Jagiellonia sponsor on the jerseys. But the Viking on the jersey is no match for the real Vikings,” wrote the Norwegian, taking a dig at the Poles. Many Polish players expressed their opinions in the comments under the post. fanswho didn't really like this comment. However, it seems that the jumper wanted it to be humorous.
The fourth round of qualifying for the Europa League is scheduled for 22 and 29 August. The group stage matches will begin in September.