In autumn Legion Warsaw beat Motor Lublin 5: 2, and Goncalo Feio could enjoy the triumph over his former team and former assistant Mateusz Stolarski. Now, however, a trainer from Portugal returned to the Lublin region for the first time since April 2024, when he left the club fighting for promotion to the Premier League after defeat with Stal Rzeszów. So it could be expected that the locals would want to play not only for the defeat in the capital, but also the former superior. Anyway, this could be evidenced by the rough welcome of the trainers.
Stricular goal in the Motor Lublin – Legia Warsaw match. How did it happen?
Even before the first whistle, the fans of both teams “offered” a lot of profanity, and immediately after the start of the match, the judge had to stop the game because of the pitch smoke through the flare. The players of both teams presented several offensive actions, and then something absolutely unexpected happened.
In the 11th minute of the meeting he caught the ball Kacper Rosa, and there was a whistle at the stadium. The goalkeeper decided that it was the referee that interrupted the game, but it did not happen. Rosa threw the ball ahead, and Marc Gual put it into the goal. As the judge did not use a whistle, the goal was recognized and in such a bizarre way Legia went out to lead 1: 0.
After the goal on the pitch a lot was happening and under both penalties. Samuel Mraz shot twice, but once the ball hit the defender, and once Vladan Kovacević broke it. Later Ilja Szkurin tried, but the strong blow was slightly passed by the dew post.
In the following minutes the motor had the advantage and stayed on the ball longer, but it wasn't too much. It wasn't until the 37th minute that the Lubliners carried out the action, after which the guests anchored in the penalty area. Finally, the ball hit the right, and there Filip Wójcik passed the defender and sent an excellent ball straight to Bradley's head van Hoeven. A small Dutchman won the duel with Legia players and with a head shot he gave the hosts a 1: 1 draw.
The same player in the 43rd minute took the stray ball behind the back of the guests' defenders and stood alone with Kovacevic, but chose the shot in the middle sector of the goal and hit the crossbar. Finally, the result did not change until the break.
Crazy second half in the Premier League and a goal in the 100th minute. Goncalo Feio returned to Lublin
After the change of sides, Legia pressed, and the result was another strange situation. In the 54th minute Legia players sent a cross into the penalty area and it seemed that the ball would catch the ball without any problems. The goalkeeper, however, made another, terrible and expensive mistake. He released the ball from his arms straight under Kacper Chodyna's feet, and he gave Legia a 2: 1 lead.
The GonCalo Feio team enjoyed leading only ten minutes. Motor used the free kick around the rivals' penalty area. Bartosz Wolski sent a precise cross, the defense of Legia was badly covered in the penalty area, and Samuel Mraz shot his head and it was 2: 2.
We found out that the match started for good in the 71st minute, when Legia hit again. This time, left in the penalty area, Ryoya Morishita managed to shoot a shot in the thicket of defenders and it was 3: 2 for visitors.
The next phase of the meeting was marked by many actions, but few specific ones. Legia played a lot on time and interrupted the actions with fouls, and Motor tried to change the result to a favorable one. Still in the added time, he had a great chance for it, but he shot a side net. In the next action Slovak fell in the penalty area hit by the fist of Vladan Kovacevic. The judge analyzed the situation on VAR for a long time and admitted the local “eleven”.
The victim himself approached the ball and … his shot bounced Kovacević. However, the ball hit Mraza's feet again, and he reached it to the empty goal and the tenth minute of added game time sensation became a fact. Motor drew on the tape 3: 3 and pulled points out of his rivals.
Motor Lublin – Legia Warsaw 3: 3 (1: 1)
Goals: Van Hoeven 37 ', Mraz 65', 90+10 ' – Gual 11', Chodyna 54 ', Morishita 71'