Legia Warszawa finally returned to form after three winless matches. Coach Goncalo Feio abandoned the formation of three defenders and it immediately brought results. Kacper Chodyna was especially revived in the new formation, as he determined the result of Friday's match against Lechia Gdańsk. Paweł Wszołek also has no reason to complain, as he is doing better and better at right defense.
Disturbing news about Legia Warszawa. Problems at the airport
At the beginning of October, Legia won a very important victory in the inauguration of the league phase of the Conference League against Betis. After three weeks, he will have a chance to maintain his form in a confrontation with TSC Backa Topola. Unfortunately, there are many indications that we will not see Maxi Oyedele on the pitch on Thursday. “He returned from the Polish national team training camp with an injury, and during the match against Lechia he felt pain and had to leave the pitch,” he informed. Legionisci.com.
This was not the team's only problem in recent hours. “The Legia Warszawa team has just set off for Belgrade with a two-hour delay. From there, the legionnaires will have to travel to the hotel in Novi Sad, and tomorrow to Backa Topola for the match,” the portal reported. Just before 20, however, it was reported on the club's official profiles that the players and staff arrived safely.
The rivals' coach believes in success with Legia. “We have experience”
Legia's closest rival lost in the first match of the league phase away to FC Astana 0:1. – We have experience from Kazakhstan, where we performed very well, but did not score any points. (…) It is important for us to maintain the level of play, we are in the process of doing so. (…) We want to play football and we don't change that, regardless of whether we play in the Serbian league or the European cup – admitted Jovan Damjanović, quoted by mozzartsport.com.
The coach of the bronze medalist of the Serbian championship noticed that Goncalo Feio had recently made some changes. – We watched the last five matches of the team from Warsaw, and the rivals changed their playing system several times. I don't think they will have a result crisis, because they defeated a serious team, and apart from Betis, they also faced Jagiellonia. We approach the match with great respect, Legia is a huge club. We want to be modest, humble, but have faith in what we have done so far, he concluded.
The match between TSC Backa Topola and Legia Warszawa will take place on Thursday, October 24 at 21.