Last weeks are very turbulent for Legia Warsaw. Poor entry into the spring round and only four points in the first three matches. Fans protesting against the board during the match against Puszcza Niepołomice. The saga with the download of the attacker, which ended with the transfer of Ilja Szkurin for EUR 1.5 million from Stal Mielec, which was widely recognized as an excessive amount and an act of desperation. A lot of all of it was gathered.
Bastion of peace in a sea of chaos. Legia Warsaw could only wait
One thing with which Legia had peace was to participate in the 1/8 finals. This guaranteed the seventh place in the league phase. Thanks to this, they did not have to play in the play-off phase, unlike Jagiellonia Białystok, who needed a winning two with Serbian TSC Baćka Topol to join the Warsaw residents. Fortunately, Polish champions succeeded. Triumph at 3: 1, and yourself confirmation of superiority and exactly the same victory. Thanks to this, Jagiellonia will fight for the quarter -finals and it is possible that with … Legia.
All because the teams from places 7-8. In the league phase by the quarter-finals they will play with one of the winners of the play-off two between teams from the 9th and 24th and 10th and 23 places. In the first case they were the mentioned Jagiellonia and Baćka Topola. However, the second double is the Irish Shamrock Rovers competition with Norwegian Molde.
Jagiellonia or a trip to Norway in March
The Irish were probably the biggest revelation of the league phase. Perhaps not very strong bands such as North Irish Larne or Welsh the New Saints. However, the tenth place is a revelation in their case. Nay! In the first match with Molde, they won 1: 0 and away. And we know well how annoying visits to Norway in European cups can be, especially in February.
The rematch needed extra time, because after regular time the game was 1: 0 for Molde. However, she also did not bring the winner, so we had a penalty shootout competition. The Norwegians turned out to be better in it (5: 4). Legia will meet its rival on Friday, February 21 at 14:00, because it is then that the draw will start. Jagiellonia already knew that in the case of promotion she would face either Legia or Belgian Cercle Brugge.