Wojciech Szczęsny was included in the squad FC Barcelona for the match against Sevilla (5:1), but he sat on the bench. The 34-year-old had to give way to Inaki Peni, although he still fulfilled his task. “During the warm-up, the Pole kept motivating his younger colleague, and after one of the successful kicks he applauded. He limited the warm-up to a few interventions,” wrote Dominik Wardzichowski, a correspondent of Sport.pl from the capital of Catalonia..
However, since joining Barcelona, the Polish goalkeeper has been facing sharp criticism from Jan Tomaszewski. – He made a fool of himself – said the bronze medalist of the 1974 World Championships. And when he found out how Szczęsny reacted to these words, he attacked him and his new team again. – I said that it is the most indebted club in the world and that caused an outburst of laughter – he said ironically. And after the last match of the Spanish runners-up, the goalkeeper continues to score points. And not only him.
Jan Tomaszewski spoke about Wojciech Szczęsny. Briefly about Robert Lewandowski
The 76-year-old was asked about the competition Happy with Pena. – First of all, I was among the dozen or so percent who said they would not accept such a proposal. Secondly, I am not an idiot patriot! […] You ask me, and as an expert I try to answer – he started the conversation with “Super Express”.
Then he painfully summarized his countryman's situation. At the same time, he mentioned Robert Lewandowski, who encouraged his friend to join the Catalan club. – Even a small child knows that Barcelona's first goalkeeper at the moment is Inaki Pena. Wojtek first made a mess, and then these “outstanding” journalists and “outstanding” experts made a mess that Robert had promised him that Robert was his manager and that he would play – he said.
Jan Tomaszewski turned to experts and fans. “This is our climate”
Tomaszewski did not forgive the mentioned journalists and experts who, in his opinion, were misleading fans. They, in turn, turned out to be naive. – Some (experts – ed.), even many of them, said that he would play against Sevilla, Bayern and El Clasico. Ladies and gentlemen, you'd have to be really… pretty good at it to believe it. I didn't believe it and said my opinion, and the fact that I was in harm's way was 80 percent. Polish fans? Sorry, sorry, this is our climate – he blurted out.
Coach Hansi Flick had already announced that he would also defend Pena in Wednesday's match against Bayern Munich, although he has not yet announced a decision regarding El Clasico (October 26). Although the Spaniard is currently the favorite to play and only his possible mistakes in the match against the Munich team would bring Wojciech Szczęsny closer to playing against Real Madrid.