Jagiellonia Białystok began their fight in European cups with the Champions League qualifiers. There, they first dealt with FK Poniewież without any major problems. In the next round, it was much more difficult. The Polish champion's rival was Bodo/Glimt. The Norwegians turned out to be much better and Jagiellonia “fell” to the Europa League qualifiers.
Boniek summed up Jagiellonia's performance. Painfully
This time, the team from the top league again had a very difficult task ahead of them. They came up against Ajax Amsterdam and in the two matches the difference in class was visible. The Dutch won first 4:1 and then 3:0. Thus, Jagiellonia will finally (like Legia Warsaw) play in the Conference League. Zbigniew Boniek summed up the club's recent performances in a painful way.
– Winning the title can be a matter of luck, and repeating such a season is a matter of culture, skills, and habit. I see that Jagiellonia has a problem with that this year, because they are doing worse even in the league. This is not the Jagiellonia that we applauded last season. With all due respect, Imaz is the most dangerous striker in the team. This is good for our league, not for Europe. This shows the limits of this team – he said in an interview on the channel The Truth of Football.
Then he also assessed the performances of all Polish teams in European cups. – As long as we play each other, everything looks great. In Europe, we get lost somewhere along the way. I have watched all the matches of Polish teams and I have never seen so-called dying on the pitch. I believe that with these budgets, we have an obligation to do something better. I believe that we do not achieve enough on European pitches in relation to what we have – he concluded.
Jagiellonia Białystok and Legia Warsaw will find out who their rivals will be in the Conference League on Friday. The draw for the league phase will take place that day at 2:30 p.m.