The Ekstraklasa doesn’t get many non-Polish viewers and many Poles would say that’s a good thing, such is the negativity surrounding the domestic league here. But there are some foreign watchers (including yours truly) and they often are far more positive about the Ekstraklasa than Poles themselves. I spoke to one relatively new Ekstraklasa observer, […]
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Oh my God, Is that Robert Lewandowski? Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski is literally everywhere on the internet since last night’s amazing 5 goal haul in under ten minutes for Bayern Munich vs Wolfsburg. Indeed waking up in the morning […]
Lech Poznań manager Maciej Skorża – from title-winner to bottom of the table – but still in his job Since I’ve started following the Ekstraklasa, I’ve been bewildered by the sheer rate that clubs change their managers. Often I’ll be watching a game, and I simply have no idea who is managing a given club, […]
I’ve tried to stay neutral over the whole debate over refugees in Poland, I’ve tried to understand the worries of a society which is not multicultural and which needs time to adapt to ethnic minorities. I understand all the arguments, but it didn’t stop me being sad and sick to my stomach tonight when Lech […]
Tonight Poland play in Frankfurt against Germany in an important Euro 2016 qualifying match. 41 years ago, Kazimierz Górski’s wonder-team also played in Frankfurt against West Germany in a match which would decide who would make it to the 1974 World Cup final. In the famous ‘water-match’ (Mecz na wodzie in Polish), Poland fought hard […]
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