This Friday we will return to league competition. On July 19, 2024, we will play the match of the 1st round in the 2024/25 PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa season against Slask Wroclaw. The first whistle blows at 8:30 pm.
The previous season undoubtedly gave us a lot of excitement and excitement. Thanks to our collective commitment and hard work, we won the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa back-to-back games and returned to the elite. For our team, the 2023/24 league season ended on May 26, 2024 after the match against Miedzia Legnica. In the interval between games, we played four sparring matches. In the first of these we won against the team of Only Lechia Gdansk 7:1. In three consecutive sparring matches, we drew 1:1. First against Chojniczanka Chojnice, then against Legia Warsaw and in the last sparring match against Wisla Płock. This season we will start the season with an away meeting with Slask Wroclaw at Tarczynski Arena.
We are happy to inaugurate this season on the field of the vice-champion of Poland, on the field of Silesia. I think it will be a very cool experience for us, already the first of the experiences that await us in the Ekstraklasa, but also a cool time for our and Slask’s fans. I expect the match to be an open encounter. Surely we will approach this meeting with our heads held high and with such a bold resolve that we will want to continue what we started in the 1st division, in the Ekstraklasa. For sure, life will verify us, I think we will also learn and skillfully draw conclusions, but it’s the kind of Lechia DNA that we showed in the 1st league we will also be able to show in the Ekstraklasa,” said coach Szymon Grabowski at a pre-match press conference.
The preparatory period was certainly tough for everyone. We worked hard in training, in the camp, a lot of overworked units. We are optimistic about the new round, about the Ekstraklasa. We want to show our best side, we want to show what we showed in League 1. We want to prove that we were the best team there. We want to score points at the beginning as well as later in the league. We look forward to this match – Dominik Piła said at a press briefing.
RIVAL SILHOUETTE: ŚLĄSK WROCŁAW
The Silesia team won the Polish vice-championship last season. Our friends from Wroclaw were not far away from enjoying the Polish championship, as they finished the season with the same points as Jagiellonia Białystok. The decisive factor was the worse balance of direct matches for the club from the Lower Silesian province. In Bialystok, Jagiellonia won 3:1, and in Wroclaw, Slask won 2:1. The Wroclawians, thanks to winning the Polish vice-championship, will play in the qualifiers for the Europa Conference League. Slask played five sparring matches before the start of the competition. He won the meeting with Rokita Brzeg Dolny 4:0, CFR Cluj 1:0 and SFC Opava 2:0. He tied in a meeting with FK Mladá Boleslav 1:1 and lost to Slavia Prague 0:2.
LAST MATCH WITH ŚLĄSK WROCŁAW
The last time we faced Slask Wroclaw was on April 1, 2023 at the Polsat Plus Arena Gdansk. It was a match played as part of the 26th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. The meeting ended with a score of 0:0. Meanwhile, the last away game against Slask Wroclaw was on September 10, 2022, as part of the 9th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. The Wroclawians won on their home ground against our team 2:1. The goal for the White-Greens came after a suicide hit by Patryk Janasik.
OVERALL BALANCE OF MATCHES AGAINST ŚLĄSK WROCŁAW
So far, we have played 63 meetings with Slask Wroclaw. We won 17 games. There was a draw in 22 meetings. On the other hand, we were defeated 24 times.
JUDGING PANEL
The match between Slask Wroclaw and Lechia Gdansk will be hosted by Patryk Gryckiewicz from Torun. Last season, he was twice a referee in struggles involving Lechia. In the 11th round in a match against Górnik Łęczna (1:1) and in the 25th round in a winning match against Odra Opole (2:1). Assistants on the line will be Marcin Boniek and Jakub Winkler. Sylvester Rasmus will be the technical judge. Tomasz Kwiatkowski and Piotr Rzucidło will sit in the VAR vehicle.
WHERE TO WATCH THE MATCH?
Friday’s meeting with Slask Wroclaw will begin at 8:30 pm. Coverage of the match will be available on TV on Canal+Sport, Canal+Sport 3, Canal+Sport 4K Ultra, in the app and on the Canal+Online website, as well as on the public Canal+Sport channel on the YouTube platform. The match will be commentated by Robert Skrzynski and Mateusz Rokuszewski.
