There was still an hour until the first whistle, but there were already several hundred people at the stadium in Radzymin. They appeared so early for several reasons. This week it turned out that Krychowiak was registered to play in the district leagueand there was news in the media that the meeting with the third team of Polonia Warszawa may be his only match in Mazury.
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It was also said that materials for a unique documentary titled “Krychowiak: a step from the top” would be shot during the meeting. And in fact, the film crew responsible for production for Amazon Prime was already disintegrating. Kacper Sawicki is responsible for this work, the same producer who prepared the documentary about Wojciech Szczęsny, Krychowiak’s friend.
People who came to the stadium on a cool but sunny early afternoon wondered whether they would see the 100-time national team player from the first minute. The day before, the club’s president, Bogusław Król, argued that he was in the national team and wanted to play.
We approach the team responsible for the broadcast and there they are! The 35-year-old midfielder is listed in the match report right next to Kuba Grabowski. The popular “Quebonafide”, who ended his rapper career under this nickname, is responsible for bringing the famous footballer to Radzymin. It is also difficult not to associate this movement with a high-profile trip to Saudi Arabia.
Krychowiak is warming up with the entire Mazur team, although the club has not officially introduced the new, high-profile name on social media. We ask one of the people from the hosts’ locker room about it. The lack of reaction was supposed to be intentional. Why? We don’t get an answer.
It is known that the return to Poland and the match against Polonia III Warszawa was his first official appearance since May 5, 2025, when he took the field in the Cypriot league for Anorthosis Famagusta. At the end of the season, his contract expired, and the media reported that he rejected offers from Qatar, Bulgaria, India, Azerbaijan, Iran, Hungary, Australia, Cyprus and clubs from Poland, including Wieczysta Kraków. It was… a seventh-league player.
President Mazur emphasizes that Krychowiak is registered until the end of June, and the club would like him to come to Radzymin matches more often. In the Masovian Football Association, the 35-year-old is registered as an amateur and it will depend only on him whether he wants to play in the district team.
It started with “wide trousers”. Now Krychowiak made his debut in Masuria
We talk to the locals and hear that nothing is certain in the case of the former Sevilla and PSG star. The secrecy of people from Radzymin is astonishing and may mean uncertainty about the star’s long-term relationship with the club from the city of 15,000 inhabitants.
However, the voice from the locker room is a great illustration of what has been happening in the club recently, quite turbulent considering its 102-year history. Kuba Grabowski lives not far from the stadium and when he came to training unannounced, he shocked the team members. Both those who knew him and listened to his work, as well as those who saw him for the first time. The latter were completely surprised by the visit of a man wearing “strange, wide pants.” However, “Quebo” has been known for years for his love of football, which is clearly visible in his lyrics.
Over time, the entire team began to treat him as “one of their own”, and later the artist convinced the talented youth and Jakub Rzeźniczak to join the team. Now he has added the icing on the cake in the form of Krychowiak.
And it began. The day before the match, another famous rapper “Mata” released a “diss” on the footballer and Grabowski. Michał Matczak was believed to be convinced that the well-known midfielder would join his LKS Tajfuna Ostrów Lubelski. “We played a match once in Łódź, it was still tough back then, you were supposed to go to Tajfun, when you end up in Cyprus you’re a disgrace, a regular careerist, the contract was not kept,” he raps.
After the match, “Quebonafide” was more willing to give autographs to loyal fans than to reveal what happened behind the scenes to the media, but he managed to say that he did not intend to react to Mata’s song and replied in the negative that there would be a conflict between them. – Don’t provoke me with such questions, because it doesn’t make sense – he cut the topic short.
Even Krychowiak might have been surprised. They put pressure on him
There was a buzz in the stands and on the pitch during Saturday’s match. Radzymin is a city that supports Legia, which is why the players of Polonia’s third team heard some unpleasant chants towards them. Black Shirts took the lead already in the second minute. However, we didn’t have to wait long for Krychowiak’s performance and the hosts’ response. We saw up close how, after only seven minutes of the game, the former national team player made a perfect pass to Wojciech Lach, who equalized the score.
In addition to the assist, the famous footballer finished the match with a yellow card. And he didn’t go straight to the locker room during the break. He didn’t have the heart to deny the kids autographs.
“I’m afraid of the taste of failure” – these are the lyrics that end one of the moving songs “Quebonafide” from the soundtrack album of the musical “PÓŁNOC / POŁUDNIE”. Today, this confession suited not only him, but also Krychowiak. However, with the stars in the lineup, Mazur managed to draw 3-3 after an exciting show.
In addition, the hosts finished the match weak after Lach’s red card and missed a penalty kick. Considering that on Saturday the main character was a player known from the pitches of Spain or France, the fact that he did not approach the ball placed on the limestone could be surprising. However, coach Mazur decided to maintain the existing hierarchy.
People from all over the region came to Radzymin, along with the media. Cameras watched every move of “Quebo” and the hosts’ new player. – Great, but we were a little bit unlucky – Grabowski assessed the match and added a comment about Krychowiak’s performance. “He definitely fought, so positively,” we heard.
The scale of the event exceeded our wildest expectations. The locals said without hesitation that they had never seen such crowds at this stadium. In addition, several people watched the events on the pitch from… the balcony. A new housing estate was built near the Mazura facility.
As soon as Krychowiak left the locker room after the match, the crowd moved towards him. They were mostly children and juniors from Mazury who dreamed of having a photo or signature of a very famous footballer. Even the 35-year-old himself might have been surprised by the madness that accompanied his visit. If he is actually wondering whether he will find time to return to Radzymin, the hundreds of selfies and autograph signings must have made him think. The authorities also express hope that he will remain in the team. The pressure on the star was palpable.
So what about its future? Of course, it cannot be ruled out that in the eyes of a crowd of fans and cameras responsible for the documentary “Krychowiak: a step from the top” he has just ended his football career. However, one of Mazur’s famous footballers, Jakub Rzeźniczak, did not bite his tongue and these words may prove to be a valuable clue.
— I read yesterday that he is supposed to stay for one match, but we will persuade Grzesiek to stay longer. Something cool is being created here, there is potential – says the former Legia Warszawa player, who was suspended on Saturday.
