Górnik Zabrze is undoubtedly one of the revelations of this season of PKO Ekstraklasa. Zabrzanie have been doing very well from the very beginning of the competition. But now they are in a crisis moment. While after the defeat against Zagłębie Lubin (0:2) and the draw against Wisła Płock (1:1) no one was going to sound the alarm, the loss against Radomiak Radom (0:4) gives everyone in the club something to think about. Górnik performed poorly in comparison to this rival and is doing everything to lose the lead in the league in the near future.
Podolski apologizes to the fans. It talks about lack of energy
After the blamage in Radom, Lukas Podolski spoke out on social media. The 2014 world champion spent the entire match on the bench, but he openly admits that he cannot imagine his team playing this way.
“I would like to apologize to all our fans for yesterday’s match. I do not want to see my team and club in such a form – without energy and self-confidence. Every player should ask himself whether he has given his all in recent weeks. We need to wake up! There are still two matches left. We need everyone who will be ready to give their all!!!” – he wrote on the X platform.
Gasparik is devastated. “We are not that strong”
It must be admitted that Podolski is trying to get his team going. Coach Michal Gasparik, however, looked helpless. Just after the meeting with Radomiak, he emphasized that it is difficult for the team to reach a high level when it is missing key players.
– We were lucky earlier and played with the same eleven. Now the composition has changed and the effects are visible. We are not in the same shape as at the beginning of the season. Today we were missing some players and the organization of our game changed. We don’t have stars, we don’t have a wide bench like Lech, Jagiellonia or Raków. We need to have everyone healthy and well organized. We are not as strong as the top of the table. If we get one match like that, that’s OK. A second time like this cannot happen to us, said the 43-year-old.
After 17 league games, Górnik has 30 points. Now Zabrze will compete in the Polish Cup with Lechia Gdańsk (December 2). Three days later, the Zabrze team will face this rival again, but as part of a PKO Ekstraklasa match.
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