Posted December 10, 2025 10:16
· last edited January 28, 2026 23:51
Training at the Cherries for a few weeks? Niche cache.
Last week, Alex Paulsen made his return from injury in a cup defeat against Gornik Zabrze. No shame in that since Lechia were in the relegation zone and Gornik sitting atop the Ekstraklasa table. But those two teams met again in the league the following weekend and after a stunning 5-2 win for Lechia, they’re no longer in the relegation zone and Gornik Zabrze are no longer first. Only stress there is that AP did make a fumble diving onto a loose ball (after his initial save) leading to his team’s first concession. The second was a penalty.
In fairness to Paulsen, that mistake happened soon after the game had resumed following a 15 minute pause after the ultras smoked out the stadium with their pyro. You can still see the smoke in that section of the highlights. Mate, imagine going from playing at Fraser Park for the Wellington Phoenix Reserves a few years ago where the most dangerous thing you’ll see on game day is a bit of graffiti on a shipping container... to turning around and seeing this behind your goal...
Just so that you don’t get any wrong ideas, the tifo was in recognition of the 44th anniversary of the former authoritarian communist government declaring martial law across the country. The banner in front of the massive devil read: “For traitors of the homeland, the last circle of hell”. And, yes, that display involved pyrotechnics that ruined the game for a wee bit. But by the end of it, Lechia had pocketed their most memorable victory of the campaign to finally move clear of the drop zone.
Incredibly, this team have scored the most goals in the division, conceded the most goals in the division, and sit 12th out of 18 teams despite having a five-point deduction. And with that comes the winter break.
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Unknown editoredited January 28, 2026 23:51
Training at the Cherries for a few weeks? Niche cache.
Last week, Alex Paulsen made his return from injury in a cup defeat against Gornik Zabrze. No shame in that since Lechia were in the relegation zone and Gornik sitting atop the Ekstraklasa table. But those two teams met again in the league the following weekend and after a stunning 5-2 win for Lechia, they’re no longer in the relegation zone and Gornik Zabrze are no longer first. Only stress there is that AP did make a fumble diving onto a loose ball (after his initial save) leading to his team’s first concession. The second was a penalty.
In fairness to Paulsen, that mistake happened soon after the game had resumed following a 15 minute pause after the ultras smoked out the stadium with their pyro. You can still see the smoke in that section of the highlights. Mate, imagine going from playing at Fraser Park for the Wellington Phoenix Reserves a few years ago where the most dangerous thing you’ll see on game day is a bit of graffiti on a shipping container... to turning around and seeing this behind your goal...
Just so that you don’t get any wrong ideas, the tifo was in recognition of the 44th anniversary of the former authoritarian communist government declaring martial law across the country. The banner in front of the massive devil read: “For traitors of the homeland, the last circle of hell”. And, yes, that display involved pyrotechnics that ruined the game for a wee bit. But by the end of it, Lechia had pocketed their most memorable victory of the campaign to finally move clear of the drop zone.
Incredibly, this team have scored the most goals in the division, conceded the most goals in the division, and sit 12th out of 18 teams despite having a five-point deduction. And with that comes the winter break.
