Football. Pogoń without points in Radom

Pogoń Szczecin lost the match in Radom and failed to advance in the PKO BP Ekstraklasa table to a medal position. Radomiak scored goals at the very beginning and just before the end of the match. This was the second defeat of the Szczecin team against the team from Radom this season and the second lost match in a row by Pogoń after the Polish Cup final.

Radomiak Radom – Pogon Szczecin 2:0 (1:0); 1:0 Burch (2), 2:0 Perotti (90+3)

Radomiak: Maciej Kikolski - Marco Burch, Steve Kingue, Saad Agouzoul, Jan Grzesik (89. Rafał Wolski) - Bruno Jordao (89. Francisco Ramo), Christos Donis (72. Michał Kaput), Paulo Henrique, Roberto Alves (84. Rafael Barbosa'), Capita -Renat Dadashov (72. Perotti)

Chase: Valentin Cojocaru – Leonardo Koutris, Luizao, Dimitrios Keramitsis (84. Jakub Lis), Linus Wahlqvist – Joao Gamboa (72. Antoni Klukowsk), Fredrik Ulvestad (61. Kacper Łukasiak), Rafał Kurzawa (84. Kacper Smoliński), Adrian Przyborek (61. Marcel Wędrychowski), Kamil Grosicki - Efthymis Koulouris

Pogoń, due to the suspensions of Borges and Loncar due to cards, played in Radom on Saturday with a very experimental line-up. The Brazilian Luizao, acquired a few months ago, made his debut in the port eleven in the centre of defence, and was seconded in the position of centre-back by the Greek Keramitsis, rarely seen in the top league. Both of them played in this position together only in the third league reserves of Pogoń.

The hosts took advantage of the weaker physical condition of Pogoń's defenders in the very first action. Grzesik crossed into the penalty area from the right side of the pitch, and Burch won the competition with our defenders and successfully headed the ball into the net. Pogoń could not find its rhythm for a long time. They had problems breaking down the well-functioning defense of the guests and only after Gamboy's shot did Radomiak's goalkeeper Kikolski save his team from conceding a goal. The Radomians repeatedly launched counterattacks and Cojocaru showed off some good interventions, including by picking the ball out from under the feet of Grzesik, who was one-on-one with him, and after Capita's shot.

The Port players gained more and more advantage as time went by, but they created few scoring opportunities. Ulvestadale came closest to equalizing when he hit the crossbar after a cross from Grosicki. P

Right after the break, Radomiak had a great chance to increase their lead. Capita played a pass along the penalty area to Alves, and the Swiss player's shot was blocked by Koutris. Seeing the time running out, Pogoń tried to increase the tempo, but the hosts were flawless in defense and, just like in the first half, waited for opportunities to counterattack. It seemed that Radomiak's defense was broken in the 75th minute. The ball after Grosicki's shot fluttered in the net, but the referees ordered VAR. Reviewing the action a few dozen seconds ago, they saw a handball by Koulouris and canceled the goal. This motivated the porters to attack even more. Grosicki was active and Wędrychowski was brought onto the field, but the assault on the opponent's goal did not bring any effect. In added time, Radom took advantage of the fact that Pogoń had exposed themselves so much. Henrique crossed to Perotti, who set the score. Pogoń will have a chance for rehabilitation next Wednesday, when we will face Motor Lublin at our home stadium in a postponed match from the previous round.

(voivodeship)