Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Friday, August 22, 2025, 07:59 / Updated on Friday, August 22, 2025 08:00
Legia Warsaw, the team prepared by Edi Iordănescu, won the first sleeve of the “double” with the Hibernian from the Conference League play-off, score 2-1.
The Legia started well and had 2-0 at the break, on the move from Scotland. Goals scored by Nsame, from a penalty granted with lime, in the 35th minute, and Wszolek, in extensions (45+3).
Edi Iordănescu: “We kept on the tactical plan”
But in the second part he failed to do 0-3 and Mulligan (87) brought him back to the host in the game and in the books of qualification. Which disturbed the Polish coach, Edi Iordănescu.
“We kept the tactical plan for most of the match and we had good technical and physical moments. That's why I am happy and congratulate the players. On the one hand, I am happy because I won, and that was crucial.
On the other hand, I am a little frustrated. I was driving with 2-0 and we had opportunities to make the score 3-0. Instead, it ended 2-1 ”, commented the former Romanian coach. Even his players expressed their frustration in front of the cameras.
The goalkeeper of the Leg: “2-1 is never a comfortable result”
“I am very frustrated by the last situation, when I got empty and lost that two goals advance. 2-1 is never a comfortable result, although I feel that no result in Europe is.
We must enter the second leg with the correct attitude, dominate again and win. We do not retire, we do not defend ourselves, because that will not help us“, Said the goalkeeper of the Leg, Kacper Tobiasz, at the Polsat television station.
Scots challenge the penalty granted to the Leg
Instead, the Scots accuse the penalty granted to the Leg. Rocky Bushiri hit the ball by hand, after a shot by Bartosz Kapustka, the referee Var considered his sanctionable hen and warned on the “Central” Mohammad Al-Emara, who showed the point with lime after the phase's review.
“Former world boxing champion, Josh Taylor, was in the main stand to follow his favorites, but he couldn't even give Hibs as strong as the team made him after half an hour. It was a crucial moment, which cut Hibs's breath, ”wrote Daily Record.
