Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Friday, October 3, 2025, 09:12 / Updated on Friday, October 3, 2025 09:12
The Varșovia Legia, 0-1 with Samsunspor, was the only Polish team that lost in the first stage of Conference League. Fans and experts harshly criticized coach Edi Iordănescu for the decision to change almost the entire team!
Edi Iordănescu made no less than 10 changes in the Start team of the Leg, compared to the Championship match against Pogon (1-0). Which had adverse consequences in the conference duel with Samsunspor (0-1) and attracted numerous criticisms from fans and publishers in the Polish press.
“Today I witnessed the absolute misunderstood sabotage of Iordănescu. Law Warsaw played at home and could have had an excellent start for another adventure in European cups, but the coach preferred the experiments. Let us hope that it will not happen that in three months the law will be three points away from something. Or even one, “commented Sebastian Staszewski, editorialist at” Przegląd Sortowy “and” Fakt “.
“I wiped my laptop screen twice at the pink while I was looking at the Start team of the Leg. I'm sorry, but I don't understand, “journalist Piotr Koźmiitski reacted, from Goal.pl.
“Iordănescu's Legia plays weak in the European Cups”
A sports photographer, Marcin Szymczyk, a supporter of the Leg, noticed: “Iordănescu's Legia has a weak evolution in European competitions. They have not been able to advance in the Europa League although he played against the weaker team, AEK Larnaca, he was tormented and he had a great luck against another modest team, Hibernian, and now he lost a team, Samsunspor. The experiment with the Start band was a failure, inversely proportional to the fans who came to the stadium”.
Michał Zachodny, from TVP Sport, made a balance sheet: “It is the seventh match on the legion of 2025 without a goal scored – that is one of three. In total, only 31 goals scored in 21 matches, of which ten were against the Hibernian teams, Raków and Gieksa this season.”
A journalist from the sports daily Meczyki defends Edi Iordănescu: “The championship is the most important”
But it was also a voice from the press that took the defense of Iordănescu Jr. “There is no point in criticizing the Warsaw Legia for today's matchbecause it is finally clear that the championship is truly the most important thing.
The Warsaw Law plays the key match on Sunday, against Gornik Zabrze. Moreover, the Legia has marked so many points for Poland that there is no point in complaining, “said Dawid Dobrasz, from the sports daily Meczyki.
