laska_prokocim napisał(a):
This is absolutely irrelevant to the current situation at Wisla. The times of Wisla beating Schalke, Parma, Lazio are long gone and you know it! Today's Wisla isn't even half as good as Wisla from the games mentioned above. Why do you even remind people about these games is beyond me. Stuck in the past, are we?
If you want to talk about the essence of Wisla then you must not forget about the losses to Valerenga Oslo in 2003, Dinamo Tbilisi in 2004, Vitoria Guimaraes in 2005, the narrow and lucky win over Mattersburg who were at the bottom of the austrian league (1:0 at home and 1:1 away with a very lucky goal) in 2006, loss to Blackburn Rovers in 2006, loss to Feyenoord, loss to Nancy. You brag about the win over Panathinaikos 3:1 but why don't you mention the fact they were just at the start of their season and then Wisla got trashed 4:1 in Greece and was eliminated from the CL?
In recent years Wisla had a lot more losses than wins on the European stage, so stop bragging about Parma, Lazio, Schalke because that was 5 years ago. It's irrelevant, Wisla fans show these clips before every European game but they don't mean shit. The truth is that polish football and polish clubs are one of the worst in Europe and every year they're falling further behind on points and level of play. Wisla is no exception. The entire polish league is one of the most corrupt leagues in the world, in recent times over 120 people have been arrested for rigging matches, including referees, coaches, club officials, and 9 clubs have been relegated to lower leagues so far and more will follow soon. It's no wonder that clubs from such corrupt and rotten league don't mean anything on the european stage.
Just this year Legia won with Wisla 3 times in a row including in the final of the League Cup. They even beat Wisla with a squad of 17 and 18 year olds. Wisla's lead in the league doesn't really mean anything because the polish league is so pathetic that anyone with a few good players and consistency can easily dominate the league. That's how weak the polish league is and in recent years the polish clubs have been losing to almost everyone in the European Cups.
In my opinion Wisla will once again lose on the european stage this time to Beitar. The truth about Wisla is that any team with a little tactical discipline and pressing can beat them, which we've already seen demonstrated by the european teams I mentioned above. If I had to bet my money on anyone here it would without a doubt be Beitar. In my opinion you guys are 70-30 favorites in this game.