2:1 Wisla in Rome, 1:1 in Krakow, Wisla advances. Lazio treats Wisla and UEFA cup matter-of-factly; and Wisla turns out to be much better than many give it credit. By the time Lazio awakens from the shock defeat at home, it's already too late to do anyhing about it. Besides, Kasperczak IS God, no?
From uefa.com Prediction time Finally, it remains to be seen whether former AS Roma player Zbigniew Boniek's prediction of a draw between S.S. Lazio and Wisla Kraków proves correct. Both sides are struggling with injury. Lazio's Dejan Stankovic has succumbed to a twisted ankle, while Stefano Fiore has a foot problem and could join Simone Inzaghi and Bernardo Corradi on the sidelines. Wisla, meanwhile, have a doubt against striker Maciej Zurawski who has a stomach strain.
tough to call not knowing if Zurawski will play. Without him I think they lose 1-0, with him 1-1 draw.
Sêdzia: Konrad Plautz (Austria). Asystenci: Egon Bereuter i Walter Staudinger (Austria). LAZIO: 1 Luca Marchegiani - 22 Massimo Oddo, 24 Fernando Couto, 31 Jaap Stam, 15 Giuseppe Pancaro - 18 Nikola Lazetic, 20 Fabio Liverani, 26 Lucas Castroman, 14 Diego Simeone, 4 Dino Baggio - 25 Enrico Chiesa. REZERWOWI: 70 Angelo Peruzzi (bramkarz), 11 Sinisa Mihajlovic, 3 Aparecido Cesar, 16 Giuliano Giannicchedda, 5 Dejan Stankovic, 9 Stefano Fiore, 7 Claudio Lopez. WIS£A: 30 Angelo Hugues - 4 Marcin Baszczyñski, 6 Arkadiusz G³owacki, 18 Mariusz Jop, 3 Maciej Stolarczyk - 15 Kalu Uche, 20 Mauro Cantoro, 16 Pawe³ Str¹k, 5 Kamil Kosowski - 31 Marcin KuŸba, 9 Maciej ¯urawski. REZERWOWI: 25 Adam Piekutowski (bramkarz), 22 Piotr Bro¿ek, 23 Pawe³ Bro¿ek, 17 Jacek Paszulewicz, 8 Grzegorz Pater, 2 Miros³aw Szymkowiak, 7 Kazimierz Moskal.
1-1 in the 39th minute. Uche ties it up after some strong build up and passing between he and Cantoro. Lazio had scored against the run of play off a corner. Wisla has had the better of play but apparently has been having difficulties defending set plays
and just as quickly, they've given the lead back! 2-1 Lazio, Chiesa in the 45th minute off another free kick
oops sorry, jumped the gun there. NO new own goal, the second goal has been changed from Chiesa to an own goal by Jop. Wisla still in it at 2-1 at the half. PHewww
holy crap!!! I can't believe what I just missed b/c of my crappy meeting at work Wisla comes back to draw 3-3!!!! 2 penalties from Zurawski in the second half where from the commentary it looks like Wisla clearly had the run of play. Wisla will not be too disappointed with the result and have much to play for in the return leg
I listened to the second half on Polish languge radio here in NY, and it really did seem like Wisla were the much better team in the second half. Over all, a very good result, but still I wish Wisla would have won. I wonder how Lazio will approach the remach in Krakow: either way, Wisla showed that they really are one of the better team in UEFA Cup, and , knowing Kasperczak, I doubt that they will play for a low scoring tie in Krakow. Seemed like a very good match for Strak and Uche, Zurawski was obviously bothered by his musce spasms, and I rarely heard Kosowski's name mentioned. This bodes very well for the team and shows that Wisla has more weapons than the opponents give them credit for.
a good result and a banner day for Polish soccer in the UEFA Cup Oli scored two plus an assist Dudek made some fine saves to allow Liverpool to hold on to a 1-0 result can't wait till next week's games!!
i watched this last nite...Wisla is impressive. I also watched their ties vs Parma, and these guys impressed me then as well. Let's hope they close it out in Poland and send those fakes Lazio packing. Nothing would make me happier
Not sure what you mean by fakes.... But an impressive show by Wisla for sure. Lazio has a lot of work to do next week to win 1-0 or 2-1...
I might just have to join that parade out of work....I feel a stomach illness coming!!! FSW will show the game live at 3PM EST on 2/27 and will replay it at 11PM EST the same day
looks like the Lucky Bar in Washington DC will be showing the game next week anyone else from DC planning on coming down?