POZNAN, Poland. May 20 (PSN) – Legia Warsaw have been crowned the league champions after claiming an away win with Lech Poznan in the thirty-seventh round of the 2017/2018 LOTTO Ekstraklasa season.
Legia were awarded their 14th league championship title on Sunday after their match with Lech Poznan was decided into a 3:0 walkover win for the guests. The capital club only needed a point from their trip to Poznan to guarantee themselves the title, but ended up earning far more than that. Dean Klafuric’s team came into the game motivated and hungry for glory against a demoralized Lech squad and the score reflected that already in the 9th minute. Domagoj Antolic scored his first goal for Legia and put his team in the lead with a win in sight.
Lech attempted to retaliate, but each of their efforts were completely denied by Legia keeper Arkadiusz Malarz, who showcased an impressive performance all game long to keep the Kolejorz at bay. Once Michal Kucharczyk fired in the second goal, things started to look like an almost certain Legia win, a fact that angered Lech fans. This resulted in them invading the pitch in frustration after knowing fully well that their team had failed to stop the Legionistas.
The match was immediately called off and a walkover win was right after awarded to Legia who celebrated their 14th title in history in their fierce rival’s stadium. Despite the loss, Lech Poznan still held a European cup spot to join Jagiellonia Bialystok and Gornik Zabrze in qualification to the UEFA Europa League next season. Legia on the other-hand will compete in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.
Meanwhile, with Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza losing to Piast Gliwice on Saturday, they join last place Sandecja Nowy Sacz in relegation from the Ekstraklasa.
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Lech Poznań – Legia Warsaw (0:3 walkover)
Goals: Antolić 9′, Kucharczyk 69′
Yellow carded: Jóźwiak, Majewski
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Bydgoszcz) Attendance: 27 617
Note: Score was 2:0 for Legia before game was abandoned at the 76th minute mark due to Lech Poznan fan pitch invasion
Lech: 30. Matúš Putnocký – 2. Robert Gumny, 26. Rafał Janicki, 13. Nikola Vujadinović, 77. Piotr Tomasik (71, 34. Tymoteusz Klupś) – 10. Darko Jevtić, 7. Maciej Gajos, 6. Łukasz Trałka, 86. Radosław Majewski, 29. Kamil Jóźwiak (61, 17. Maciej Makuszewski) – 32. Christian Gytkjær
Legia: 1. Arkadiusz Malarz – 20. Marko Vešović, 34. Iñaki Astiz, 44. William Rémy, 55. Artur Jędrzejczyk – 18. Michał Kucharczyk, 6. Chris Philipps, 26. Cafú (60, 22. Kasper Hämäläinen), 7. Domagoj Antolić, 53. Sebastian Szymański – 32. Miroslav Radović (72, 14. Adam Hloušek)
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Górnik Zabrze – Wisła Kraków 2:0 (1:0)
Goals: Matuszek 32′, Angulo 87′
Yellow carded: Wieteska, Bochniewicz, Żurkowski, Hajda – Basha, Llonch, Wojtkowski, Brożek
Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork) Attendance: 24 563
Górnik: 1. Tomasz Loska – 4. Mateusz Wieteska, 15. Dani Suárez, 55. Paweł Bochniewicz, 32. Adrian Gryszkiewicz – 7. Rafał Kurzawa, 22. Szymon Matuszek, 27. Szymon Żurkowski, 97. Daniel Smuga (74, 18. Wojciech Hajda), 11. Daniel Liszka (65, 9. Damian Kądzior) – 17. Igor Angulo
Wisła: 1. Julián Cuesta – 19. Tomasz Cywka, 27. Marcin Wasilewski (77, 23. Paweł Brożek), 15. Zoran Arsenić, 5. Jakub Bartkowski – 8. Tibor Halilović, 16. Nikola Mitrović, 20. Vullnet Basha (83, 21. Petar Brlek), 7. Pol Llonch, 11. Jesús Imaz (75, 26. Kamil Wojtkowski) – 10. Carlitos
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Jagiellonia Białystok – Wisła Płock 2:1 (1:1)
Goals: Runje 44′, Sheridan 65′ – Kanté 35′
Yellow carded: Burliga, Kwiecień, Sheridan – Štilić, Stefańczyk, Furman, Uryga, Varela
Red carded: Dominik Furman (82)
Referee: Piotr Lasyk (Bytom) Attendance: 20 086
Jagiellonia: 25. Marián Kelemen – 8. Łukasz Burliga, 17. Ivan Runje, 5. Nemanja Mitrović, 12. Guilherme – 21. Przemysław Frankowski, 99. Bartosz Kwiecień (70, 23. Piotr Wlazło), 6. Taras Romanczuk, 26. Martin Pospíšil (76, 28. Karol Świderski), 9. Arvydas Novikovas (90, 14. Marek Wasiluk) – 18. Cillian Sheridan
Wisła: 30. Thomas Dähne – 20. Cezary Stefańczyk, 18. Alan Uryga, 14. Adam Dźwigała, 9. Arkadiusz Reca – 77. Konrad Michalak (77, 96. Jakub Łukowski), 8. Dominik Furman, 4. Damian Szymański, 23. Semir Štilić (68, 19. Kamil Biliński), 7. Nico Varela – 29. José Kanté
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Korona Kielce – Zagłębie Lubin 0:2 (0:1)
Goals: Tuszyński 9′, 69′
Yellow carded: Kaczarawa, Dziubek, Aankour – Matras
Referee: Artur Aluszyk (Szczecin) Attendance: 6268
Korona: 25. Matthias Hamrol – 21. Łukasz Kosakiewicz, 4. Piotr Malarczyk, 19. Ken Kallaste – 22. Ivan Jukić (56, 15. Piotr Pierzchała), 13. Oliver Petrak, 31. Zlatko Janjić, 10. Nabil Aankour, 2. Krystian Miś (67, 16. Wiktor Długosz) – 89. Elia Soriano, 9. Nika Kaczarawa (76, 20. Michał Dziubek)
Zagłębie: 30. Dominik Hładun – 44. Alan Czerwiński, 2. Bartosz Kopacz, 33. Ľubomír Guldan, 23. Daniel Dziwniel – 11. Bartłomiej Pawłowski, 19. Filip Jagiełło, 28. Mateusz Matras (59, 16. Paweł Żyra), 18. Filip Starzyński (64, 99. Bartosz Slisz), 14. Łukasz Janoszka (80, 77. Łukasz Moneta) – 89. Patryk Tuszyński
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Arka Gdynia – Śląsk Wrocław 0:1 (0:1)
Goals: Łuczak 1′
Yellow carded: Szwoch, Sołdecki – Tarasovs, Robak, Kosecki, Celeban
Referee: Wojciech Myć (Lublin) Attendance: 6222
Arka: 1. Pāvels Šteinbors – 2. Tadeusz Socha, 29. Michał Marcjanik, 3. Krzysztof Sobieraj (31, 8. Marcus Vinícius), 28. Frederik Helstrup, 17. Adam Marciniak – 22. Maciej Jankowski, 4. Dawid Sołdecki, 14. Michał Nalepa (81, 13. Grzegorz Piesio), 10. Mateusz Szwoch – 9. Rubén Jurado (57, 11. Rafał Siemaszko)
Śląsk: 1. Jakub Wrąbel – 30. Kamil Dankowski, 3. Piotr Celeban, 32. Igors Tarasovs, 11. Mateusz Cholewiak – 7. Jakub Kosecki, 31. Maciej Pałaszewski, 21. Tim Rieder, 29. Arkadiusz Piech (64, 25. Adrian Łyszczarz), 26. Daniel Łuczak (90, 17. Mariusz Pawelec) – 9. Marcin Robak (82, 23. Sebastian Bergier)
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Piast Gliwice – Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 4:0 (2:0)
Goals: Mak 23′, Bukata 35′, Živec 78′, Badía 90′
Yellow carded: Sedlar, Czerwiński, Dziczek
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock) Attendance: 6249
Piast: 1. Jakub Szmatuła – 20. Martin Konczkowski, 4. Jakub Czerwiński, 25. Aleksandar Sedlar, 5. Marcin Pietrowski – 19. Mateusz Mak (70, 3. Denis Gojko), 82. Martin Bukata, 16. Patryk Dziczek, 33. Tomasz Jodłowiec, 12. Saša Živec (87, 21. Gerard Badía) – 27. Michal Papadopulos (75, 10. Karol Angielski)
Bruk-Bet Termalica: 12. Dariusz Trela – 17. Bartosz Szeliga, 25. Mateusz Kupczak, 77. Artem Putiwcew, 2. Vitālijs Maksimenko – 20. Szymon Pawłowski (81, 28. Łukasz Piątek), 5. Vlastimir Jovanović, 6. Rafał Grzelak, 30. Florin Purece (53, 10. Samuel Štefánik), 18. Bartosz Śpiączka (6, 7. Roman Gergel) – 21. Vladislavs Gutkovskis
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Cracovia – Pogoń Szczecin 1:4 (1:2)
Goals: Piątek 45′ (Pk) – Drygas 9′, Frączczak 20′, 60′, 78′
Yellow carded: Helik, Dytiatjew – Hołota, Matynia, Niepsuj, Walukiewicz
Referee: Mariusz Złotek (Stalowa Wola) Attendance: 2193
Cracovia: 30. Adam Wilk – 20. Niko Datković, 39. Michał Helik, 34. Ołeksij Dytiatjew, 33. Kamil Pestka (61, 3. Michal Sipľak) – 11. Mateusz Wdowiak, 8. Milan Dimun, 19. Javi Hernández, 44. Nicolai Brock-Madsen, 7. Antonini Čulina (46, 87. Diego Ferraresso) – 99. Krzysztof Piątek (87, 9. Michał Rakoczy)
Pogoń: 26. Jakub Bursztyn – 24. David Niepsuj, 40. Sebastian Walukiewicz, 25. Lasza Dwali, 15. Hubert Matynia – 9. Adam Frączczak, 20. Tomasz Hołota, 14. Kamil Drygas, 55. Sebastian Kowalczyk (71, 8. Dawid Błanik), 18. Adam Buksa (81, 29. Marcin Listkowski) – 93. Łukasz Zwoliński (66, 59. Adrian Benedyczak)
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Lechia Gdańsk – Sandecja Nowy Sącz 1:1 (0:1)
Goals: Flávio Paixão 56′ – Trochim 29′
Yellow carded: Nalepa, Kobryń – Mráz, Benga, Bartosz
Referee: Zbigniew Dobrynin (Łódź) Attendance: 12 080
Lechia: 1. Dušan Kuciak – 20. Adam Chrzanowski, 25. Michał Nalepa, 5. Steven Vitória, 77. Rafał Kobryń – 17. Lukáš Haraslín (77, 96. João Oliveira), 16. Ariel Borysiuk, 31. Florian Schikowski (46, 6. Simeon Sławczew), 9. Patryk Lipski, 21. Sławomir Peszko – 29. Mateusz Żukowski (52, 28. Flávio Paixão)
Sandecja: 16. Łukasz Radliński – 77. Jakub Bartosz, 4. Alexandru Benga, 5. Dawid Szufryn, 22. Patrik Mráz – 20. Adrian Danek, 28. Michal Piter-Bučko, 33. Bartłomiej Kasprzak (84, 66. Damir Šovšić), 10. Wojciech Trochim (90, 55. Hubert Maślanka), 29. Pawło Ksionz – 26. Filip Piszczek (73, 8. Maciej Małkowski)
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