“A year ago, it was said that we were playing for promotion, and the results were not that good. Now it is better not to declare anything out loud, and in each subsequent match play for victory,” said Serbian captain of Stal Rzeszów, playing in the 1st football league, Andreja Prokic. Last season, after a not-so-great start, Stal Rzeszów not only stayed in the 1st league, but also came close to playing in the play-offs for the Ekstraklasa. After the relegation of local rival Resovia, Stal is the only representative of Rzeszów in the back of the Ekstraklasa.
For several seasons now, the club’s president, Rafał Kalisz, has been gradually focusing on the youth, who are supposed to gain experience and the team is gradually climbing up. The average age of the Stal team is just over 22.
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The coach of Arka Gdynia footballers emphasized that his team’s goal is the Ekstraklasa. “The previous season showed that we can now think about nothing else but promotion. However, about eight teams are thinking about the same thing,” admitted Wojciech Łobodziński.
Last season, Arka players were one step away from returning to the Ekstraklasa, from which they were relegated in 2020. After the autumn round, they were the leader, then they were in second place behind Lechia Gdańsk and in the last two matches, to win promotion, they only had to win a point. Meanwhile, they lost away to Lechia 1:2 and at home 0:1 to GKS Katowice.
Ultimately, Gdynia took third place and reached the play-off final, where they lost in dramatic circumstances to Motor Lublin 1:2. They were leading 1:0 until the 87th minute, and conceded the decisive goal in the third minute of added time.
– The previous season showed that we can’t think about anything else now but promotion. I would really like to take one of the first two places, although if we could achieve it in a different way, we wouldn’t be picky either. The goal is Ekstraklasa, we will fight for it – Łobodziński assured on Thursday at a press conference in Gdynia.
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