For Chelsea, anything, but the conference league title will be considered an unequivocal failure.
The riches of the Giants of West London have devastated in front of them in this year’s competition, they rarely need to leave the second team to conquer the significantly lower opposition. It Conference league The crown appears intended for the Stamford bridge.
Legia Warsaw here ChelseaThe unfortunate opponents of the quarterfinals, in order to supply the most powerful shocks. In case they annoy the odds during the first section of the house floor, they can dare dream of their visit to the English capital.
Here is the decline of legia ahead of his duels with the blues.
Legia was formed during World War I and has since become the most successful club in Poland. With headquarters in the capital, Warsaw have won 15 Estraklase titles (Poland of the Top Division), one more than the beloved counterparts Gornik Zabrze and Wisla Krakow. They are also the only team in the country that has appeared on the upper flight but have not been relegated since World War II.
Its huge success is even more evident in the Poland Cup, where they have triumphed on 20 times: 14 more than any other club. On the continent, they have previously arrived at the European Cup semifinals (Ara Champions League) in 1969/70, as well as in the last four of the UEFA Cup in 1990/91.
Legia has close links to the Polish armed forces after being the main football club of Polish legions in its formation, even playing its home games at the Polish army stadium.
Legia’s manager, Goncalo Feio, is one of the young coaches in modern game. The 35-year-old Portuguese spent five years with the club’s youth teams after moving to Poland initially through a student exchange between the universities of Lisbon and Warsaw.
In addition to a brief spell in Greece, Feio has spent his entire coaching career in Poland and was offered his first leading role by Motor Lublin in 2022. He guided the club in promotion during his debut season at the helm and was crucial to a second successive promotion of the next campaign, although he left before the conclusion of 2023/24.
Feio joined Legia at the end of last season and could not fully convince himself during his first complete campaign. After finishing the second and third during the last two seasons, Legia is currently fifth in Estraklase and seems unlikely to have problems in European places this time.
Feio has shown little commitment to a unique training in Legia and has changed largely between 3-5-2, 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1. The latter is the one that has been used recently, but its form has been very inconsistent in this term, regardless of tactical configuration.
Fans with a very sharp memory can remember the General Field of Legia Bartosz Kapustka, who went out three times to Leicester City in 2016/17. After having successful loans in Germany and Belgium, he left the Eastern Midlands permanently and joined Legia, where he has since prospered.
This year has been especially attractive to the 25 -year -old, who is able to play in a set of papers inside the engine room. He has scored 12 goals in all competitions and is effectively giving the captain’s bracelet.
Ruben Vinegar is another student at the Premier League, the left -wing left on Wolverhampton Wanderers and six for Everton. The External Youth Expertera has impressed with his approach to Poland, managing eight assists in all competitions this season.
The midfielder-fum-defensor Rafal Augustyniak has impressed the heart of the bottom line this season and the 31-year-old also has a goal goal with four in his name this season. Radovan Pankov, Center de Radovan Pankov, has also been difficult to avoid.
Espanyol Marc Gual is the defense of the chelsea man to keep in mind, with 16 goals and four assists in all competitions this season. Seven of these efforts have come to the league league.
The quarterfinals’ quarterfinals of the conference league will be the first time that Legia and the Chelsea Lock Horns in competitive equipment, but the Polish giants have been against the English opposition eight times before.
They recently faced Aston Villa during the conference league phase last season, surpassing Unai Emery on the floor of the house, but lost in England. They achieved the same during their battles of the Europa League with Leicester in 2021/22.
Legia was unbeaten in two matches with Blackburn Rovers in the 1995/96 Champions League group stage, but could not conquer Manchester United In a semifinal of the 1990/91 Cup winners, losing home and drawing Old Trafford.
