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Grzegorz Rasiak Scores An Unlike Rasiak Goal.

January 25th, 2009 | By: tomasz | 9 Comments »

A goal by Grzegorz Rasiak is usually an unattractive header or a simple tap in. Hence my surprise when I saw the goal scored by Rasinho in yesterday’s Watford FA Cup game. Check it out, it’s worth it.

Rasiak to nie lawrence z arabii
Załadował: roland_c

This reminds me of other spectacular goal scored by the most laughed at person in the Polish football.

Other news: Hannover is reported to be interested in our national team’s captain Michal Zewlakow. The Germans are having a lot of injuries and really need a healthy centre back. Zewlak is experiencing harsh times at his current club, Olympiakos; his contract ends this season and he wasn’t offered a new one. As a player that is very likely to leave the club in the summer Zewlakow is starting most of the games on the bench nowadays. I’m very positive about this move, at last Michal would be given a chance to prove himself in a league better than Belgian or Greek. He’s a leader of our defensive line and should do everything that’s possible to play regularly.

We’ve already grown accustomed to the fact that Adam Kokoszka is playing regularly for Empoli in Serie B. Now Bartosz Salamon is likely to join him; the 17 year old played full 90 minutes for Brescia for the second time in a row. Will he be the first Polish player to prove that the decision to leave Poland as soon as possible is a good one? I certainly hope so.

Magic Zurawski scored his fifth goal of the season for Larissa. Nice work, but I’m really waiting for Zuraw to score more spectacular goals, just as he did in the Polish league. Remember how he often used to hit the target from outside the penalty box? Now his goals are usually simple tap ins.

gol – gol

Tags: Group A, Kokoszka, Poland, rasiak, Salamon, Zewlakow, zurawski

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Comments

By MarcinO | January 25th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

I agree, the sooner our kids go abroad the better, as long as they remember where they were born. I have no faith in the Polish league developing talent or the mafia that is the PZPN. The Ekstraklasa does a terrible job in making the development of young players a priority. I’m tired of teams looking to scrubs to achieve short term goals. Meanwhile, our young players watch from the bench. That is why guys like Matusiak who wait too long to test themselves in stronger leagues have a tough time adapting to the speed and quality of the game in those leagues. We need as many young kids in good leagues as possible, considering the success rate of them living up to their potential (injuries, lack of playing time, etc). Considering his age, I’m concerned of where Brozek will decide to go.

By Hieronim | January 25th, 2009 at 11:49 pm

what a hit by Rasiak! I hope that the Ludovic Obraniak situation can get worked out quickly. Why is that taking so long? I’d make that pretty much my number one priority. And why isn’t Zewlakow in the same boat as Zurawski? I don’t think he’s the best choice for our captain…

By Alek | January 26th, 2009 at 12:23 am

@MarcinO

The Ekstraklasa doesn’t do a terrible job with youth development, just a moderately poor job of it. Take for instance Legia, they have Rybus who starts most matches, Borysiuk did before he went off to play for the Poland U19 team. Wisla has Malecki, Polonia Warszawa/Groclin had Majewski (I say had because he isn’t exactly that young anymore), and of course Lech has Lewandowski. They are all players I expect to see playing for the national team. I do think that there can be allot better job of scouting or training for Ekstraklasa teams but you cant say that its horrible, it can just be allot better.

By Tomek | January 26th, 2009 at 4:37 am

@Hieronim: Zewlakow is still our best defender IMO, while Zurawski became completely useless in the national team.

And yeah, the ekstraklasa has improved a lot in creating young talents.
It’s not on the level of respectable leagues yet, but it’s getting there.
Polish scouting really needs to improve on noticing young Poles playing in foreign leagues though (especially the German one).

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By chester | January 26th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

legia beat dynamo Kiev 4-0 that just proves that polish league is improving and has become under rated we deserved more champions league and cup spot i mean the ukrainian league has a bunch of spots and no way they have a better league then us

By paradowski | January 26th, 2009 at 10:37 pm

Not much to add, but want to say thanks tomasz for the steady pace on great articles/information. Zuraw’s goal: maybe not spectacular, but a good read and nice take down on a tall ball, allowing the finish to look easy.

It is inconceivable that the PZPN and the Ekstraklasa do to not exist to develop talent and young talent. It is their ‘bread and butter’. If in reality it is not, then yes, like mafia their fortune is based on corruption.

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By paradowski | January 26th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

^ should be: steady pace of great articles…

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By Tomek | January 27th, 2009 at 7:30 am

@paradowski: It WAS like that, however the corruption sees to dissapear, and the league is improving. We are developing more and more youngsters who’ll probably play in the national team one day. The PZPN still sucks yes, but I think that’ll never change, no matter who’s the leader there.

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By tomasz | January 27th, 2009 at 10:37 am

Michal Globisz, the coach who’s been training our youth teams for the last ten years or so, says that 2020 is the earliest date when a well developed footballer can come out of Poland. The distance between us and the Western Europe is supposedly that large. Globisz advices his youngsters to leave as early as possible. Still, I agree that some interesting players came out of the Polish league lately, mainly R.Lewandowski and Borysiuk, who I’m very impressed with. I’m yet to be convinced by Rybus.

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