Wisla Krakow-FC Barcelona 1:0. A Confidence Booster.

Wisla Krakow made history yesterday as they became the first Polish club to defeat the mighty FC Barcelona. At least they came out of the draw with something after losing the first game 0:4. The win is even more valuable when we consider the fact that the Catalans played their strongest squad possible (apart from Leo Messi). Congratulations to Maciej Skorza and the guys.

Wisla Krakow-FC Barcelona 1:0 (Cleber 52′)
Wisla: Mariusz Pawelek – Peter Singlar, Marcin Baszczynski, Cleber, Piotr Brozek – Wojciech Lobodzinski (82. Patryk Malecki), Junior Diaz, Tomas Jirsak, Rafal Boguski (68. Andrzej Niedzielan), Marek Zienczuk (90. Tomasz Dawidowski) – Pawel Brozek

Not a lot of people expected such a result, especially that Wisla played without three important first team players: Glowacki, Cantoro and Sobolewski. Wisla’s play exceeded expectations; they were an organised team, put pressure on Barcelona, were able to carry out some interesting offensive plays and counter attacks. Of course Barca had more from the game, they should have scored at least three times, but it just wasn’t their day. It would be unfair to write that it was only a friendly for them, but they didn’t give their best until conceding a goal. Who should be singled out for praise in Wisla? First of all Marcin Baszczynski, who put in a great performance even though he played out of position. Maybe central defence is the position for him to end his career at? Secondly Piotr Brozek, of whom noone expected to be a good enough defender to stop Barcelona’s attacks. This is the game where Piotr Brozek proved that he must be considered a candidate for the nt, especially considering our problems at left back. As for players called up for WC qualifiers; a good game from Pawel Brozek, who posed threat to Barcelona’s defence throughout 90 minutes, and average performances from Lobodzinski and Boguski, who weren’t exactly the driving force behind Wisla’s attacks. Pawelek’s performance was a mixture of great saves and stupid mistakes. The history has been made, but in all honesty this performance is nothing but a huge confidence booster before 1st round UEFA Cup games. I hope Wisla players will be able to build on that.

The only goal of the game

Did anyone find watchable highlights from the game?