The Odra Opole Gazette
Squad13 Mar 2028
Tempers go at Odra Opole
Mariusz Kutwa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Words at Odra Opole training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kacper Przybyłko is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Cyprian Popielec stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Cyprian Popielec and Odra Opole agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Cristofer Hidalgo wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Odra Opole can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
No place for Daniel Dudziński on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Odra Opole pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Aleksander Raszkowski gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Sebastian Frankowski on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Sebastian Frankowski after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
Match11 Mar 2028
Point won or two lost for Odra Opole?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against GKS Katowice? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Michał Marcjanik knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Michał Marcjanik trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Looking ahead A reunion for Michał Feliks
- Player ratings Krystian Palacz shuts the door
- Match Odra Opole in the hunt for Europe