The Lech Sentinel
Match14 Oct 2026
Lech march on in the cup
Polonia Bytom are out and Lech go through, 4‑0 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A fracture rules João Moutinho out for 64 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Lech will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Age has not caught Mikael Ishak yet — 7.90
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.90 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Match17 Oct 2026
Nobody wants to play Lech right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Rubén Duarte in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Lech this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces19 Oct 2026
Lech supporters have found a favourite in Filip Wilak
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Filip Wilak has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match17 Oct 2026
Mikael Ishak the difference as Lech beat Piast
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Mikael Ishak. 1‑0 against Piast, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Pablo Rodríguez falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Ninety minutes of Gísli Gottskálk Þórðarson at his very best
Marked 8.35. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Lech.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Radosław Murawski
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Daniel Håkans
- The terraces A long trip to Piast worth making