“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Bernardo Vital 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.
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Youssuf Sylla, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Jagiellonia training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sergio Lozano 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.
10 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Sławomir Abramowicz: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.61, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Jagiellonia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
In brief
SquadSergio Lozano falls out with a teammate over standards
Afimico Pululu 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Kajetan Szmyt 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.
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 31 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A first appearance Adam Nowakowski will want to forget — 5.38
Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.38, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sławomir Abramowicz and Jagiellonia agree another 4 years.
The fee is $300.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Korona drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Afimico Pululu 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.
The phone has started ringing about Kamil Jóźwiak again, and this time the name on the line is Lech. Jagiellonia are listening politely and promising nothing.