Mazur Karczew 0 : 0 Radomiak
September 2nd, 2010
Mazur and Radomiak served up a pulsating game in the Karczew rain but despite their best efforts and numerous chances for both sides, posts, crossbars, some refereeing howlers and excellent goalkeeping intervened to keep this game goalless.
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| Mazur Karczew | 0 : 0 | Radomiak |
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| Rafalski | Boryczka |
Mazur: Pusek - Glabicki, Rafalski, Filipczak, Dabrowski, Jakubik, Górecki (81' Lewicki), Stanczuk, Kopka (57' Tlaga), Kosim, Jaron
Radomiak: Banasiak - Boryczka, Sikorski, Swidzikowski, Rolak, Puton, Fedosenko (85' Wierzba), Sala, Kornacki (78' Kurbiel), Kucharczyk (54' Barzynski), Tarnowski
Referee:Lukasz Pniewski (Ciechanow)
Both sides thrust themselves into attack, launching assault after assault on their opponents goal, making for a very entertaining 90 minutes. The first clear cut chance came from a Radomiak mistake. Krystian Puton lost the ball in midfield, giving Bartosz Jaron free reign to advance on the Radomiak goal and unleash a rasping shot from his traction engine like foot just inside the 18 yard box which had Banasiak well beaten. Fortunately for the Greens, the crossbar got in the way and the ball rebounded to safety. Soon after it was Radomiak's turn to go close. Puton tried his luck from distance and his skimming drive had Dominik Pusk scrambling across the goal mouth to get to the ball which was centimetres wide of his post. 22 minutes in and Radomiak's new Ukranian signing Jurij Fedosenko went close, his left foot shot from the edge of the area forcing a fantastic save from Pusk.
The first half continued in this tit for tat fashion. Mazur's best chance was wasted by Damian Jakubik who shot wide of Banasiak's goal when it would have been easier to hit the target. Straight from the dead ball Radomiak countered and again it was Fedosenko who shot from 14 metres, beating the 'keeper in such a complete manner as to leave the custodian with football pie all over his shirt. Unfortunately, Fedosenko's shot found a Mazur defender who just happened to be loitering on his own goal line at the time and the scores remained level.
37 minutes in came a moment of true controversy. Radomiak seemed to have found another gear and for 15 minutes or so the back and forth nature of the play became a case of Radomiak taking charge of the forth, Mazur the back and the Greens elevated pace seemed to have paid dividends when a move, which can only be described as liquid football, resulted in Pawel Tarnowski finding the net. Mazur's heads seemed to drop and everyone (including the referee) were making their way back to the halfway line to retsart the game when the linesman (I refuse to call them assistant referees) made his voice heard and called everyone back to restart with a free-kick for offside to the home team. Radomiak seemed to lose some of their momentum and just before halftime, as the heavens opened, the Greens could have found themselves a goal down were it not for Hubert Kosim firing wide when one-on-one with Banasiak.
The second half started in a similar fashion to the first in terms of pace but the opening stages were devoid of any clear-cut chances. Eventually, on 60 minutes, Radomiak managed to get the ball out to Barzynski on the wing whose pinpoint cross found Tarnowski but the striker's header struck the post. Radomiak were definately in the ascendancy and 5 minutes later Pusek did well to get his fingertips to Dawid Sala's shot, saving an almost certain goal.
Whilst still exciting, the game as a spectacle was ruined from this stage onwards by some uterrly bizarre refereeing from the inexperienced man in the middle who could at best be praised for his lack of favouratism towards either side - he made numerous completely unexplainably pap decisions against both sides. Radomiak maintained their dominance and were basically camped in the Mazur penalty area for the final ten minutes but could achieve nothing other than boosting their corner count significantly.
Today's home game against Pogon Siedlce was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.
This match report was brought to you in association with Mr A Partridge and copious amounts of Kronenburg 1664. Eat my goal!
Source: radomiak.com.pl
Competition Time!
August 27th, 2010
Now then people, time to win yourself the prize of a lifetime*. I am looking for a new header for the site and given that my artistic capabilities are surpassed by both my three year old daughter AND Tracey Emin, I need a little bit of help. So, design a banner, forward it to me using the contact menu option on the left menu and you could win your very own Radomiak FCUK tee-shirt. Failing that if you're as talented as me when it comes to creating anthying that looks even remotely aesthetically pleasing then contact me in the same fashion and you can have a tee at cost, although it would be nice if you added a few quid extra for an ocular melanoma charity of my choice! Photos of the shirt will be posted as soon as I can be arsed getting off my fat backside to the tee-shirt printing people.
If you don't want a tee-shirt then you are of course free to contact me for the details of the charity I have in mind and make a donation anyway - it is for a very worthy cause!
*It is quite literally not the prize of a lifetime
Source: Own
Oziewicz Leaves.....Temporarily
August 27th, 2010
Arkadiusz Oziewicz, who was earlier this week told that he has no future at Radomiak, has joined League II newbies GLKS Nadarzyn, who pipped Radomiak to the title last season. The Radomiak board have had a re-think about Ozi's future and decided that it is worth putting in the effort to help him out and have told the player that he is not wanted back at Struga until after the autumn round as opposed to when hell freezes over, as had been previously stated. Instead, Oziewicz will remain on loan at Nadarzyn and his progress and behaviour will be monitored by Radomiak.
Club president Lukasz Podlewski is happy with the way things are working out - "After all the trouble we've had with Arek I'm pleased that the lad will get the chance to play in League II. He is not has happy as I - he wants to stay at Radomiak and we had in fact discussed him going on loan somewhere but he has always wanted to remain at Struga. He now has the chance to prove to himself and many others that he is a talented footballer. The change of environment can only be good for him.
Source: Various
Mazur Karczew Preview
August 26th, 2010
Radomiak travel to Karczew on Saturday to face Mazur, a side whose manager seems to have something of a gung-ho attitude -his side have scored six goals in their opening two games whilst conceding seven.
Last weekends draw against Piaseczno highlighted Radomiak's lack of form and/or talent in attack, something the management team is well aware of according to Arkadiusz Grzyb - "We need to create more chances. We've been doing well in terms of possession, dictating the play and that's all well and good but we also need to add an element of surprise, an ability to speed up the game when necessary". The squad have spent the weeks training concentrating on the attacking element of their game and hopefully it will show on Saturday.
There are likely to be changes in the forward line for Saturday's game but no-one, including the manager, knows who will be in and who will start on the bench. Grzyb says that the uncertainty is creating a competitive atmosphere within the squad - "There will probably be changes in the frontline on Saturday. I'm still not entirely sure who will start and that seems to be urging the players on, they're all working very hard, they're all extremely competitive and every single player is desperate to get into the starting line-up".
Grzyb knows that Mazur will be no pushover. Artur Kolator has built a squad based on youth with a few old heads thrown in to guide them. They play an exciting brand of football, central to which is Keggy Keagles philosophy of "sod this defence malarkry, let's just score more than whoever we happen to be up against". Hopefully Radomiak's new look attack will be less profligate than they were last weekend.
Source: radomiak.com.pl
Educating Szymon
August 25th, 2010
Due to a number of injuries and certain disciplinary decisions taken by the board, Radomiaks' squad has been looking a tad threadbare in recent times, especially in attack. The situation will deteriorate further in September following Szymon Kurbiel's announcement that he is to leave the club at the start of the coming month.
The 20 year old has decided that his future lies in academia and unfortunately his studies will take him to Odessa in Ukraine, a life change which came as a bolt from the blue to those at the club. "We had no idea about Szymons plans. He has only just told us that he's got a place on his course and he has to leave for Ukraine" says Greens president Lukasz Podlewski.
Radomiak have little time left until the transfer window closes and they are in desperate need of both frontmen and defenders. Discussions have taken place with a number of players, some currently plying their trade at higher levels of football, but nodeals have been struck yet. Some targets have made it clear that they are not willing to take the step down to League III, others have asked for time to decide. Finding new recruits that will strengthen the squad, not just make up the numbers, is difficult this close to the end of the transfer window, there after all only 6 days left.
The situation has reached such a low that during Wednesday's training it was not possible to have the regular 11 vs 11 game as there simply weren't enough bodies. To add to the injuries, sackings and education related abscenses, Karol Mirowski, Kacper Wnuk and Bartosz Pelka had travelled to the youth sides game in Gabin, Dariusz Rolak will not return to full training until tomorrow, Patryk Zieba is restricted to jogging and both Maciej Wozniak and Cezary Czpak are way off being involved in anything like a serious football game in the near future. In fact, the one boost that Radomiak's beleagured squad has received in recent times is the news that Krzysztof Wierzba took part in the reserve teams outing in the second round of the Radom Regional cup today.
Radomiak have sought to ease their striker crisis by inviting KS Warka's 17 year-old frontman Lukasz Bakowski to train with the club.
Source: radomiak.com.pl
They're On The Beer!
August 24th, 2010
Midfielder Arkadiusz Oziewicz and the newly signed striker Dragan Galic have been dropped from the Radomiak squad, banned from taking part in any training sessions at Radomiak and told their contracts are null and void. In effect, both players have been sacked. Chairman Lukasz Podlewski did not mince his words when commenting on the situation the two players find themselves in - "Due to a breach of the clubs' rules and regulations during Saturday's training session, our squad has lost two members. Oziewicz and Galic are out of the club. There are certain types of behaviour which we will not put up with, let this be a lesson to others".
What exactly happened for such a harsh punishment to be dealt out is unknown but rumours are rife. It has been said that Oziewicz has been close to losing his contract for some time due to his constant drinking and his association with "unhealthy" elements from his osiedle (for English readers an osiedle is pretty much a council estate). It has been said that Galic found drink to be a common language and that the two took things too far, turning up for training whilst still under the influence.
Oziewicz has had his problems before, possibly seeing himself as "billy big boots", but he is a lad from Radom and has always performed for the Greens. I feel he deserves another chance - he's a young lad and possibly he is making too much of his status in the city and acting as young lads tend to. Definately deserving of another chance and possibly of some support from the club in terms of alcohol.
Galic is a new signing in a foreign land and whilst I cannot comment on his previous behaviour (google let me down massively) I personally feel that if the club saw something in him then they should reprimand him, fine him and get him back in the side. Speaking as someone that has worked in foreign lands, away from family and friends, I can vouch for the fact that it is easy to get carried away and behave in a regrettable fashion.
Source: own
Radomiak 1 - 1 KP Piaseczno
August 24th, 2010
Radomiak shared the spoils with KP Piaseczno on Sunday, securing a last gasp point just when it seemed that the visitors would score an early blow in the title race. Piaseczno opened the scoring on 31 minutes when a poorly executed offside trap (a theme which was to run through this game for the Radomiak back-line) let in Mateusz Pyrka who came out on top in his one-on-one encounter with Piotr Banasiak. The score remained 1 - 0 to the visitors until Lukasz Szary managed to even things up in the second minute of injury time.
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| Radomiak | 1 : 1 | KP Piaseczno |
| Szary 92' | Pyrka 31' |
Radomiak: Banasiak - Boryczka (80' Kurbiel), Sikorski, Swidzikowski, Rolak, Puton (72' Kucharczyk), Fedosenko, Sala, Kornacki (87' Szary), Wierzba (46' Barzynski), Tarnowski
KP Piaseczno: Kryczka - Papierz, Zurkiewicz, Wysocki, Janowski, Zloch (69' Talar), Gromadzki, Pracki (46' Sanni), Klepczynski, Pyrka (50' Tarkowski), Lach
Radomiak made one change to the side which started the season opener in Sieradz, Juriji Fedosenko coming into central midfield for the injured Cezary Czpak. Both Arkadiusz Oziewicz and Dragan Galic found themselves omitted from the 18-man matchday squad - more on this later.
It was obvious from the first whistle that Piaseczno had come primarily to keep a cleansheet and see what they could manage on the counter-attack. Whilst Radomiak dictated the play and had the vast majority of possession, they were unable to break down a stubborn and, it has to be said, very able Piaseczno rearguard. The Greens did not manage to create any real chances in front of goal, having to contend themselves with a few corners and a couple of crosses from Piotr Kornacki - all of which came to nothing. Then, on 31 minutes a rather optimistic attempt at implementing the offside trap went horribly wrong and Piaseczno were one up thanks to Pyrka's goal. The goal gave Radomiak more impetus and they were no longer content to simply keep possession and try to work the "perfect" goal. Pawel Tarnowski, Krzysztof Wierzba and Swidzikowski all had chances but Piaseczno impressed with their defending and the score was still 0 - 1 when the sides went in for the break.
The second period saw Radomiak come out with (an almost deranged) attacking mentality. Everyone was looking to get at the Piaseczno defense, completely ignoring all defensive duties. Predictably, it was the away team that had the first chance, hitting on the counter-attack in the 48th minute. It was only the intervention of Banasiak in a one-on-one with Pyrka that kept the Greens deficit to the single goal. Radomiak tried everything they could to get the equaliser but, despite numerous corners, free-kicks and attempts to play Tarnowski in around the back of the visitors massed ranks, none was forthcoming. This constant dereliction of defenseive duties let Piaseczno in again on 76 minutes. This time it was Konrad Tarkowski who only had Banasiak to beat and thankfully the Greens 'keeper was up to the job, sliding out to block the chance.
If Radomiak's tactics for the majority of the second half had been aggressive, then the last five minutes can only be described as positively kamikaze, leaving just Banasiak at the back with one defender wandering around in the centre circle for added defensice protection. The 87th minute saw Arkadiusz Grzyb make what turned out to be an inspired substitution, bringing on Lukasz Szary in place of Piotr Kornacki. It took Szary 5 minutes to do what the rest of the team had been trying to do all game. On 92 minutes Tarnowski lumped a ball into the penalty area, Sikorski headed on to Kucharczyk who somehow managed to find Szary on the edge of the six yard box. The substitute made no mistake and fired in instinctively for the equaliser.
Radomiak were obviously not content with a point, throwing on Dawid Sala, sprinting to restart the game and continuing with all out attack and virtually no defence. It could have cost them dearly - only Dariusz Rolak's last ditch tackle on Michael Sani saved them from defeat.
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Fans Flock To See the Walking Wounded
August 21st, 2010
20 year old Maciej Wozniak is yet again considering his future in the professional game following yet another serious injury. He will, for the second time in his short career, undergo surgery on a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Wozniak underwent similar surgery in August of last year following a coming together with Jacek Berensztajn during the game against Wlokniarz Zelow and has had to contend with a long period of physical rehabilitation and had done so admirably, winning a place in the starting 11 for this season, shining in the pre-season games in his role as a defensive midfielder.
Friday saw Cezary Czpak and Patryk Zieba undergoing tests in Warszawa, both for knee-knack. It seems that Czpak has torn his knee ligaments whereas Zieba has merely strained his. The former is expected to be on the sidelines for four weeks whilst the latter should be back playing in two.
On a somewhat brighter note, it seems that Greens fans will be out in force for Sunday's meeting with KS Piaseczno - Radomiak have have had to print extra tickets for the game as the 3,000 originally made available had been sold by the middle of the week.
The game should provide some indication of the success (or lack thereof) that Radomiak will see this season - despite finishing four points ahead of Sundays opponents last season, they were beaten home and away by Piaseczno.
Source: radomiak.info
Badly Translated Interview!
August 19th, 2010
Radomiak's rising young star Krystian Puton opened the Greens account for the 2010/11 season on Saturday. In an interview with Radom Sport's Michal Podlewski he discussed his career so far, Radomiak's style of play, the spirit within the squad at Struga and the upcoming game against KS Piaseczno. I have tried to reproduce it in as readable a form as possible but I have trouble with translating Polish interviews into English so it's even worse than my usual attempts.
MP: You've started your first team career with no fear and it could be said that you had the debut of any young footballers dreams.
KP: You're not wrong! I think every young lad dreams about such a debut - scoring a goal early on - I'm lucky to have realised that dream.
MP: Would you agree that you had the chances to finish the game on an even bigger high?
KP: I do. Unfortunately I ran out of luck.
MP: Your game is full of youthful enthusiasm and a willingness to get forward at every opportunity, something that went down well with those present on Saturday, even those associated with Warta.
KP: As a side we like to play attacking football and get ourselves ahead, ideally by a few goals and then control the flow of the game. We have an obvious objective to realise and we have to stick to our kind of play to achive it. I justtry to do my best and fit in with our style of play.
MP: What would you say to those observers (along with teammate Marcin Kobierski) who believe that without your seemingly endless running and boundless energy Radomiak may not have had it all their own way on Saturday?
KP: All I'll say is that I put all my heart and maximum effort into every game I play in. Basically I want to give Radomiak everything I possibly can.
MP: It seems that you've gained the respect of the senior members of the squad, how was the transition?
KP: I came into the senior squad right after the end of the youth team's season and the lads made me feel very welcome. I felt no pressure whatsoever and that could well be why I get on with the more experienced lads so well. We all know that competition is a good thing and that we simply have to get on the pitch and perform as well as possible.
MP: Memories of last seasons first home game against Stal Niewiadow and the second half performance in Sieradz would seem to indicate that Rdaomiak fans shouldn't get too excited about promotion this season.
KP: Our performance in the last 45 at Sieradz wasn't great. We were three up at halftime though and we controlled the game, kept out opponents away and came away with a clean sheets and three points.
MP: Can you repeat the performance you showed in the first half in Sieradz and see off Piaseczno on Sunday?
MP: We'll see what happens on the pitch. All I can say is that I'll do everything to make sure that we come away from the Piaseczno game with a similar result to the one in Sieradz.
Source: sportradom.pl
Injuries Galore!
August 19th, 2010
Sunday's game against KS Piaseczno, one of Radomiak's main promotion rivals, will provide a stern test of the strength of the Green's squad. The men from Struga have been plagued by injuries, most of which have occured not in the hustle and bustle of league matches, but predominantly during training - a fact that must raise questions as to the training methods employed and the facilities on hand at the club. This week has seen forwards Cezary Czpak and Dragan Galic joining Miroslaw Kuczera, Maciej Wozniak and Sebastian Orchel on the injury list for Sunday's game. Patryk Zieba and Maciej Swidzikowski have also been spending time in the treatment room this week and are both doubtful for this weekends encounter.
So, here as some injury details for you:
Maciej Wozniak seems to be in most trouble and is awaiting the results of an MRI scan to decide whether he has any hope of being available to Arkadiusz Grzyb before the end of the round.
Cezary Czpak's season is also in doubt following an "incident" in training with Dariusz Rolak. The forward has knee ligament damage and is waiting for the results of tests carried out at Warszawa's USG to find out whether it is a simple strain or a tear.
Although Jirij Fedosenko is back in full training following his hamstring problem, he is still in pain (which begs the question why the feck is he training??) and is unlikely to feature.
Dragan Galic, unavailable for the season opener in Sieradz due to not having the correct paperwork, the Serb injured his heal in training on Tuesday and has not trained since.
Patryk Zieba has knee knack but did train with the squad on Tuesday (again, why, when he is pissing injured??) and is now back to doing gym work after suffering an adverse reaction.
Maciej Swidzikowski is suffering from back pain, again inflicted during training, and is also working alone in the gym.
In the words of Sir John of Rawling, who is running this show?!
Source: radomiak.com.pl
Oziewicz Reaches His Century
August 17th, 2010
Saturday's game in Sieradz say Arkadiusz Oziewicz make his 100th first team appearance for Radomiak. He is number two in terms of appearances at Radomiak only to Daniel Barzynski who weighs in with over 200 outings for the Greens.
This season is Oziewicz's fifth at Struga, having been given his chance as an 18 year old by Jozef Antoniak in a 2007 Polish Cup game against Cracovia Krakow. He went on to play only 8 times in League III that season but went on to become an integral part of the Radomiak side and of the club itself, playing a crucial role in promotion to League three (2008/2009), netting 16 times in 30 games.
"Ozi" has scored a total of 32 goals in his 100 outings, a more detailed overview is given below.
| Season | Played | Full Games | Starts | Time On Pitch | Goals | Competition |
| 2006/2007 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 472 | 0 | League III |
| 2006/2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 0 | Polish Cup |
| 2007/2008 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 1608 | 5 | League III |
| 2007/2008 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 295 | 1 | Polish Cup |
| 2008/2009 | 30 | 19 | 30 | 2531 | 16 | League IV |
| 2008/2009 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 210 | 0 | Polish Cup |
| 2009/2010 | 26 | 8 | 24 | 1961 | 9 | League III |
| 2009/2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | Polish Cup |
| 2010/2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | Polish Cup |
| Total | 100 | 37 | 86 | 7248 | 32 | - |
Debiut: 14.03.2007; Radomiak Radom 1 - Cracovia Kraków 3
Source: radomiak.com.pl
