Urban: I will stay in Legia Warszawa
Wednesday, 21 May 08, 02:02 AM
If Osasuna sack Jose Angel Ziganda, Jan Urban will be one of the candidates to be his successor.
- I have a three-year contract with Legia. Only this matters - says the coach of the Warsaw team
-The agreement between Legia and coach Urbanem will not be cancelled. Both sides would need to want that. We are pleased with his work and do not assume a change of the coach - adds the president of Legia Leszek Miklas. - We know that Urban has a great sentiment for a club from Pampeluna, because he spent many years there. But if he wishes to depart from Legia and Legia does not want to let him go, he would have to pay a compensation. Also Warsaw club would have to pay him compensation if he'd been sacked by the year 2011. Spanish journalists believe that Urban will get an offer from Osasuna in case of Ziganda's dismissal. A word "candidate" in this case is very capacious. This does not mean that the one, who may be of interest to a club, is actually interested.
Urban was Osasuna player, then he was the coach of youth teams (with one of them he won the Championship of Spain), then managed a team of reserves. He is regarded as the best foreign player in the whole history of the club. Before the start of last season, he hoped that he would coach the first team. Although he is very appreciated there, he got no chance. They had selected Ziganda. Urban tried to find a club in Poland. Firstly he treated with Wisła Kraków, finally he came to Legia. From Osasuna he brought an assistant - José Antonio Vicuna and - on a loan - a defender Inaki Astiz. The defender after a very successful season in Legia is likely to return to Spain. Urban is on a leave, and then he goes to Polish national team preparation camp, where he is to be one of the helpers for Leo Beenhakker before and during the Euro.
- If you talk about me in the context of Osasuna, it is very nice. But I am used to the situations, that the newspaper writes about different things. Roger retires from Legia... We buy this or that player... I haven't got any offers yet and I am not going to think about what would be if I had got one. I am very satisfied with the work with Legia, I am still here for a three-year contract. And Ziganda has kept Osasuna in Primera Division. Let's wait and see, whether he's going to be sacked at all - he says. The situation in the Spanish club is to be clarified by the end of the week.
Urban made his debut in Poland as a coach in the league and immediately with success. Legia under his leadership took second place in Orange Ekstraklasa, won the Polish Cup and played in the Orange Ekstraklasa Cup finals. He got a lot of new young players for Legia. More than ever before in the history of the club.
- We had a very successful season, but now we have to do next step forward. I don't believe that such a club as Legia again fails to make any transfers. And not only such transfers that would allow us to replenish the squad, but also transfers that would make us stronger - Urban believes.
- We will do whatever we can to help our coach in his work. In the next season he will work with us. No negotiations are conducted with Osasuna about this - President Miklas says. - Coach Urban has still a lot to prove together with Legia.
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UEFA will not help Legia
Wednesday, 14 May 08, 05:05 PM
If the hooligans wearing Legia scarves will lead to a burd in the UEFA Cup matches, second team of Polish Premier League will be excluded from European competitions for at least two years.
Even if the club will not have anything in common with them.
President of the Legia Warszawa - Leszek Miklas - has announced in the "Poland" newspaper, that the club will not in any way be involved in organizing trips to the UEFA Cup matches.
President of the Legia Warszawa - Leszek Miklas - has announced in the "Poland" newspaper, that the club will not in any way be involved in organizing trips to the UEFA Cup matches.
- We will just inform UEFA that we're not sending any supporters to away matches. If the fans choose to go on their own and start a riot, then the club will not be held liable - Miklas said.
Wrong! Article sixth of the UEFA disciplinary says that the club during cup matches takes responsibility for everyone: from the players to the supporters.
- It does not matter whether Legia will organize a trip or not, it will be involved. Just because the troublemakers will wear T-shirts and scarves with the logo of the club. It is enough to penalties - press office of UEFA representative ays.
What does this mean for Legia? Warsaw club was already excluded from European cup for two years after the riots at the Intertoto Cup match with Vetra Vilnius. The Appeals Board has suspended the execution of the sentence. But it had announced that if within five years it comes to incidents involving fans of Legia, the club wiould be treated more severely - it would have to pay 15 000 FRF and definitely would be excluded from the cups.
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Beenhakker: This is a great shame for Poland
Wednesday, 14 May 08, 03:15 PM
Michal Listkiewicz: - Nothing much has happened. Beenhakker: It is a great shame for Poland. Organizer, who is responsible for all this is not suited to this work. If I did something such
stupid as a coach, I would have been sacked
In 77th minute of Polish Cup Final pseudofans of Legia Warszawa started to throw flares into the sector occupied by the supporters of Wisla Krakow. There have been fights, the match was interrupted for 10 minutes.
In 77th minute of Polish Cup Final pseudofans of Legia Warszawa started to throw flares into the sector occupied by the supporters of Wisla Krakow. There have been fights, the match was interrupted for 10 minutes.
- This is a great shame for Poland. Polish football doesn't have a good image in the world anyway, do you think that these incidents will improve it? Anyone who was involved in organising the finals, should be ashamed. They could think reasonably and avoid a blame - says Leo Beenhakker. - The choice of the stadium was the first of errors. I respect residents of Bełchatów, I know that Poland does not have modern stadiums, but - for God's sake - everyone knows that there's a rivalry between hooligans of Legia and Wisla, they must be separated. One should be in the sector next to one goal, the others next to the second one. And here they couldn't be separated, because the sector next to one of the goals was being repaired. No, but someone has decided that the match would take place in Bełchatówand supporters sat next to each other ...
- I do not care whether it was Polish Football Association (PZPN) or PPPO [to decide about this], it shouldn't happen! Above all, I hear yet complaints of Wisla's coach Maciej Skorża that Wisla players who didn't manage to accomodate on the benches, had to sit in the stands among hooligans. This is just unthinkable! I say this, but the organizer, who is responsible for all of this, is just not suited for this work. If I did something such stupid as a coach, I would have been sacked. And it would be proper thing to sack me in such case. But here I see only shrugs: "It just happened."
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