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In a friendly game against Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki which took place on Wednesday afternoon Legia’s footballers managed to defeat 4-1 their regional rivals. After the end of the first half Warsaw team was leading only 1-0 after Maciej Iwański’s goal. Thanks to further two goals of Sebastian Szałachowski and one goal of Michał Efir in the second half the club from the capital of Poland was leading 4-0. A face-saving goal for guests was scored by Dariusz Zjawiński.

In a charity game organised for Wojtek, one of Legia’s supporters who’s very ill and who managed to create friendship between fans from Warsaw and Hague twenty-five years ago, players from the capital of Poland defeated 1-0 Dutch footballers. The only goal was stroke in the 38th minute of the match by Marcin Komorowski. Few players who are being tested by Legia’s coaching staff appeared in the match: Fall Mouhamadou, Osama Elsamni and Ahmed Toure. We encourage you to see 138 photographs from the game taken by Mishka and 32 photographs taken by Piotr Galas.

Polish national team is definitely down in the dumps. After a painful 0-6 loss in the game against Spain, our footballers were defeated 3-0 by Cameroon in Szczecin. Eto’o scored two goals for the team from Africa. The last goal was stroke by Vincent Aboubakar. There were three Legia’s players called up for this game, however only Maciej Rybus was given a chance to appear in the match. Warsaw team’s midfielder entered the pitch in the 46th minute.

There were about 23.000 people in the stands during the friendly game between Legia and Arsenal London on the occasion of opening the new stadium at Łazienkowska on Saturday. Due to an agreement which was signed by members of Warsaw club’s board and official association of Legia’s supporters (SKLW) on Monday nearly two weeks ago and which ended a three-year fans’ protest, Legia’s supporters began to galvanise their footballers again.

In last friendly game before new season, Legia Warsaw lost 5-6 with Arsenal London. The match saw the official opening of the Polish side's new stadium and the home fans revelled in the party atmosphere early on as their team sailed into a 3-0 lead in the opening 36 minutes. See 154 photos

In the second match in France Legia drew 2-2 with Paris Saint-Germain. After the first half there was a goalless draw. The first goal was scored by Guillaume Hoarau in 75'. Five minutes later Mateja Kezman stroke the second goal for club from Paris. Fortunately, Legia managed to equalise after the Żyro's and Chinyama's goals. See 25 photos

Polish national team played a friendly game against Bulgaria at Polonia’s stadium in Warsaw on Wednesday. Poland managed to beat 2-0 Bulgarian footballers. The first goal was scored by Jakub Błaszczykowski in the 42nd minute of the match and the second was stroke by Robert Lewandowski seventeen minutes after the break. Legia’s players, Maciej Rybus and Maciej Iwański, were on the pitch for 45 minutes.

Legia drew goalless its last friendly match against Swedish GAIS in Cyprus. Warsaw team's coach, Jan Urban chose to this game the strongest lineup that will probably play in the league match against Cracovia Cracow (Ekstraklasa) next week. As usual, Jan Mucha played a perfect and faultless match. We encourage you to see 20 photos from the game taken by Tomek Janus.

Legia didn't manage to win its third friendly match whilst the preparatory camp in Cyprus. This time the team from Warsaw was beaten 4-2 by Russian FC Mordovia Saransk. Both goals for Legia were stroke by tested Fangzhuo Dong. Moreover, he scored the first goal in the match, so Warsaw team was leading 1-0. Unfortunately, after the end of the first half Legia's footballers were losing 1-2. In the 90th minute of the match a red card was shown by the referee to Tomasz Kiełbowicz. We encourage you to see 25 photos from the game taken by Tomek Janus.

Legia was defeated 2-0 by Rad Belgrad in the second friendly match of its preparatory camp in Cyprus. The match began at 9:30 a.m. (Polish time) and lasted for 2x30 minutes. First goal was scored after the break by Milan Prso, second by Nemanja Andrić. We encourage you to see 22 photographs from the match taken by Tomek Janus.

Legia was defeated 1-0 by Hajduk Split in the last friendly match of its preparatory camp in Mijas (Spain). The only goal was scored by Ahmad Sharbin, who properly executed a penalty in the 76th minute of the game. Warsaw team’s coach, Jan Urban, decided that his best players would appear on the pitch. That’s why people who gathered near the stadium were able to see those footballers whom Legia’s supporters used to watch in the autumn round. Unfortunately, there was no attacker on the field, because Bartłomiej Grzelak is ill, and Takesure Chinyama and Marcin Mięciel suffered injuries. We encourage you to see 40 photos from the game taken by Mishka.

In a friendly game which took place in Bydgoszcz Polish national team managed to defeat Greece 2-0. Both goals were scored by Ludovic Obraniak who debuted in the squad and who has been recently nationalised. In the first half there was only one Legia’s player on the field – Roger Guerreiro. He was replaced in the 75th minute by Wojciech Łobodziński.

In a charity match which was played on Friday evening Legia drew with Korona in Kielce 3-3. After the first half Warsaw team was leading 2-0 after Martins Ekwueme's and Roger Guerreiro's goals. After the break Legia scored another goal in the 52nd minute – Miroslav Radović made use of Marcin Mięciel's pass. In the 61st minute Korona's Paweł Buśkiewicz scored the first goal for its team. Soon after this situation Jan Urban decided to let some Young Legia's footballers play on the pitch.

Four Legia’s footballers have been called up for the friendly game against Greece which takes place at Zawisza Bydgoszcz’s stadium on 12th August. National team’s coach, Leo Beenhakker, called up 31 players including: Marcin Komorowski, Jakub Rzeźniczak, Jakub Wawrzyniak and Roger Guerreiro. After Ekstraklasa’s first fixture Beenhakker will choose the final team for the match where there’s going to be 18 to 20 footballers.

At 10.30 a.m. began a friendly game between Legia and Wisła Płock. The match was played at Łazienkowska. In the stands there were 200 supporters. On the field we were able to see footballers who didn't have a chance to play in the Thursday confrontation against Georgian Olimpi Rustawi.

As we informed you a few days ago, Legia plays a friendly game against Wisła Płock on Saturday. The match begins at 10.30 a.m. Tickets will be sold in the box offices at Łazienkowska since 9 a.m. tomorrow. Supporters will be able to see the game from the "Kryta" stand (D, E and F) perspective. We remind you that to see the match there’s a necessity of possessing fan's identity card. Season tickets are not valid for this game.

"We'll see if the results which we achieved in the friendlies transpose to official, important matches. Almost all my players have experience in the European games. My doubts refer only to two footballers – Adrian Paluchowski and Krzysztof Ostrowski. They didn’t play too much in the league, so we'll see how they're going to cope in a such match" – said Legia's coach, Jan Urban.

Legia footballers play the first leg of the second qualifying round against Olimpi Rustawi (UEFA Europa League) today at 8 p.m. Two days later, on 18th July, there's going to be a friendly game against Wisła Płock at Łazienkowska. The match begins at 10.30 a.m.

According to Korona Kielce's official website, there’s going to be a friendly match in Kielce between Korona and Legia on 24th July at 7 p.m. Ticket profits will be given to the family of Sławomir Rutka, the footballer of both clubs who died tragically. "The board of Warsaw club answered our request very positively. We hope that there will be lots of fans in the stands" – said Paweł Jańczyk from Korona's marketing department. A single ticket will cost 10 PLN. It's not very probable that Legia will go to Kielce with its best players, because one day earlier Warsaw footballers will play a match in Tbilisi against Olimpi Rustawi.

There was a friendly game in Łódź between Widzew and Legia on Friday which was watched by 4000 viewers. The match finished with a draw 1-1. The first goal was scored in the 9th minute by Artur Jędrzejczyk after a centre from a corner. RTS’s footballers equalised four minutes after the break. Radosław Matusiak scored the goal. We encourage you to see two photo-reports from the match. The first photo-report - 48 photos taken by Mishka The second photo-report - 23 photos taken by GeoS

Legia has won in the last friendly match in Austria against Zalaegerszegi TE from Hungary. In 17 minute Adrian Paluchowski shot first goal and it was the only one in the first half. After 15 minute break, Darko Pavicevic shot an own goal. The last goal shot also Paluchowski in 61 minute. Legia was definitely better team during whole match. Hungary's team didn't have any great chance to defeat Legia's goalkeeper, Jan Mucha. We encourage you to see 40 photos taken by turi.

Legia won next match played in Austria. Today Legia won with Varteks Varażdin from Croatia 3-2. First goal scored Maciej Rybus in 7 minute. 3 minutes later scored Goran Mujanović from Varteks. Next two goals shot Legia and after first half the result was 3-1. Seven minutes before the end of competition, Sasa Hojski scored last goal. The last friendly game in Austria, Legia will play on Wednesday. We encourage you to see 43 photos taken by turi.

Legia won first friendly game in Austria. Our team defeated FK Kubań Krasnodar from Russia 2-1. First goal was scored by Andriej Topczu (Kubań). Next two goals shot Sebastian Szałachowski in 13. and 20. minute. About 100 fans were looking this match from the stadium. Next friendly game Legia will play today at 6 pm with Varteks Varazdin from Croatia. We encourage you to see 53 photos taken by turi.

In friendly game, played 30th of June in Pruszków, Legia defeated Znicz 4-1. Goals for our team were scored by Szałachowski, Paluchowski, Radović and Grzelak. One goal for Znicz was scored by ex-Legia player, Tomasz Chałas. We encourage you to see 55 photos taken by Mishka.

In the first friendly game Legia defeated Beskid 11-0! Goals for Warsaw teams were scored by: Kosecki, Grzelak, Smoliński, Astiz, Radović, Ostrowski, Szałachowski (2), Paluchowski (3). We encourage you to see 46 photos taken by Mishka.