Mariusz Jop before the #ŁKSWIS match: I see good energy in the team to play for victory tomorrow!

Wisła Kraków will face ŁKS Łódź in their final match of the calendar year on Sunday, December 7th. This will be the first away match of the spring round in the Betclic 1 League. Before the match, Wisła Kraków coach Mariusz Jop answered questions from journalists.

What does the mental side of the team look like after the last match? match against Zawisza? "I think that when it comes to the mental side, the first behavior right after the match, of course, heads were down. However, you can say that time heals wounds and that bowed head at that moment changed to such sports anger and desire for revenge, and that is positive. We know that in In football, such situations happen and we also know that in football there is a short time from how you win or lose a match, because each subsequent one is the most important one and this is our chance to erase this stain. Undoubtedly, the match The cup match was embarrassing for us," said coach Jop about the last match.

In Bydgoszcz all goals were conceded from set pieces. "Of course, there was a detailed analysis of those conceded goals and we know that we should avoid at least three. As for these direct parts of the game, I mean the penalty kick, the third and the fourth goal. The second one was also very well executed, However, this does not mean that it cannot be prevented. We know what behaviors should be in such a situation. However, individual errors determined that the opponent was very effective. Of course, it must be admitted that they were very good quality for crossing and also for the fourth and third goals. Rival he had some luck in these situations, because I will remind you of Duarte's own goal, and the goal for the 4th was a rebound off the post and fell at the player's feet, which was not covered. Here is a pebble for our garden, that in our way marking, such a situation cannot occur. There should be a player who is behind he was matched by the goalkeeper, so the ball would fall at his feet, and not the rival." – analyzed the Wisła coach.

Assessment of Kamil Broda's attitude. "I wouldn't want to evaluate players individually on the forum. We did it internally and let This will stay within the team. Of course, everyone has the right, as always, to their opinion: journalists, fans. We, of course, have done this analysis, every player, but also the team's play and the team's attitude." – replied the coach.

The match against Stal was won quite confidently, just like the matches at the beginning of the season. Does it have to be like this that after playing After a dozen or so matches, this disposition is no longer so top-notch? "I think everyone We would like Wisła Kraków to look like they did in the first half against Stal Mielec. However, this rhetoric is also changing very quickly. Besides, it's The question proves this. On Sunday we played very well, on Thursday we played poorly match and we lost, but here this change is quite significant in the perception team. I realize that's how it is with us and I also think that a lot of people he was just waiting until he could make these critical comments towards the coach and present it to the players. I guess it's our specificity that generally when things are going well, some people don't really know what to say and what to write. If something is wrong, then you can use all the weapons of criticism present. Of course, this is the right of every fan and journalist. I believe that The last league match was of a good standard. Of course, the cup match, that's it I talked about this, this situation should not have happened. Apart from that absolutely on the circumstances and such a detailed and cool analysis. Wisła Kraków cannot lose to a third-division team of such magnitude. However, I don't know if we would look for an analogy here, because the situation at the end last season was a bit different. Of course, it was a natural situation that At the end of the year, that fatigue sets in. I've been talking about this for a few weeks now. ago and this is natural. However, this is a situation that does not only concern us, the Wisła Kraków players. I see a good attitude in the team, good energy to play for victory tomorrow. I think that's what we need now. the most important thing is to prepare optimally for tomorrow's meeting and that, what we started in the match against Mielec, i.e. we started the round very well spring. I hope we will continue this series and finish this year victory." – argued coach Mariusz Jop.

Form is wavering. Matches like against Stal appear, but also like in Siedlce. "If we deserve it, we can criticize ourselves, because in football it's like this, that sine wave is and will always be. Let's not expect that Wisła Kraków will play as they did in the first six matches of the entire season, because it simply doesn't work that way. There are very few cases. Every once in a while in all leagues, if we looked, we would find such a team. However, it is quite natural that this form fluctuates and this applies individually for each player and also applies to the team. Our goal and task is to prepare the team for this last match, to be at maximum good disposition and that's what we all do," he said.

Julius Ertlthaler and Frederico Duarte played full 90 minutes in Bydgoszcz. Will they be ready for tomorrow's match against ŁKS? "The assumption before the match against Zawisza was a bit different. However, due to what it was like situation, we wanted to play until the end for the victory. That's why both Julek and Dua played the entire match. These are the players whose endurance parameters, they can maintain a good level of intensity in many matches. They are normally considered for the starting eleven. I don't think there was any "The problem for them is physical," replied the Biała coach. Stars.

ŁKS was predicted as the favorite to fight for the top places, but now it is quite far down the table. Where and what are the strong and weak points of Wisła's closest opponent? "I think that here we need look at ŁKS especially after the change of coach Szoki. We know how his team functioned when Znicz was leading, they had such a defensive formation low 5-3-2. Besides, the coach probably also said it publicly, that mainly is now focusing on defensive play and I think we can expect that image that ŁKS, despite playing at home, will not be a proactive team. They will probably be a team that will wait low and count on attacks fast, set pieces, because he has several tall players in dangerous positions during set pieces. We also know that the quality of the pitch in Łódź is very low. I had such symptoms a few weeks ago. I wonder how well it worked. to get this pitch ready, because the last two matches under the leadership of coach Szoki were played away. I haven't had a chance to see that pitch yet, so I rather expect the way of playing that I mentioned. Of course, implementing a new system takes time for the team to function as expected. machine. Every week I think that this is something that will make ŁKS function better as a team and will better understand the tactics that has been largely changed compared to the previous coach. I expect I rather focus on low defense and quick attacks, I rather expect to wait for a permanent fragments of the game. If building attacks, this structure is somewhat similar to ours, because it's in a 3-2-4-1 configuration, which is a bit like us. there is also a team somewhere that tries to build their attacks through the middle. There enough quality in terms of individual player skills. So this match will definitely be demanding for us," he described.

Coming back to the match against Zawisza, did some of the players Was there a lack of concentration? "If we remember how Kamil defended in the league, it had similar problems when it came to building. I would rather see it in in such a context that it was not something that resulted from his relaxation or disrespect, there were rather nervous reactions there. I see it more in this way side, and not as a disregard or lack of concentration," he said.

What to do to prevent such situations from happening? repeated? "I think the message is clear here in terms of what we we want to do it in the transition phase, because there was a situation where Mariusz Kutwa got the ball, won the one-on-one and the first thing we want to do is to look for the player who is positioned as high as possible with a pass. is the expected behavior during the transition phase. Mariusz decided here to taking the ball out and he made a mistake because the ball bounced behind him somewhere far. Finally, if we gave, I fully agree that it was also such an important moment that allowed the opponents to believe that they could win this match. I think that it is quite natural that when you play against a team that is ranked lower, Well, situations like these make this team start to believe in themselves. Every a potential situation created in front of our goal or a goal scored gives them a lot more energy, the fans carry them. This is such natural behavior if It's about the mental side. I agree that we gave in that meeting the opponent this proverbial oxygen and the belief that they can win this meeting win and in the end it was like that." – added the coach.

Will there be any changes to the lineup? "There will be a large scale changes." – he replied briefly.

Won't ŁKS change the way they play a bit? the new coach's first home match and the closing match autumn. "I was talking about the opponent's defensive phase. Of course, I expect that If we open the scoring, the opponent will come high up to us. I don't think so. so that they would immediately position themselves low and give us some freedom here. However, two recent matches have shown that, first of all, every opening of the game was long pass and were often in low defense. Which doesn't mean that, as I said, this is a team that can't, He doesn't have the quality to handle the ball. However, I understand the logic. the coach's actions, that he first focused primarily on defensive play, because ŁKS also had problems with it," the coach described.

What will the plan for the next few years look like? weeks? " As for the plan, there are four weeks off. That doesn't mean that the players will not do anything for four weeks. They will have an individual plan for The last two weeks before the start of preparations. We start on January 5th. We'll be training for a week at our own facilities. On January 11th, we'll be flying to Turkey for two weeks. We'll be back on January 25th. We have four games scheduled in Turkey. Wednesday, Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday. After we get back, we're planning a sparring match with Stal. Mielec in Myślenice. Probably on Saturday. This will be the last friendly. preceding the start of the competition. The first two weeks the players have full rest. I know them well and I know they won't lie flat on their backs, but will have some activities. Many like to play padel or other disciplines. This there are people who simply like exercise. However, these two weeks are completely freedom when it comes to choosing their form of recreation. Footballers already have a specific schedule for the two weeks before the start of preparations. There will be 8 training sessions to do so that we don't start from scratch, but from a higher level, because this There is 5 weeks of preparation time. It's not much, but it is sufficient. We know that everyone will do this job properly. This was the case in last year, it was like this before the season started, i.e. in the summer. So It's all planned and presented to the players. The players have obligation to send data from each training session," concluded coach Mariusz Jop.