Mariusz Jop after #MIEWIS: We have a lot of work ahead of us

Matchday 8 of the Betclic 1 League brought the first defeat of the season for the White Star. Mariusz Jop's team proved insufficiently effective to return to Krakow with a full set of points. The Wisła Kraków coach assessed the match.

“Today's match wasn't our best performance. This first half, or rather the first part, showed that the meeting was more open, the opponent tried to come higher to us. I think We had a few situations that could have been better utilized. The game changed change and the hosts switched to low defense, focused on counterattacks and set pieces, which they did well and were effective in those aspects. One of these situations ended with a goal. In the second half, after a simple loss Miedź launched a dangerous counterattack. We didn't accomplish much today, that we set for ourselves. We lost a lot of second balls. This is an element who didn't look his best today" - Mariusz Jop summed up the match.

The first 6 matches were a showcase of your quality, field intelligence, and effectiveness. a quality meeting of players and the team at the match in Legnica? "It's hard to say. Today the opponent was in very good shape. disposal, he was very aggressive and good in duels. We were sometimes a little too we got angry quickly, we were too impatient. In those moments, in which needed to be sped up, we held the ball for too long, which is what was our problem last season" - he analyzed.

Sometimes failures teach us. Despite your loss, have you found any positives? Would a cold shower be in your favor? "We are still aware that it is a long road and after 6 no one has won the league yet. We have a lot of work ahead of us, just like as if we had won this match today. Of course – now is the time to Some players have rested, some will go to the National Team. Those who will stay are I'll also rest a bit mentally. In two weeks, there's a match against Odra and we'll be ready. prepare for it" - he said.

You're on a break from the national team. What are your plans for the coming days? "Now the players have three days off. We start training on Tuesday. On Saturday We will play a friendly match against Puszcza Niepołomice and a week later a league match against Odra Opole."

Match management. Shouldn't the substitutions have happened earlier? "NO" - coach Jop replied briefly.

Set pieces – what's the effectiveness rating? Wisła had too many chances. "Both we and Miedź also didn't have any chances after set pieces fragments of the game" - he commented.

The second half began. It seemed that Wisła would start making up for the losses, but it was Miedź who scored the goal. "In the second half we were not a team that dominated and created many chances. This was due to the fact that the hosts, while leading, were looking for seconds at set pieces, they tried to throw us off our rhythm. They were also very dangerous in quick attacks, they did not panic when they had the ball, they were able to change the weight of the game. Our distances were too great and, as I mentioned that the individual duels were the worst, We lost too much today."

What was the reason for Mariusz Kutwa's change? " The change was due to Mariusz's yellow card. I think that The situation was not clear-cut. In the first phase there was a foul by Letniowski, who attacked very aggressively and with momentum. Mariusz passed the ball and the question was where He has to put that leg down. It could have knocked him out, so we decided he'd go in. Darijo. He's good at building attacks. I was hoping for more from him. creating offensive situations" - concluded Mariusz Jop.