Legia Warsaw defeated Zagłębie Sosnowiec 4:2 in a club friendly on September 26, 2026. The away side showed no signs of rust despite a busy schedule. And here's the thing about friendlies — you don't always see the full picture, but certain patterns emerge regardless.
Legia arrived with mixed recent form. They beat Jagiellonia 3:1 on September 20, then drew with Widzew Łódź 1:1 three days later. By then they had already suffered a 3:0 defeat to Lublin Motor on September 1. That loss to Motor was the outlier in what looked like an inconsistent run.
Zagłębie's situation told a different story entirely. Five matches without a win, including three consecutive defeats before that 1:1 draw with Śląsk Wrocław. The 1:4 loss to Nowy Targ Podhale and the 2:0 defeat by Nysa Polonia suggested something was off. A coach would notice the difference in how the side defended these games.
Four goals for Legia against two for Zagłębie doesn't require minute-by-minute reconstruction. What matters is the flow. The visitors took control and maintained it. To be fair, Zagłębie scored twice, which means they weren't completely shut out, but the defensive structure simply couldn't handle Legia's movement.
What this friendly tells us is how Legia are shaping up. They're finding their rhythm after that early-season stumble against Motor. Zagłębie, meanwhile, are running out of games to fix what isn't working. The result settles nothing in a competitive sense, but it offers a snapshot of where each side sits.
