Chris the Cat Saves Lech

24th July 2010

Lech Poznan went to the edge of the abyss of elimination from European competitions this Wednesday only to be dragged back from the brink by their 33-year-old keeper Krzysztof Kotorowski who performed heroics in a nerve-wracking penalty shoot-out. Following a 1-0 away win over Inter Baku last week, the return match was supposed to be a mere formality, but a walk in the park turned into nightmare of missed passes and slip-ups.

Inter Baku, Champions of Azerbaijan won a pretty dire game of football 1-0 in 90 minutes, remaining compact and disciplined, occasionally trying to break dynamically. Lech were more dysfunctional, dominating the game to little effect and committing numerous blunders ...