Ragged Jaga’s ‘Borat’ disaster

9th July 2011

Jagielloni Bialystok were dumped out of the Europa league at the first hurdle by their Kazakh rivals, losing the return leg 2-0 and the double header 2-1. There were doubts as to whether the Polish side’s failure to capitalise on their dominance of the home leg with more than a single goal, and those doubts were horrifically realised as Irtysh struck twice in the first half to tip the tie their way.

Following their 1-0 victory in the first leg Bialystok travelled to remote Pavlodar determined to finish the job. Keeper Grzegorz Sandomierski said, “They didn’t manage a decent shot on goal in the whole game, so let’s hope it’s the same this time.” His colleague in attack, Tomasz ...