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Turin (Feb '22)

August 02, 2022

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Garbarnia Krakow - Gornik Leczna (0-1)

II Liga Stadion Garbarni July 27, 2019 I have never heard about Garbarnia before I moved to Krakow. I thought that the third team of Krakow must be Hutnik, but turns out Garbarnia has more history. It was a successful side in the 20s and 30s of the last century. Garbarnia even won a Polish championship title in 1931 but then it fell into obscurity after the war. The club represents the district of Krakow called Ludwinow. The old tannery was located there and that’s what the name of the team actually means. Garbarnia used to play right on the bank of Wisla, overlooking Wavel castle but then their stadium was demolished to make way for the super brutalist concrete hotel that is abandoned now. Oh how I wish I could watch a game there. Instead, Garbarnia got a plot of land in their native Ludwinow in 1990 and now it’s a very small and modest-looking stadium with just a single stand. Last year Garbarnia got promoted to the 2nd tier of Polish football and had to play in Wisla ...

Sweden-Latvia (7-2)

May 18. 2024 Ostravar Arena IIHF World Championship I really dislike Ostrava but it's a fairly big city, especially in terms of Czech Republic, so lots of things are happening there. Naturally, Ostrava hosted IIHF World Hockey Championship group along with Prague. And you can't beat the location, it's essentially a home venue for both Poland and Slovakia. And luckily, Sweden was also in the Ostrava group. Of course I could not miss the opportunity of watching Tre Kronor so close to my home. I had no plans of staying overnight so I chose an early Saturday gave versus Latvia. I was also excited to see the famous Latvian fans. And when the squads were finally announced, I was over the moon. So many cool players came to play for Sweden. A smooth 2h bus ride from Krakow and I'm in Ostrava. Had some Swedish fans coming on the same bus but overall I did not expect too many Swedes attending the game. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it is now to pay the transport fare in Ost...

Zaglebie Sosnowiec - GKS Katowice (2-1)

February 25, 2023 1 Liga ArselorMittal Park, Sosnowiec I still remember the day I went to see an old Zaglebie stadium . I totally loved it but they desperately needed a new one as it was barely functional. And finally the inaugural game of the new arena was announced. I was curious and wanted to go to see an opening game against the local rivals. There is a direct tram from downtown Katowice but I decided to take a walk from the center of Sosnowiec. It took me about 45 minutes on foot. I have not seen much of Sosnowiec before and I gotta tell you that it's not pretty. The new ArcelorMittal Arena is a part of the whole new sports complex that will have various facilities including a new hockey arena. And all that will be located a the big park. A commonplace practice for these events is to open new stadiums even when some works are still being done. That was the case here. The entire area around the ground is just basically a construction site. All the paths and access ...

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