Because - without wishing to appear alarmingly racist, but nonetheless having to say it - Poles are mental cases.
Well yes, but the question stands: why would they deliberately break the rules when in a very favourable position in the hope that UEFA would subsequently be lenient?
As stated it's probably balls, but maybe they wanted him available for the next, perhaps even more crucial tie. Had he gone unnoticed they would have said the 3 game suspension was played in the two at pats ties and the first Celtic game. I have no doubts they were aware of the error round the st pats tie hence why a key player from the season before didn't start the 2nd leg
The story goes that it was their reserve goalie who mentioned it to the offending player and said it may be an issue. Berzcianowski (whatever) apparently told the management about it and they told him not to worry. Everything was kosher.
Changed my mind. We should let Legia advance to the next stage. I'm concerned that our reputation has taken a battering. What if Barcelona don't regard us as special friends any more?
We're having a party in the Champions league !! was sung last night , next Wednesday I'll be hiding behind the couch , some party
Its coming home ... its coming home... article seven, paragraph five , subsection twelve A, is coming home, its coming home, its coming home ...
As news slowly emerges about Legia Warsaw it seems more and more likely that the Polish club played Bartosz Bereszynski against Celtic knowing that there was a doubt over whether he was suspended or not. The word from Poland is that Bereszynski asked about his suspension on the day of the Celtic match with no definite answer coming from within the club. With a question mark over his status you have to ask why Henning Berg sent him on with just three minutes left and Legia coasting through on a 6-1 aggregate. Could Berg have been attempting to ensure that the defender would be ‘clear’ to play in the play-off round hoping to point to his omission against St Pat’s as part of his three match suspension despite not being registered for those games? As a former Manchester United and Rangers (IL) defender Berg would be familiar in working for an arrogant club that could throw it’s weight around to ensure that they get the benefit of the doubt. Over the last week it seems that Legia have that very attitude- and more- and are used to getting things their own way. By playing Bereszynski for a token three minutes Berg could have been testing the water on the defender’s absence against St. Pat’s hoping that it wouldn’t be picked up and able to claim that it had no impact on the match if it was detected. With a tight schedule in place and the final qualifying round draw taking place 36 hours after the final whistle, time was limited for the Bereszyknski question to be raised. Were Legia hoping that a quiet word and a warning would suffice if Bereszynski’s appearance was highlighted? Would UEFA overlook it allowing the defender to play in the final qualifying round rather than throw the whole draw up in the air? Since UEFA became aware that Bereszynski played while suspended Legia have been on the warpath blaming everyone but themselves. Owning up to the mistake would have earned the club plenty of sympathy that may be repaid in the future one way or another. Legia co-owner Dariusz Mioduski’s cringe worthy open letter to Celtic on Sunday was a classic case of deflection in which he attempted to play the victim card. Having failed to employ competent staff capable of following well established UEFA procedures Mioduski is looking at the potential loss of £10m plus over the incident. If UEFA stay true to their rules and uphold last Friday’s decision the reaction from Legia fans isn’t likely to be pretty. Rather than blame Celtic over the incident Legia fans should look closer to home and ask why Berg decided to introduce a defender with his team just minutes away from completing a 6-1 aggregate win.
