Wojciech Szczęsny caused quite a stir when he announced his retirement from football in August. However, the Polish goalkeeper did not last long in retirement – after Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s fatal injury, FC Barcelona asked the 34-year-old for help. Ultimately, the goalkeeper was convinced and on October 2, he signed a contract with the Catalan team.
After the official start of Wojciech Szczęsny’s cooperation with the “Pride of Catalonia”, the media in Spain began to wonder when the Pole would make his debut in the colors of the new club. Originally, it was said that Hansi Flick would find a place for “Szczena” in the starting lineup for the La Liga match against Sevilla, which took place on Sunday, October 20. However, the goalkeeper watched the match from the bench.
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Wojciech Szczęsny is back on the bench. The fans couldn’t stand it, the internet went into an uproar
Fans hoped that Szczęsny would take to the pitch during Wednesday’s Champions League match against Bayern Munich. And this time, however, they were in for a disappointment – Hansi Flick once again chose the young and much less experienced Spaniard, Inaki Pena. After this decision of the coach of the “Pride of Catalonia” there was an uproar. Blaugrana fans had no intention of remaining silent and took to social media to say directly what they thought about the choice of the German coach.
“Why did they bring Szczęsny out of retirement to clear their bench?”, “Flick should have chosen Szczęsny”, “They brought Szczęsny out of retirement for no reason”, “The decision to put Peña instead of Szczęsny is a very wrong decision decision. Hansi Flick gave Bayern’s players the opportunity to be effective in front of the goal. It’s an absolutely chaotic decision. I’m very disappointed with the Barcelona management and the coaches,” “If the Bavarians shoot at Barcelona today, Szczęsny will quickly join the first team.” and you keep him on the bench… It’s a joke,” fans shout on social media.
Wojciech Szczęsny/Grzegorz Wajda
