More twists in the Superpuchar Upcockedness a-comin'?

You can tell we're getting close to the Euros with many adverts on TV (the usual official sponsor stuff) further attempts from UEFA to sign up more voluntary slaves (despite their enormous profits) so the cancellation of the scheduled Superpuchar match between Legia and Wisła Kraków prompted a rash of other stories in the media about the progress across Poland to hold a successful games.

Legia fans have been up in arms about the news and blamed both the police,the Polish FA and sports Ministry particularly because since the cancellation, the new sports minister, Joanna Mucha (who is much admired for her meadow-fresh deportment and visage) admitted on tv she didn't have a clue what the Superpuchar really was. Fakt had her mocked up yesterday as a police stooge for her part in the affair. (I only buy it 'cos they have a Jackpot scratchcard thing on the front page, honest!).

One thing's for sure, the communications and co-ordination between all the relevant authorities leaves much to be desired - particularly as the Euros will be a far more significant logistical challenge with a million extra visitors coming to Poland. And now there's speculation - yes, I know from my reliable source Fakt again - that the necessary security certification that was lacking for the Legia-Wisła game may not have been sorted before Poland - Portugal later this month.

The clock is ticking! And UEFA regulations stipulate a minimum two full-scale matches prior to a Championship game.

Meanwhile to demonstrate that the security concerns around this weekend's planned game were unfounded, Legia and Wisła fans are expected to carry out a march from the Legia stadium to the national stadium at around 17.00. I might pop down though most of my friends are busy just to check the craic out, it's not far on the bus, though I'd recommend avoiding the route (Łazienkowska, Czerniakowska, Trasa Łazienkowska, Wał Miedzyszyński, Wybrzeże Szczecińskie pod Stadion Narodowy) and I hope it does stay peaceful.  As a group, Legia fans are pretty well organised, so you can expect similar scenes to these ones below (when the ban on attending away games was first implemented by Donald Tusk)

For the record, I am pretty certain they'll sort it out eventually, but the real risk to Poland's reputation lies around its transport infrastructure prepations, which can't be fudged at the last minute.