The sad story of David Janczyk, the Pole better than Lewandowski: from his goal against Argentina to landing on the street

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The sad story of David Janczyk, the Pole better than Lewandowski: from his goal against Argentina to landing on the street

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In one of his most recent relapses, David Janczyk was found at a train station. Photo: Web.

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There was a time in Poland when another striker was first selected on bread and cheese, before Robert Lewandowski. It was in 2006, when the attacker was 18 and David Janczyk19, is considered by legia -the Warsaw club of which they are part- as a footballer with a bigger projection and more future. And Lewy needs to continue his career in Poland’s third football division.

The thing started last year, when both strikers came in as a bet to the club that came four seasons without winning a title. They are diamonds in the rough, they lack filmmaking. Janczyk even went so far as to sign Chelseabut preferred to stay in Poland.

There is a photo file spreading on networks where he is seen with José Mourinho, coach of the English club between 2004 and 2008.

Polish David Janczyk with José Mourinho.  Photo: Instagram.

Polish David Janczyk with José Mourinho. Photo: Instagram.

Janczyk started to get a little ahead of Robert: he used to sit on the First Division bench and take minutes. Goals too: he cried five and the fate of each began to take a separate course. “Dawid Janczyk is the greatest talent we have in the history of the club,” said Legia Warsaw’s greatest legend, Lucjan Brychczyand condemned the good Lewandowski.

Dawid Janczyk kicked a free kick for Poland against the United States in the U20 World Cup in Canada.  Photo by AP

Dawid Janczyk kicked a free kick for Poland against the United States in the U20 World Cup in Canada. Photo by AP

How in a fable, Janczyk’s gift was filled with laurels. He scored 17 goals in the same number of games in his country’s U18s and 19 U-19s, played in the U-20 World Cup in Canada in 2007 and is one of the few to score a goal for the U-20 team. Hugo Tocalli (one is from Martin Fenin from Czech Republicin the final), which had Sergio Aguero as a figure.

His performance was so great that Pole was part of the perfect team for that tournament, in addition to kunneed Alexander Duck, Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani, Angel Di Maria Y killed John , Among others. The Argentine goalkeeper who suffered the Polish goal was a very young Sergio Chiquito Romero, who was on his way to take the National Team goal.

And Lewandowski? Meanwhile, Robert began to score goals Znicz Pruskow, the third division club he landed on when they lowered his thumb to Legia. He got a promotion and he contributed 15 goals. The following year, in the second division, he got 21 and they were enough for Lech Poznan He will take it over two seasons: 14 goals in the first and 18 in the second.

Through the first encounters with the network, the Borussia Dortmund and around the same time the paths changed again for one and another.

Because just after the goal against Argentina in the youth world cup in Canada, the CSKA Moscow He put in more than four million euros and kept the pass. not either Liverpoolnot either Chelsea not either Atletico Madrid They got the move.

Dawid Janczyk is considered a promoter of Polish football.  Playing in Moscow plunged him into depression and alcoholism.  Photo: Instagram.

Dawid Janczyk is considered a promoter of Polish football. Playing in Moscow plunged him into depression and alcoholism. Photo: Instagram.

A trip to Russia that changed everything

It was in Moscow where he could not withstand the competition that was being made vagner-lowe Y Jo Alves. He played a little, was not at home and became depressed. He was alone and his only company began to be wine.

However, in that addiction, the senior team arrived and received a change of scenery: they traveled to Belgium to play with Lokeren. He scored 14 goals in 31 games, in a league where a kid Romelu Lukaku He was the scorer. But at that point, he was an alcoholic and fights with coaches on duty escalated.

The loans ended, CSKA didn’t want him because of his condition and his problems got worse. One night, he was in an alcohol coma. He was admitted to a clinic and his condition became more complicated. When he regained consciousness, he tore up the room and shouted in three different languages: English, Russian, and Polish..

In 2016, at 29, he resumed activity. Go to Sandecja Nowy Sacz from the second division where he began playing with children. This day was introduced He said he was sober for the first time in seven years.

Although he won the League and was promoted to First, he had a relapse. Between 2016 and 2018, he began therapy for his addiction and wrote his autobiography, in which he said that if he had to erase one thing in his life, it was CSKA.

“My confession”, a book by Dawid Janczyk in which he gives details about his personal dramas.

“My confession”, a book by Dawid Janczyk in which he gives details about his personal dramas.

In 2019 he was assisted by police after being found drunk on the streets. He had to go to a dinner where they expected him and they had no news: they found him lying far away from the station where he would board the train.

He is still fighting his vice. In 2021, Janzcyk once again made headlines not because of football but because of a video he uploaded to his networks in which he was warned he was drunk, in a car, while hearing the voices of some children in the back seat, where he turned he at the last second lowered his pants. “I’m a drunk and I’m fine with that,” concludes the post he later deleted.

Polish David Janczyk.  One of his most recent scandals was getting himself drunk in a car.  Photo: Instagram.

Polish David Janczyk. One of his most recent scandals was getting himself drunk in a car. Photo: Instagram.

Lewandowski, as he won 20 titles in German football in between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, in addition to the Champions League, European Super Cup and the Club World Cup, all with this last club. Last year, FIFA selected him as the best footballer in the world, awarding him The Best award.

The next World Cup, which Janzcyk will watch on television, will have Lewandowski as the special card on which Poland will try to make history in Qatar 2022.

Source: Clarin

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