Oskar Pietuzewski returned from injury to remain decisive in FC Porto games, even being a secret weapon of Francesco Farioli. The young Polish can now take advantage of William Gomes' absence to gain even more space.
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12/10/2026
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Hthere is a pearl loose in the Dragon Stadium and walks through the lawns of the I League to solve games ‘wrong and straight’. We are talking about Oskar Pietuszewski, the young Polish from FC Porto who was once again decisive in giving the three points to the blue and white team, in a meeting in Barreiros that saw a very complicated maritime to overcome.
The irreverence of the international by Poland has been notorious since it was hired by the dragon class, but an injury prevented it from making the transition from what it had done in the past to that of 2026/27, staying out during this early campaign.
But as soon as he returned, he was released before Benfica, from the bench of alternates, and still gave headaches to the defensive line of Marco Silva's team, although the impact did not affect the final result.
Different was his exhibition before the Maritime, on this eighth day of the I League, since Oskar Pietuszewski was the author of the work of art that gave the victory to FC Porto, causing the series of invincibility in the national championship to expand to eight triumphs in the same number of games played.
Its hiring was achieved on the January transfer market by an amount of around €8.63 million, paid by the dragons to the Poles of Jagiellonia Bialystok, a value that, every week it passes, seems even more derisory given the quality of the player of only 18 years old.
William’s injury can be ‘blessed’ for Pietuszewski
In the meeting between the Marítimo and FC Porto, there was a worrying injury for Francesco Farioli's team, after William Gomes pressed the guardian of Madeirans and ended up doing a grade 2 sprain on the right ankle, according to the clinical report of blues and whites.
Although it is a contradiction for the Brazilian extreme and for the accounts of the Italian technician, the truth is that this may be the moment that allows Oskar Pietuzewski to ‘explode’ and gain ownership, in order to show if he has what is necessary to guide the dragons to triumphs with more minutes in the field.
William Gomes's injury should remove him from the lawns for an estimated period of three to six weeks, so the young Polish will have at least five games by the end of October to ‘galopar’ for the initial eleven and show himself even stronger to Francesco Farioli, starting already against Real Betis and PSV Eindhoven, in the Champions League.
Gil Vicente will follow, for the ninth journey of the I League, and the Academic of Viseu for the final rooms of the League Cup, closing the sequence of games facing Estoril Praia, on October 31, for the championship.
Although William Gomes is a pillar of Farioli's ideas, his return and readaptation will take longer and gives the perfect opportunity for Oskar Pietuzewski to start being more important in the squad of the current national champions.