Oskar Pietuszewski enters derby brimming with blue and white confidence | OneFootball

Six matches for FC Porto, three of them as a starter, and an immediate impact at the right moment. Immune to the barriers of being 17 years old, the Polish talent signed from Jagiellonia has emerged as the team's great sensation as the season enters its decisive phase. The signs were there from his debut: Oskar Pietuszewski won the penalty that secured the three points in Guimarães.

In his first time in the starting eleven, at Choupana, he showed very promising signs, remaining in the initial options for the home game against Rio Ave, where he provided the assist to Froholdt for the only goal of the match. On Friday, against Arouca, he entered determined and, within 14 seconds, opened the scoring – marking his debut goal and entering history: he scored the fastest goal for Porto at Estádio do Dragão and became the youngest foreign player to score for the blues and whites.

As is natural at his young age, Pietuszewski is already looking ahead: March could be decisive in his still short professional career, with a cycle of high competitive demand where he could again play a significant role. Oskar has a clear path to join FC Porto's eleven in tomorrow's match against Sporting, in the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-finals. Borja Sainz only resumes training today (see piece alongside) and Francesco Farioli will want to take advantage of the Polish winger's good form. Whether as a starter or coming off the bench, the duel at Alvalade will be the first classic of the career for the number 77 jersey, as in Poland, Jagiellonia does not have a rivalry of the dimension of that between dragons and lions.

It doesn't stop there: the following weekend there's another trip to the capital to face Benfica on Sunday. These are two consecutive classics in which Pietuszewski could contribute – before having a break, as he was not registered in the UEFA Europa League due to the limit of new registrations, occupied by Thiago Silva, Seko Fofana, and Terem Moffi, leaving him out of the game against Stuttgart.

Meanwhile, Oskar is also making his mark with the Polish national team. Already secured a place in the under-21s, he harbors serious hopes of making his debut in Jan Urban's main team. The performance shown while playing for FC Porto reinforces the possibility of a first call-up and, despite the coach's reputation for a conservative profile in choices, the Polish press reported a possible call-up for the World Cup qualifying play-off at the end of March. If that doesn't materialize, the door should open later, most likely in June, at the World Cup – auspicious prospects that the young winger intends to extend.

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