🙈 Poland struggle early without Lewa, all a bit rubbish | OneFootball

The surprising resignation of Robert Lewandowski has made big waves in recent days. As long as coach Michal Probierz remains in office, the Barça star will no longer play for the Polish national team, he announced on Sunday. Therefore, Jan Bednarek is leading the team as captain against Finland today.

In the World Cup qualifying match - the first without Lewandowski - Poland had to take the first setback and lost 1:2. Joel Pohjanpalo scored the lead for the Finns.

The striker might be familiar to some Bundesliga fans from his time at Leverkusen and Hamburger SV.

Benjamin Källman increased the lead to 2:0 in the second half. Jakub Kiwior was able to score the consolation goal, but could not prevent the defeat.

The match was overshadowed in the final phase by a medical emergency in the stands. For this reason, the World Cup qualifying match was temporarily interrupted and the players were sent to the locker room. However, it was then able to be resumed and completed.

For Poland, it is the first defeat in this World Cup qualifier after two victories. Finland moves to the top of Group G with the win.

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