US EditionLewandowski Returns to Poland’s National Team as Captain Following Row with Former Coach
Robert Lewandowski returns as Poland captain after dispute led to previous coach's resignation, with the team third in World Cup qualifying standings, aiming for automatic qualification.
- On Friday, Jan Urban announced Robert Lewandowski will return as Poland captain, saying, `I want us to start training camp with a clean slate` and Lewandowski will appear at Monday's press conference.
- After Probierz's decision to remove the armband, Lewandowski quit the national team, and Probierz resigned in June following Poland's loss to Finland without their top player.
- Jan Urban, Poland manager appointed in July, included Lewandowski, 37, Poland's top scorer with 85 goals, and named Piotr Zielinski vice-captain and Jan Bednarek third captain on Friday.
- Poland currently sit third in the group behind Finland and the Netherlands, with their next qualifier away to the Netherlands on September 4 before hosting Finland three days later.
- The qualification format means the 12 European qualifying groups winners automatically reach the 2026 World Cup in North America, with Finland leading their group with seven points.
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The Polish striker is returning to the national team after a dispute with his previous coach. The next goal is to qualify for the World Cup.
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The RecordLewandowski returns to Poland’s national team as captain following row with former coach
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Robert Lewandowski will return to Poland as its captain after a row with the previous coach led the Barcelona star to quit the national team. New coach Jan Urban included Lewandowski in his squad on Friday for upcoming World Cup qualifiers, saying that his nation’s all-time top scorer would get the captain’s armband back as well. “I’d like us to start training camp with a clean slate. Robert Lewandowski will be the team cap…
Robert Lewandowski is returning to the Polish national team. The 37-year-old FC Barcelona forward will also regain the captain's armband.
In a fight with the old coach, Poland's star attacker Robert Lewandowski left the national team. Now the new coach takes him back – and makes him captain again.
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Lewandowski returns to Poland squad as captain
WARSAW :Robert Lewandowski will return to the Poland squad as captain, manager Jan Urban said on Friday, after the Barcelona striker quit the national team amid a row over the previous coach's decision to replace him as skipper.Urban was named in July to replace Michal Probierz, who resigned in June amid the
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