Sensational news on Robert Lewandowski. The captain is not in the composition
Robert Lewandowski provided three points of the Polish national team in the match against Lithuania, last Friday. Captain, however, a clash with Malta begins on a bench.
The Polish team has inaugurated in the qualifying rounds of the World Championships 2026. After a very poor meeting, Poles won 1: 0 with Lithuania. A goal for a weight of three points in a clash with the 142th place in the FIFA ranking was scored by reliable Robert Lewandowski. For “Lewy” it was a jubilee goal number 85 in the Polish national team.
Poland – Malta. Robert Lewandowski will not play at PGE Narodowy?
As we reported a few hours before the match, there were many indications that the fans on Monday (i.e. March 24) would not have the opportunity to see Lewandowski in action. In the Poland – Malta match, according to media reports, the team captain was to be less burdened by coach Michał Probierz.
“Soon Lewandowski and FC Barcelona awaits a real marathon, seven meetings for a stake within 19 days. The Pole will have to stare wisely with forces (…) It was finally recognized that in the match with theoretically the weakest team in the group it is worth avoiding the risk of Lewandowski. Karol Świderski will be set up the shooters of the Turkish league, “we read in the text on the portal matzyki.pl, by Dawid Dobraszie.
And so it really happened. The coach Prdyk focused on the following, starting composition:
The Poland – Malta match will start at 20:45 at PGE Narodowy in Warsaw. Transmission of the meeting on TVP 1 and TVP Sport. Online you will be able to watch a match via TVP Sport and a dedicated mobile application.
The Polish national team is fighting for participation in the 10th World Cup in its history
Looking at the history of football World Cup, the Polish national team nine times had the opportunity to take part in the most important international event in football. The World Cup is a holiday in which all continents are involved, which further emphasizes the importance of this unusual, cyclical event.
Poland debuted at the football World Cup in 1938. Then it stood at one match, exactly 1/8 finals and a crazy defeat with Brazil 5: 6, after extra time. Then 1974, the World Cup in Germany, from which the legendary staff under the baton of Kazimierz Górski, brought a medal. Poland was the third strength of the world at the time. Then 1978 without the podium (place 5-8) and again the album of the World Cup, this time with coach Antoni Piechniczek, in Spain (1982). In addition, 1986, where at the World Championships in Mexico, Poles managed to score only one goal in the tournament, ending with the 1/8 final.
Another World Championships with Poles came after a 16 -year break. Coach Jerzy Engel and his team were promoted as the first team from the Old Continent. Ultimately, in South Korea and Japan, it ended with a high disappointment and elimination of Poles in the group stage. This scenario was repeated on the next two World Cup occasions. In Germany (2006) and Russia (2018).
The “group curse” managed to break in Qatar. In 2022, the team of coach Czesław Michniewicz managed to play one match in the knockout phase. However, the Poles lost 1: 3 with the later runners -up in the world, the French.
In total, the balance of Poland at the rank of the World Championships includes 38 matches, 17 wins, 6 draws and 15 failures. When it comes to goals, 49 scored and 50 lost.
