The thigh ailment that Poland striker Robert Lewandowski is suffering from will prevent him from playing in his team’s first Euro 2024 match, which is scheduled to take place on Sunday against the Netherlands.
A 2-1 victory over Turkey on Monday, during which both teams were competing in their final warm-up game before the competition, the 35-year-old player sustained the injury.
Lewandowski, who is a member of the Barcelona team, was taken out of the game after 33 minutes.
During their second match, Poland will compete against Austria on the 21st of June. Their final match in Group D will be against France on the 25th of June.
“Lewandowski suffered a rupture of the biceps femoris muscle, which will exclude him from the first match of the tournament,” according to an official statement from Poland.
Karol Swiderski, a striker, and Pawel Dawidowicz, a defender, both sustained injuries, although they are expected to “return to full training within three to four days.”
A little over a week before the start of their European Championships campaign, Robert Lewandowski, a forward for Barcelona and Poland, was forced to leave the field due to an injury.
The 35-year-old player was unable to continue playing due to a muscular injury that led him to fall to the ground during the match against Turkey. He was taken off the field in the thirty minute mark, having previously assisted Karol Swiderski for the game’s first goal. He did so while wearing a gloomy expression on his face and ambulating with a heavy limp.
Unless it was a minor swelling from a blow, it appears likely that he will miss at least one of Poland’s group stage matches, if not all of them. The nature of the injury is not yet known, but Poland will open their Euro 2024 campaign against the Czech Republic in six days.
A little more than a month ago, while playing for Barcelona, Lewandowski struggled with an ankle ailment. Despite this, he has been a pretty healthy player in general. Fans of both Poland and Barcelona are waiting with bated breath to find out how serious the problem is currently.
🚨 Robert Lewandowski was subbed off with an injury in Poland’s game, just ahead of EURO 2024.
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) June 10, 2024
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