EURO without Lewandowski?

Poland and its superstar Robert Lewandowski (35) missed the EURO 2024 in Germany in Group E with a 1-1 (1-0) draw in the direct duel against the Czech Republic in Warsaw late on Friday evening – and have to hope for reaching the playoffs .

The posters brought by the fans who asked in Polish for record goalscorer Lewandowski’s jersey at the National Stadium in Warsaw were probably quickly put away.

The FC Barcelona star striker was also unable to force direct qualification for Poland, which had already become difficult after the 1-1 draw (without Lewandowski) against the Republic of Moldova on October 15, 2023.

• Poland has 8 group games and is therefore powerless on the last matchday. “The Eagles” lost the two key games against Albania (0:2) and in the Czech Republic (1:3).

Only 2 home goals

At home they only won 2 out of 4 games.

• Lewandowski only scored in the home games against the Faroe Islands (2-0).
• With 11 points, the 2012 European Championship co-hosts can no longer displace the Czech Republic (12 points), which will play against Moldova in Olomouc next Monday.
• The hosts only managed 5 shots on goal from Czech keeper Jindrich Stanek from Viktoria Plzen.

“I regret that we didn’t score a second goal,” said Poland coach Michal Probierz afterwards, “we missed a lot of chances, even the last corner could have led to the goal.”

81 goals since 2008

This makes it clear: The player with the fourth most international goals since 2000 (Those: Transfermarkt.de) will probably only remain a spectator in Germany in 2024.

Lewandowski had scored 81 goals since his national team debut for Poland on September 10, 2008 in San Marino (2-0 / 1 goal).

• Only four players have been more successful since then, such as India’s Sunil Chhetri (82 goals) and Argentina’s world champion Lionel Messi with 106 goals for the “Albiceleste”.
• The frontrunner and the only European alongside Lewandowski in the top 4 is Cristiano Ronaldo, who has already qualified for Germany with Portugal and who has scored an incredible 128 goals in 204 appearances since his international debut on August 20, 2003 against Kazakhstan (1-0).
• The best German player in this ranking is world champion Miroslav Klose with 71 goals in seventh place.

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