Robert Lewandowski limped out of Poland’s remaining warm-up sport earlier than Euro 2024, which changed into a nightmare for coach Michal Probierz.
The 35-year-old Barcelona front-man, who scored 19 La Liga objectives and 26 in whole this season, was making his one hundred and fiftieth look for his nation and laid on the opening aim as Poland confronted fellow qualifiers Turkey in Warsaw.
Poland’s record-scorer and talisman Robert Lewandowski was pressured off with an harm simply days earlier than their Euro 2024 marketing campaign 😟🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/kG0exPKM9U
— OneFootball (@OneFootball) June 10, 2024
Nonetheless the host’s night time started to show as Karol Swiderski appeared to harm his ankle as he landed whereas celebrating the Twelfth-minute opening aim and was subbed minutes after, later being noticed in a protecting boot.
Swiderski had solely been referred to as up as a substitute for Juventus ahead Arkadiusz Milik – Lewandowski’s anticipated strike accomplice – who suffered a severe knee harm in final week’s pleasant towards Ukraine.
Lewandowski then adopted Swiderski to the therapy room simply after the half-hour after seemingly struggling a muscular harm to his proper leg.
Probierz minimize a dark determine on the Poland bench however would nonetheless have time to call a substitute for his 26-man squad if both of the accidents are severe sufficient to rule them out of the event.
On the sphere issues did enhance for the hosts as Roma’s Nicola Zalewski netted a tremendous stoppage-time winner, accumulating the ball on the left and weaving his manner into the world to fireside dwelling his first worldwide aim after Baris Yilmaz appeared to have earned a draw for Turkey 13 minutes from time when his low shot wrong-footed the keeper.
Poland’s Group D marketing campaign begins towards the Netherlands in Hamburg on Sunday (2pm BST), with Austria and France additionally within the pool.
Frenkie de Jong received’t take part at EURO 2024. 😔
We’re with you, Frenkie. 🧡#NothingLikeOranje pic.twitter.com/JlR3V5ETyZ
— OnsOranje (@OnsOranje) June 10, 2024
One participant who received’t function is Frenkie De Jong who has left the camp to return to Barcelona for therapy on the ankle harm which ended his season early and can see him miss Euro 2024.
The Dutch will go into the sport on the again of six wins in seven and back-to-back 4-0 wins, following up their win over Canada with victory over Iceland in Rotterdam.
Xavi Simons bounced in a close-range volley after Denxel Dumfies had headed again throughout aim on 23 minutes whereas Virgil van Dijk made it two simply after the break after Nathan Ake had nodded on a nook.
Donyell Malen made essentially the most of a elegant Memphis Depay go to make it 3-0 with a scientific end on 79 minutes earlier than Wout Weghorst added an injury-time fourth with a close-range dink over the keeper.
Turkey are in Group F alongside Portugal, Georgia and the Czech Republic, who left it late earlier than edging to victory of their remaining pleasant towards North Macedonia in Hradec Králove on Monday night.
Bayer Leverkusen frontman Patrik Schick – who topped the Euro 2020 scoring charts together with Cristiano Ronaldo with 5 objectives – put the hosts forward from the penalty spot on the hour, sending the keeper the unsuitable manner.
Isnik Alimi levelled for the guests simply 5 minutes later with a diving header after a shot had come again off the upright however the sport was settled by one other penalty 9 minutes into added time, transformed in equivalent style by sub Antonin Barak.
Twent midfielder Michal Sadilek will miss the event after struggling a freak accident throughout a break day on Sunday.
The Czech camp initially claimed the 25-year-old had sustained a leg laceration in a bicycle accident throughout a restoration session on Sunday, nonetheless on Monday they have been pressured into confirming the participant suffered his harm in a downhill karting accident, with reviews in native media claiming he required greater than 60 stitches in his shin.
The Czechs start their marketing campaign towards Portugal on June 18 (8pm BST) whereas Turkey face Georgia earlier that day.
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⚽️ GÓÓÓL! Po pádu v pokutovém území si vzal pokutový kop na starost Patrik Schick a nemýlil se!
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— Česká fotbalová reprezentace (@ceskarepre_cz) June 10, 2024
