World Cup Star Players #2 Robert Lewandowski

arfa (61)in #news • 6 years ago (edited)

The Polish revival is really visible when Robert Lewandowski rises as a brand-new star Bialo-czerwoni, the Polish nickname. His actions with Lech Poznan at the end of the 2000s were indeed eye-catching. It was precisely what forced Borussia Dortmund to transfer 4.5 million euros to bring it to the Signal Iduna Park Stadium in the summer of 2010.

Since moving to the German Bundesliga, both while with Dortmund and now with Bayern München, Lewandowski shows the quality of the more brightly lit. In a pair of top clubs, the man who is now 29 years old is always used as a number one goal getter.

Based on statistics via Transfermarkt, in the eight seasons (from 2010/2011 to 2017/2018), Lewandowski played 257 times in the Bundesliga and scored 180 goals. The record makes his name as one of the foreign players with the most collection of goals in the history of the Bundesliga.

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Lewandowski impressive performance impact on his status in the Polish national team. Slowly but surely, he progressed to spearhead Polish mainstay in qualifying to qualify for major tournaments such as the World Cup and the European Cup.

Euro 2008, 2012 and 2016 to play Polish playgrounds with Lewandowski on the international stage. For the first time, they stepped into the quarter-finals phase before being beaten by Portugal.

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Poland's long wait to feel the sensation of appearing in the World Cup, last time competing in the World Cup in 2006, finally missed out on this year's title. The captivating rate of Lewandowski and colleagues during the qualifying round sealed a ticket to Russia. As the main teammate of the team trained by Adam Nawalka, Lewandowski is remarkable. No kidding, this 185-centimeter figure became the top scorer during qualifying with a total of 16 goals, one seed ahead of the Cristiano Ronaldo collection.

Nevertheless, the dependence on Lewandowski, especially in breaking the opponent's goal will certainly interfere with Poland's World Cup trip because their rivals will certainly prepare a counter-strategy to kill the ferocious attacker. Nawalka must pay attention to this matter carefully.

Joined in Group H along with Japan, Colombia, and Senegal, Poland obviously has a high enough chance to qualify for the knockout phase. If Lewandowski is able to perform well and tough in scoring numbers, the poles of Poland not just passing through in Russia will surely give a formidable resistance.