Fearing an injury to Robert Lewandowski, De Jong was brought out as a Dutch Romp to win
Robert Lewandowski is out in Poland the last warm-up game before Euro 2024, which turned into a nightmare for coach Michal Probierz.
The 35-year-old Barcelona player, who scored 19 goals in La Liga and 26 in total this season, was playing his 150th game for his country and scored the first goal against Poland’s other qualifiers. garlic in Warsaw.
Poland’s record goalscorer and talisman Robert Lewandowski has been forced out through injury just days before their Euro 2024 campaign 😟🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/kG0exPKM9U
– OneFootball (@OneFootball) June 10, 2024
However, the home side’s night began to turn as Karol Swiderski appeared to have injured his ankle when he came on to celebrate the opening goal in the 12th minute and was knocked off a few minutes later, later seen wearing a protective boot.
Swiderski was recently called up to replace Juventus striker Arkadiusz Milik – expected by Lewandowski’s teammate – who suffered a knee injury in last week’s friendly against Ukraine.
Lewandowski then followed Swiderski into the treatment room just half an hour later after injuring his right leg.
Probierz has cut a painful figure on the Polish bench but will have time to name a replacement in his 26-man squad if one of the injuries is serious enough to rule them out of the tournament.
On the pitch things got better for the hosts as Roma’s Nicola Zalewski scored a stoppage-time winner, collecting the ball on the left and slotting in to score his first international goal after Baris Yilmaz looked to have equalised. for Turkey 13 minutes from when his low shot hit the keeper.
Poland’s Group D campaign begins against In the Netherlands in Hamburg on Sunday (2pm BST), with Austria and France also in the pool.
Frenkie de Jong will not take part in EURO 2024. 😔
We’re with you, Frenkie. 🧡#Nothing Like Orange pic.twitter.com/JlR3V5ETyZ
— OnsOranje (@OnsOranje) June 10, 2024
One player who will not feature is Frenkie De Jong who left the camp and returned to Barcelona for treatment on an ankle injury which ended his season early and will miss Euro 2024.
The Dutch will go into the game on the back of six wins from seven and a 4-0 streak, following their win over Canada with a win over Iceland in Rotterdam.
Xavi Simons headed home a close-range volley after Denxel Dumfies had scored after 23 minutes and Virgil van Dijk made it two after the break after Nathan Ake had headed in a corner.
Donyell Malen made the most of Memphis Depay’s pass to make it 3-0 with a clinical finish on 79 minutes before Wout Weghorst added a fourth in injury time with a feed past the keeper.
Turkey is in Group F along with Portugal, Georgia and the group Czech Republicwho left it too late to win in their final friendly match against North Macedonia in Hradec Králove on Monday evening.
Bayer Leverkusen forward Patrik Schick – joint top scorer at Euro 2020 with Cristiano Ronaldo with five goals – put the hosts ahead in the penalty area on the hour, sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.
Isnik Alimi equalized for the visitors five minutes later with a deep header after a shot went wide of the post but the game was settled by another penalty nine minutes before added time, converted in the same manner by sub Antonin Barak.
Twent midfielder Michal Sadilek will miss the tournament after picking up a freak injury during stoppage time on Sunday.
The Czech camp initially said the 25-year-old suffered a leg injury in a cycling accident while recovering on Sunday, but on Monday they were forced to confirm the injury was in a karting accident, according to local reports. media reports said he needed more than 60 stitches in his shin.
The Czechs begin their campaign against Portugal on June 18 (8pm BST) while Turkey face Georgia earlier that day.
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⚽️ GÓÓÓÓL! Popádu v pokutovém třinei si vzal pokutový kop ne starost Patrik Schick a nemýlil se!
[🇨🇿 1⃣-0️⃣ 🇲🇰] pic.twitter.com/j8se4qcxnf— Česká fotbalová representatace (@ceskarepre_cz) June 10, 2024
