Poland shall be with out injured striker Robert Lewandowski for his or her European Championship opener towards the Netherlands on Sunday.
Group physician Jacek Jaroszewski stated in an announcement that the Barcelona star had a tear in his pectoral muscle and suffered it within the warmth of Monday’s 2-1 win towards Turkey in Warsaw.
The Polish captain got here off the bench 32 minutes into the sport with an damage to his proper leg.
“We’re doing every little thing for Robert to play the second recreation towards Austria,” the crew stated in an announcement.
In Group D, Poland face Austria on June 21 earlier than going through France 4 days later within the event in Germany.
That is one other blow for Poland. Lewandowski is the crew’s all-time main scorer with 82 targets in 150 video games.
Arkadiusz Milik was supposed to start out alongside Lewandowski on the Euros, however on Friday he injured his left knee within the pleasant towards Ukraine. Milik returned to Juventus and underwent profitable knee surgical procedure on Monday.
Paweł Dawidowicz and Karol Świderski had been additionally injured on Monday, however are anticipated to return to coaching in 3 or 4 days.