Robert Lewandowski is eagerly anticipating a “sentimental” return to Germany for Euro 2024, the place he had an illustrious profession earlier than becoming a member of Barcelona.
The 35-year-old Polish striker made a major affect at Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, securing 10 Bundesliga titles between 2010 and 2022.
Lewandowski, who additionally clinched the Champions League with Bayern in 2020, scored a powerful 312 objectives in 384 Bundesliga video games, making him the league’s second-highest scorer ever, trailing solely Bayern legend Gerd Muller.
He additionally shares the report for seven Bundesliga prime scorer awards with Muller.
“For me, it is already sentimental, you could say a return to the country where I spent many years, where I lived, where I also played in these stadiums,” Lewandowski informed Polish TV channel TVN.
He added that he can be coming “with a positive attitude and with a smile on my face and also with such appreciation of where I am not just in life, also in my career.”
But Poland will face a troublesome activity in Germany after clinching a Euro spot by a hair’s breadth as they edged Wales on penalties within the playoffs.
They have additionally confronted challenges over quickly shifting management, having gone via 5 coaches within the final three years.
An try to usher in a overseas coach failed miserably, as Fernando Santos, who coached Portugal to victory at Euro 2016, was fired final September after a lackluster begin to qualifying.
Inner peace
Michal Probierz, on the helm since then, stays optimistic about Poland’s possibilities.
“We don’t want just to go there on tour. We want to play a very good tournament, get out of the group, and fight for something more,” he mentioned.
The Bialoczerwoni (white-red) have a troublesome Group D, enjoying the Netherlands on June 16, Austria on June 21, and France on June 25.
It might be Poland’s fifth straight look on the continental event, the place they reached the quarterfinals in 2016.
Lewandowski performed on the final three editions, scoring 4 objectives in 11 video games – in contrast together with his 82 objectives in 148 worldwide video games in whole, clearly one of the best in Poland’s historical past.
He is hoping the upcoming Euro might be completely different.
“I have changed my approach to these big tournaments a bit, because I’m aware of the high expectations and that there will be pressure,” mentioned Lewandowski.
He additionally praised the staff’s “positive power.”
“I can positively say that there’s an environment, there’s chemistry, we appear to concentrate on it, what we’re getting ready for, and what an excellent event lies forward of us.
“I personally have this inner peace because I can see that it works well, the training really looks nice, and the way the boys approach training, there is nothing to complain about.”
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