Lewandowski to miss Poland opener at Euro 2024

Poland superstar Robert Lewandowski will be sidelined for his nation’s European Championship opener vs. the Netherlands at the end of the weekend after sustaining an injury in his country’s final warmup match vs. Turkey yesterday.

The Polish Football Federation announced today a medical report about the footballers who sustained injuries on Monday in the game vs. Turkey.

🚨🇵🇱 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | Robert Lewandowski has suffered a torn biceps femoris muscle.

He will NOT play Poland’s first #EURO2024 match vs Netherlands! ❌🚫

Polish FA say they are ‘doing everything’ so he can play in 2nd match and beyond… pic.twitter.com/PCeW7cmm6Z

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“In the past several hours, at Enel-Med Szpital Centrum, we examined 3 footballers who were injured in the friendly vs. Turkey… Robert Lewandowski sustained a torn biceps femoris muscle, which will sideline him from playing in the 1^st game of his country at the Euro 2024. We are doing our best for our captain to be able to be on the pitch in the 2^nd game vs. Austria,” the nation’s team doctor Jacek Jaroszewski revealed.

We can see Lewandowski on the pitch on June 21^st vs. Austria. Their final group-stage game will be on June 25^th vs. France.