The Polish striker, Robert Lewandowski said that the key to this Friday’s 3-1 defeat against Austria was that, in the second half, Poland opened the midfield and was taken advantage of by their opponent to reach the goal and gain the advantage on the scoreboard.
“We don’t know exactly what happened to us in the second half but we opened the center and the Austrians knew how to take advantage of it,” said the Barcelona forward after the game.
Lewandowski entered the field in the 59th minute after recovering from a muscle injury that kept him out of Poland’s initial match against the Netherlands.
The Barcelona player assured that he had arrived at the game prepared to play after having participated in the last training session before the match.
Lewandowski’s statements reflect the disappointment that existed in the Polish locker room after the game.
Poland, on the brink of elimination in the Euro Cup
So, for example, defender Przemysław Frankowski said that after a game like this he didn’t want to start looking for anything positive.
“We knew how important this match was, it was only worth winning. Now we are disappointed. On paper we were well prepared to face Austria but theory and reality are sometimes very different,” he said.
“Naturally you can say that in a tournament like this there is always something positive, for example the experience because we have many young players. But at the moment I don’t want to start looking for anything positive because we have lost an important match.” he pointed out to her.
