Robert Lewandowski will return to Poland as its captain after a row with the earlier coach led the Barcelona star to stop the national team.
New coach Jan Urban included Lewandowski in his squad on Friday for upcoming World Cup qualifiers, saying that his nation’s all-time prime scorer would get the captain’s armband again as effectively.
“I’d like us to start training camp with a clean slate. Robert Lewandowski will be the team captain,” Urban stated.
Lewandowski had stop after former coach Michal Probierz stripped him of the captaincy forward of a qualifier towards Finland in June. Probierz resigned after his team misplaced to the Finns with out their prime participant.
The 12 group winners from Europe mechanically qualify for 2026 World Cup in North America. Another 4 groups will advance from a playoff of the group runners-up.
Finland leads their qualifying group with seven factors. The Netherlands and Poland each have six.
Poland performs away towards the Netherlands on Sept. 7 and hosts Finland three days later.
The 37-year-old Lewandowski has scored 85 targets for Poland.
