Poland striker Robert Lewandowski is looking to hit a scoring milestone when his team faces the Super Eagles in a friendly match. The game will take place at the Stadion PGE Narodowy in Warsaw today.
Lewandowski has played 166 matches for Poland and scored 89 goals. If he nets one against Nigeria, he will reach 90 goals. This will further extend his record as Poland’s top scorer and bring him closer to the 100-goal mark.
He made his first appearance for Poland on September 10, 2008.
The 37-year-old is expected to start the match after playing just 45 minutes in Poland’s last game against Ukraine, which they lost 2-0.
Poland’s coach Jan Urban said he plans to make several changes to the starting lineup. He revealed that Wolfsburg goalkeeper Kamil Grabara will take over from Marcin Bułka, and Piotr Zieliński is also set to start.
In comments shared by Fakt, Urban said, "Expect numerous changes. There were many in the first match, and there will be many in the second. These are friendly matches, so when, if not now, should we try different things and give the players a chance?"
"We made nine changes during the match against Ukraine. I watched other teams in friendly matches; they made 10 or 11 changes. That’s normal in such matches."
Today’s game at the 58,000-capacity Stadion PGE Narodowy will only be the second time the two countries meet at the senior level.
The last meeting was in March 2018 during preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. At that time, Nigeria beat Poland 1-0 at Stadion Miejski we Wrocławiu, with Victor Moses scoring the only goal.
Lewandowski will aim to lead his team to victory and avoid another loss at home as Poland gets ready for future international matches.
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