The Polish national team lost to Croatia 0:1 in the second match League of Nations and ends the training camp with three points after winning against Scotland. In turn, captain Robert Lewandowski down Barcelona he returns with one goal from the penalty spot, and after a good first and poor second match in white and red colors. The striker is aware, however, that the whole team is not playing at its best.
This is how Robert Lewandowski summed up the Croatia-Poland match. “Not enough”
Lewandowski was completely anonymous against Croatia in the first half, but in the second he had one great chance. After a cross from Sebastian Walukiewicz, he outplayed the defender and hit the crossbar after a turn. Unfortunately, the ball did not go into the net, and the Poles ultimately lost 0:1. This is how the captain summed up the match.
– I think they dominated us in the midfield in particular. Apart from long-range shots, the Croatians didn't create any chances in the first half, but they got going in the second. We really only tried to respond with two actions – Nicola's shot and my crossbar. We didn't have enough attempts to play forward or even to keep the attackers. They wanted to close us down and instead of reading the game, we kept playing what we weren't good at – Lewandowski said about the match on TVP Sport.
– We lacked a jump. We saw that the Croatian team uses the ball well and plays it. In the second half, one mistake, a goal from a free kick and it was easier for them to play offensively. We tried, sometimes we went out, sometimes we lacked taking the ball. The Croatians did it, and we lacked it – he added.
The captain of the national team also commented on Luka Modrić's goal. – It was a close position and sometimes it is the most difficult to score from such a position. He scored perfectly, I think Łukasz Skorupski was covered and he could not have expected it. It is hard to assume that he will score from such a situation. Everything worked and that is how it is. football. Such goals are also scored or lost, said the 36-year-old.
– For us, this is a game after which we can analyze and improve the aspects that didn't work. Against a strong opponent, we lacked the elements that we had planned, but in practice we lacked them – summed up the FC Barcelona striker.