Lewy’s leadership provides ray of light for Poland

Poland coach Paulo Sousa praised their 32-year-old Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski for his performance and leadership skills during a 1-1 draw against Spain in their Euro 2020 Group E match on Saturday. "Seeing a leader like Robert winning all the challenges, interacting with team mates, shows the right mentality and could lead (to us) advancing to the knockout stage," he said.

Lewandowski has scored only three times for Poland in major tournaments including Saturday's goal against Spain. The Lewandowski with Poland is a little different to the free-scoring one at Bayern Munich. While his scoring rate in the Bundesliga for Bayern was a ridiculous 41 goals in 29, it's a little different in Poland colours. He doesn't have the same level of service, but his ruthless opportunism and ability to make a nuisance of himself is just the same. "It's a boy who always works in training to make sure he has this feeling with the goal but he understands that in our national team he doesn't have the same dynamics and the same players as at Bayern Munich," said Sousa.

"Lewandowski makes the team stronger as a collective."