It’s like a big burden has been lifted off the shoulders of Robert Lewandowski and the entire Polish nation. The experienced striker has won just about every title on the club level, starred in the UEFA Champions League, and broke many a goalscoring record – but getting his name on the scoresheet of a World Cup match has somehow stayed elusive. Until today.Lewa finally scores at the World Cup, but Szczesny is the savior of the dayLewa broke the goalscoring duck when he bagged Poland’s second goal in the 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia – a goal that wrapped up the victory and put at ease the minds of more than 30 million people back home. But nobody is happier than the man himself. “It’s a dream come true for me. It is known that when playing for the national team, the good of the team comes first, but I am a striker, and in the back of my mind, there are thoughts to score a goal and help the team. Even though I assisted, scoring a goal at the World Cup is a dream come true. I fought for it for a long time.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6843384##The goal banished memories of his missed penalty during the Poles’ opening stalemate with Mexico and ensured Poland moved top in Group C.”We succeeded. We played very well defensively. We could have attacked more boldly at times, but we controlled the result and waited for our chances. Maybe thanks to this we’ll stay grounded and in the match against Argentina we will show what we can do.”Lewandowski played a crucial role in Poland’s opener against the run of play in the 39th minute, pulling back for Piotr Zielinski to finish after nearly clipping home his first World Cup goal.Robert Lewandowski has scored at the World Cup for the first time in his career 🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/sOQz7qC28R— SPORTbible (@sportbible) November 26, 2022 Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny then stepped up to save his team minutes later after referee Wilton Sampaio awarded a soft penalty when Saleh Al-Shehri went down heavily under pressure from Krystian Bielik. There was still time for Lewa to fulfil his dream.”There are times when you do everything right, but there is no explanation. Today I hit the post, I may have wondered why it didn’t go in, but I believed I would still have my chances. I’m glad it worked. We have four points, and we have nothing else to do but fight until the end.”
