No defeat has left a better taste in the mouth. Robert Lewandowski Already waiting for Sunday to come to continue making history with Poland. The Central European team, which has not qualified for the last 16 of the World Cup since 1986, will face the current champion France. A match that the Barça forward describes as a challenge.

Playing against France is a big challenge., because they’re a very good team and they have the best players”, a Lewandowski who didn’t give up early started and said “our best”. Lewy ended by inviting his teammates to improve their performance throughout this World Cup, especially in the loss against Argentina (0-2): “We have to do better against Argentina“.

The knockout against albiceleste, however, couldn’t help the gasping Poles’ smiles after Mexico failed to score (1-2) goal difference in their win against Saudi Arabia: “Yes. it was a sweet defeat. We knew from the beginning that it would be difficult and we had to work hard. Argentina, which took the lead at the beginning of the second half, played more calmly. They have great players, but we’re happy to be able to play mid.”

Lewandowski predicted that Argentina would be a serious contender for the title: “They lost the first match against Saudi Arabia but then they went even further. Argentina is one of the clear favorites of the World Cup.“.

Regarding Poland’s options at the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the Barça striker announced that they will be more bold: “We know we are not playing great football. We should play the ball more indoors and not be afraid.“. In this sense, he assured that their duel with Argentina would serve as a benchmark for those waiting for them against France: “France is a team on a similar level to Argentina, or even higher. I believe we can play much better against them if we analyze not only the defense play, but above all the movements with the ball.”

He did not argue with Messi

this Lewandowski and Messi duel The Ballon d’Or, which the Argentine won in 2021, became one of the focus of attention after the tension between the two. Their conversations during the match were analyzed with a magnifying glass. From their first field draw, where they coincided as captain, to the final whistle, where they embraced, it goes through a game moment when Messi refuses to greet Lewandowski after his Pole foul at centre.

As expected, Lewandowski questioned about Messi when he appeared in the mixed zone, however, the Polish gave a deaf ear to the question, which coincided with another question of a sporting nature. The Barça striker chose to stick to this last question and examine the match in Poland.