Robert Lewandowski is today the best ambassador of Poland, recognized in practically every corner. At the World Cup in Qatar, as team leader, he will try to pull the whites and reds from a tough group into the knockout stage, where France may be waiting. Here is the silhouette of our only world-class star.
– You can sell Lewandowski, we have Arruabarrena – these words from Łazienkowska Street in Warsaw still resonate today, although they were spoken many years ago, in 2008. At the beginning of our star’s career, Legia’s sporting director told the then-president of Znicz Pruszków about it, who offered offers for a talented sniper. Arruabarrena, approaching 40, Legia’s long-awaited savior, is now a football retiree without significant success. And Lewandowski in his Spain has just become top scorer after his first round at Barcelona.
Lewandowski started like all of us. He didn’t have the best shoes, he didn’t use courts as good as a pool table, he was fascinated by competition and also tried other disciplines; volleyball, basketball, judo. He dreamed, planned, but also got discouraged, was rejected, quickly lost his father and suffered a serious injury that could have crossed his career forever. And yet, despite these adversities, RL9 stood out and became the best nine in the world, ranked immediately with Messi or Ronaldo.
