Soccer Football - 2018 World Cup Qualifications - Europe - Armenia vs Poland - Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia - October 5, 2017 Poland’s Robert Lewandowski scores their fifth goal to complete his hat-trick REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick to lead Poland to a 6-1 win in Armenia on Thursday which put them on the brink of clinching a World Cup place and made the prolific forward their all-time leading scorer.
The Group E leaders swept aside eliminated Armenia with three goals in the opening 25 minutes before Lewandowski took his tally to 50 goals in 90 appearances, overhauling Wlodziemierz Lubanski's previous record of 48.
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