FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup Qualifiers Europe - Poland training - Legia Stadium, Warsaw, Poland - March 27, 2021 Poland's Robert Lewandowski during training REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Robert Lewandowski was Europe's most lethal striker last season but Poland failed to get their talisman firing on all cylinders in Monday's 2-1 defeat by Slovakia in their European Championship opener.
The 32-year-old is his country's leading scorer with 66 goals and came into the tournament having helped Bayern Munich win a ninth straight league title with 41 goals to break Gerd Mueller's 49-year-old Bundesliga scoring record for a single campaign.
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