Robert Lewandowski: "I'm not a midfielder, and it's not my job to go back to defense"

Polish forward Robert Lewandowski publicly criticized his national teammates after the loss to Portugal in the Nations League match.

"I'm not a midfielder, and it's not my job to go back to defense to get the ball in my own half... Maybe I could do it in training. During the match, I need to be closer to the opponent's penalty area and wait for crosses and passes until something happens. This is something we need to improve or change.

And it's not just about the match against Portugal. In general, we don't often have the ball near the opponent's penalty area, and the role of the striker is to try to do something there," Barcanewsnetwork.com quoted Lewandowski as saying.