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Robert Lewandowski was visibly affectional aft scoring his archetypal World Cup extremity successful Poland's 2-0 triumph implicit Saudi ArabiaAn affectional Robert Lewandowski says helium knew clip was moving retired to fulfil his imagination of scoring astatine a World Cup finals, aft netting successful Poland's 2-0 triumph implicit Saudi Arabia connected Saturday.
The Barcelona striker, 34, ended a tally of 4 World Cup games without making the scoresheet by scoring Poland's decisive 2nd extremity astatine Education City Stadium.
Visibly emotional, Lewandowski held his caput successful his hands and pointed to the heavens portion his jubilant team-mates surrounded him.
"I'm alert that this whitethorn beryllium my past World Cup," Lewandowski said afterwards. "Already during the anthem, singing the nationalist anthem, I felt the emotions wrong me.
"I wanted not lone to beryllium remembered for being astatine the World Cup, but for scoring goals determination too. I ever fought hard for a extremity astatine the World Cup and today, I managed it."
Having failed to people successful Poland's 3 games astatine the tourney successful Russia 4 years ago, Lewandowski missed a aureate accidental to interruption his World Cup duck against Mexico connected Tuesday erstwhile his second-half punishment was saved by Guillermo Ochoa.
That agonising hold looked acceptable to proceed against Saudi Arabia aft helium was denied by the woodwork with 25 minutes remaining, but helium made nary mistake erstwhile Mohammed Al Burayk's dense interaction near him with lone goalkeeper Mohammed Al Owais to beat.
"The bully of the nationalist squad is the astir important thing," Lewandowski continued. "But determination are ever a fewer percent points successful the backmost of your caput [that privation you to] participate the past books yourself.
"I cognize however hard I fought - and however hard we fought - for the extremity and the victory."
After providing the assistance for Piotr Zielinski's opener, Lewandowski is the archetypal Polish subordinate to people and assistance successful a World Cup lucifer since Janusz Kupcewicz successful 1982.
Czeslaw Michniewicz's squad present request lone 1 constituent from their last radical crippled against Argentina to unafraid a archetypal knockout-stage berth since 1986, erstwhile they were beaten astatine the last-16 signifier by Brazil.
Lewandowski bushed Mohammed Al Owais with a composed decorativeness 8 minutes from time
The striker struggled to incorporate his emotions arsenic helium wheeled distant to celebrate
Lewandowski was soon joined by his jubilant team-mates
The Barcelona striker, who has scored 18 goals successful 19 nine games this season, was affectional astatine full-time too
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