Poland believe they have what it takes to beat the Netherlands on Sunday, even without their talisman, Robert Lewandowski. (More Football News)
The striker is Poland's all-time top scorer with 82 ꦚgoals in his 150 appearanceওs for the national side.
Seven of those goals have come at major tournaments (two at World Cups and five at European Championships), and he🦩 scored three goals in their qualifying campaign to help them into th🌱e tournament.
However, Lewandowski has been ruled out of the Eagles' 🔴opener after sustaining a hamstring injury in their f🎉inal warm-up friendly against Turkiye on Monday.
They are also missing striker Karol Swiderski due to an ankle injury, while Arkadiusz Milik withdrew fr🍸om the squad as well.
Zielinski, who wi🐼ll wear the captain's armband in Lewandowski's absence, remained confident Poland have the players to get a victory.
"It is a great pi𒁏ty Robert♓ Lewandowski cannot help us in this match," said Zielinski.
"He is a world-class player, and we will miss him. But whether it is me ಞor the tꦕeam-mates, we will add something extra to achieve the goal, which is to win."
"The qualifications were not exactly wha൩t we would have expected. The most important thing✤ is that we are here, and we will do whatever we can."
Lewandowski is in contention♈ to feature in Poland's🌠 other two Group D matches, with Austria and France also lying in wait.
🍬Probierz will manage just his third game without the 35-year-old in the side, but echoed Zielinski's optimism ahead of a stern test against the Netherlands.
&q🌼uot;There's nothing to hide, we will miss him. But other players will have to do what they can to get a result. I hope he will have other opportunities to play," he said.
&quo🐟t;We have to change this team generationally. We will do whatever we have to do 🧜as a team to play well. We will not step back, we will progress.
"Everyone is saying we are going to lose. Everyone is writing us off. But we have a t♛eam that wants to fight for each other."
