Robert Lewandowski loses the armband. The Polish national team has a new captain

Piotr Zieliński has become the new captain of the Polish national football team, the Łączy Nas Piłka portal reported. This means that Robert Lewandowski, who has led the Polish team from the pitch for 11 years, has lost the armband.

On Sunday evening, the Łączy Nas Piłka portal reported on the decision of the coach of the Polish national football team, Michał Probierz , who decided that Piotr Zieliński would be the new captain of the team.

"The coach personally informed Robert Lewandowski, the entire team and the training staff about his decision," the X portal reported.

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Lewandowski has been the full-time captain of the national team since 2014, when he took the armband from Jakub Błaszczykowski by then-coach Adam Nawałka. The 36-year-old FC Barcelona striker has held the position 93 times , a record for the Polish national team.

The Polish players traveled to Helsinki on Sunday for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier with Finland. Lewandowski did not take part in the week-long training camp in Katowice. He explained his absence as fatigue from the hardships of the league season.

As a result, he did not play in Friday's friendly match against Moldova , which was also Kamil Grosicki's farewell match . The White and Reds won 2-0, and "Grosik" spent the last 32 minutes in the squad on the pitch.