Star striker Robert Lewandowski says he’ll no longer play for Poland while Michal Probierz is coach

WARSAW Poland AP Robert Lewandowski will no longer play for Poland while Micha Probierz remains head coach the Barcelona striker explained The -year-old Lewandowski who has played a record games for his country and is the leading scorer with goals cited tiredness from a La Liga title-winning season with Barcelona for pulling out of last Friday s - friendly win over Moldova and Tuesday s World Cup qualifier against Finland Probierz subsequently named Inter Milan midfielder Piotr Zieli ski as the new captain The Polish soccer association commented Piotr Zieli ski has been named the new captain of the national band by head coach Micha Probierz The coach personally informed Robert Lewandowski the entire club and the coaching staff of his decision Lewandowski replied with a post on X Taking into account the circumstances and the loss of trust in the head coach of the Polish national association I have decided to step down from playing for the national squad for as long as he remains in charge I hope I will still have the chance to play again for the best fans in the world Lewandowski suffered an injury to his left thigh on April in a La Liga match against Celta Vigo and was sidelined for two weeks He missed four games including a thrilling - Champions League semifinal first leg against Inter in Barcelona He recovered in time for the second leg and was used as substitute in a - defeat that sent Inter to the final Poland leads World Cup Group G qualifying with two wins from two games AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source