Striker was upset at way he had captaincy taken off him
Probierz says his departure is ‘for the good of the team’
Michal Probierz has resigned as Poland’s manager, days after Robert Lewandowski said he would no longer play for the national team under him.
Lewandowski, Poland’s record goalscorer, said his trust had been betrayed and that he was very hurt by the way Probierz told him he was being replaced as the captain. The 36-year-old Barcelona striker said on Monday he received a short call from Probierz as he was putting his children to bed and that a statement about him losing the captaincy appeared soon after on the Polish football association’s website.
Probierz decided to replace Lewandowski as captain with the Inter midfielder Piotr Zielinski. Poland went on to suffer an embarrassing 2-1 defeat in Finland on Tuesday, putting their World Cup qualification hopes in jeopardy.
