Lewandowski Shares Heartwarming Moment With Fan Who Changed His Jersey After Poland Beat Saudi Emerges

• The 2022 World Cup has generated talking points across social media, one of those is an incident during Poland's game against Saudi Arabia
• He left social media users in stitches with his hilarious change of allegiance as Robert Lewandowski scored against Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia will come face to face with Mexico in their final group game while Lewandowski's Poland cross swords with Argentina

Robert Lewandowski has finally met the football fan who switched his allegiance to Poland after the Barcelona striker scored against Saudi Arabia.

The fan who was monitoring Saudi Arabia's second group game against Poland at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan went viral for swiftly changing his outfit.

He initially sported a Saudi Arabia jersey, however, he quickly got rid of the jersey by revealing Poland's jersey with Robert Lewandowski's name inscribed on the back.

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His swift change of allegiance left most social media users in stitches, but it appears his gesture has won the heart of Lewandowski, who took time out of his busy schedule to share a moment with him.

In a photo shared on social media, seen by Sports Brief, Lewandowski gleefully posed for a photo with the fan while holding a Poland replica.

Fan hilariously gets rid of Saudi jersey

A fan watching Saudi Arabia versus Poland at the 2022 World Cup has gone viral on social media after he quickly got rid of his Saudi shirt and revealed Robert Lewandowski's shirt.

Poland secured their first win of the tournament with a hard-fought 2-0 win over an aggressive Saudi side that gave them plenty to think about.

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Robert Lewandowski was on the scoresheet for Poland, scoring his first-ever World Cup goal. The Barcelona striker was reduced to tears after he pounced on a mistake from a Saudi Arabia defender to slot in an easy finish.

Lewandowski moved to tears

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Poland’s Robert Lewandowski could not hide his emotions after he scored his first World Cup goal against Saudi Arabia in a Group C encounter at the Education City Stadium on Saturday.

The 34-year-old secured maximum points for Poland after netting in the 82nd minute to seal a 2-0 win against a stubborn Saudi Arabia team who had missed a penalty earlier.

After stealing the ball from the defenders, Lewandowski used his left foot to finish past Saudi goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais. In the 90th minute, he nearly scored again but lost his balance close to the goal.