Robert Lewandowski: Poland striker narrowly avoids injury against Romania after smoke grenade explodes just a yard away from him
Bayern Munich striker dusted himself off and scored twice to help Polish cruise to 3-0 win in Bucharest
ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI narrowly avoided injury after a smoke grenade EXPLODED just a yard away from him.
Poland's match against Romania had to be suspended for 10 minutes as the Bayern Munich man received treatment.
Lewandowski looked shell shocked as he struggled to his feet but was eventually able to continue.
Incredibly, the Bayern Munich striker later went on to score twice as Poland cruised to a 3-0 victory in Romania.
Rival fans clashed in the National Stadium with flares thrown onto the pitch and into the stands.
One flare even burned a hole through the roof of the net after it had landed there.
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Kamil Grosicki scored a brilliant goal to open the scoring as fans clashed in the stadium above.
The Rennes winger went past five Romainan players before smashing home a powerful striker.
After being floored by the firecracker, Lewandowski scored with a neat finish seven minutes before the end.
He then finished the scoring with a penalty in stoppage time.
Romanian police had detaned six Polish fans ahead of kick-off but tensions continued to flare inside the ground.
