#5 Missed opportunity
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When Franciszek Smuda, the former coach of Lech Poznan saw the skills of Lewandowski as a teenager, he was not amused and compared him to a tree.
It turned out to be a big mistake as Lewandowski played well for Znicz Pruszkow and eventually moved to Lech later.
Edited by Staff Editor