Poland’s national football team was escorted by F-16 fighter jets in extraordinary scenes as they left for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar on Thursday. The Robert Lewandowski-led squad is hoping to make it to the knockout round of the showpiece event for the first time since 1986.
The football squad was given a high-profile escort reportedly in light of two Polish citizens dying as a result of a stray missile landing in Poland. An emergency NATO meeting was held after the tragic incident and Poland President Andrzej Duda said the ‘unfortunate incident’ was likely due to a Ukrainian air defence missile.
“We were escorted to the southern border of Poland by F16 planes! Thank you and greetings to the pilots!” the official Twitter handle of the Polish national football team posted on Thursday.
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