Seven shots, four on target, three goals. Robert Lewandowski needed barely half his attempts to find the net as Poland dismantled Romania 6-0 in their UEFA Nations League meeting.
The scoreline alone tells you Poland were ruthless, but it was Lewandowski who turned a comfortable win into a statement. His conversion rate, three goals from seven attempts, left little room for debate about who the match belonged to.
A night of precision
Of his four shots on target, every single one went in. That kind of accuracy from a striker against an organised international defence is rare, and it explains why Lewandowski walked away with a match rating of 9.1, comfortably the highest of the contest.
Romania never found an answer. Conceding six goals in a Nations League fixture is the kind of result that gets dissected for weeks, and Poland's front line, led by Lewandowski's hat-trick, did the bulk of the damage.
There was nothing fortunate about the numbers. Seven shots is a heavy workload for one player in a single match, and converting three of them shows a striker fully switched on, picking his moments rather than forcing the issue. The four shots on target out of seven also point to selective shooting rather than wild efforts from distance.
What it means
For Poland, the 6-0 scoreline is the kind of result that settles any pre-match nerves. For Lewandowski personally, a hat-trick against Romania adds another big night to his international ledger, delivered in clinical fashion rather than through chaos or scrappy rebounds.
Romania will have to regroup quickly. Shipping six goals, with half of them coming from one man, is a harsh lesson, and the gulf in quality on the night was obvious from the opening exchanges to the final whistle.
Lewandowski's night in numbers says it all: three goals, four shots on target from seven attempts, and a 9.1 rating that confirms he was the difference between a routine win and a rout.