It hasn't taken too long for Poland's head coach to give up the pretence that his team aren't completely reliant on Robert Lewandowski to supply their goals.
Paulo Sousa only came into the job back in January and, given the outrageously prolific Bayern Munich striker has scored nine goals in his eight matches since, there isn't too much point denying it.
'We want to compete against the best but we know we don't have the same level as England,' Sousa said ahead of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier in Warsaw.
Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring in Poland's World Cup qualifying win over San Marino last Sunday evening - he now has a whopping 72 goals in 124 international matches
The in-form Polish striker also scored with a towering header against Albania last week
'If they lose a player, they have two or three of the same level. Here, it's just Robert.
'As a manager, you talk about the team but it's true there is a big difference between Robert's level and the others. He knows with the national team he needs to do four, five, six times more than he does at Bayern.'
Sousa's comments are remarkable when you dwell on them. Rarely does a manager admit to one of his players being head and shoulders above everyone else in the team because it generally isn't good for morale.
But in Poland's case, facts speak for themselves. Lewandowski's two goals in Sunday's 7-1 thrashing of San Marino took his international tally to 72 in 124 matches. He is their all-time leading goalscorer.
The next highest goal return in their current squad comes from midfielder Piotr Zielinski of Napoli - he has seven.
It will fall to England's centre backs John Stones (left) and Harry Maguire to keep him at bay
Lewandowski is an expert at getting in between central defenders to score his goals
The other two strikers in the squad are Karol Swiderski of Greek club PAOK (three goals in nine internationals) and Adam Buksa of MLS outfit New England Revolution (four in two games, of which three came against San Marino).
So England could be forgiven for focusing all their attention on stopping Lewandowski on Wednesday night and not digging too much deeper.
They have come off unscathed from previous meetings with Lewandowski, unlike the majority of nations he has faced.
Both games were in qualification for the 2014 World Cup. Despite Lewandowski, then a Borussia Dortmund striker, playing the full 90 minutes he couldn't hit the target in both a 1-1 draw in Warsaw and 2-0 loss at Wembley.
Given Lewandowski's sensational club form last season, when he beat Gerd Muller's long-standing record of 40 Bundesliga goals, England got away with one when a ligament issue ruled him out of March's return game in London.
Lewandowski scores with an acrobatic effort in Bayern's match with Monchengladbach in May
The Polish striker deploys a similar technique to score in Bayern's game with Arminia Bielefeld
