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Robert Lewandowski facing charge over on-pitch drinking celebrations?

Robert Lewandowski is reported for breaking the law by drinking champagne on the pitch after Poland secured a Euro 2016 spot by beating Ireland earlier this month.

Robert Lewandowski reportedly faces arrest for drinking champagne during Poland's on-pitch celebrations after the country qualified for Euro 2016.

The Bayern Munich striker and his countrymen secured their place in France next summer with a 2-1 victory over the Republic of Ireland earlier this month, a win which prompted jubilation after the final whistle in Warsaw.

However, The Telegraph claims that the 27-year-old faces the prospect of being charged after Warsaw police received an anonymous tip-off that he had breached Poland's Act on Safety of Mass Events.

The law states that only "the sale, administration and consumption of alcoholic beverages of no more than 3.5% alcohol is permitted in public", meaning that Lewandowski is likely to have broken the law by consuming some of a bottle of champagne, which is typically around five times that alcohol limit.

Despite the tip-off, the forward's agent laughed off the prospect of a criminal charge.

"We don't take this matter seriously" Cezary Kucharski is quoted as saying. "I hope that the FA will strive to ensure that they can explain the situation. I don't want Robert to have to bother with such trifle".

Lewandowksi's Bayern next face a trip to last season's Bundesliga runners-up Wolfsburg for a DFB-Pokal tie on Tuesday night.

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Bayern Munich's players congratulate Polish striker Robert Lewandowski on scoring during the German first division Bundesliga football match Borussia Dortmund vs FC Bayern Munich in Dortmund, western Germany, on April 4, 2015
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