Robert Lewandowski scored his 98th and 99th goal in the Champions League, and his FC Barcelona defeated Red Star Belgrade 5-2 away on Wednesday evening. Thanks to this result, Barcelona advanced to the top eight in the table and became the team with the most goals scored. No wonder then Lewandowski was appreciated by the Spanish media.
Highest marks in the team, but also “slightly clumsy”. This is how the Spaniards assessed Lewandowski for the match in Belgrade
From the Catalan daily “Sport”, Robert Lewandowski received the highest score in the team, “8”, which was also given to Raphinha, Jules KoundeLamine Yamal and Inigo Martinez. “Goleador” – this is how his performance was described.
“After being a bit clumsy in the first few actions, he used a rebound to score one goal and Kounde's cross to score the second. That's almost a hundred,” wrote the description.
“Opportunist” – this is how Mundo Deportivo describes Lewandowski in this match. “He was cut off from the game until he finally got the ball after a shot at Raphinha's post to hit the net. Shortly after wasting a good opportunity in the second half, he scored the second goal after a great assist from Kounde to complete another double,” described the captain of the Polish national team .
Robert Lewandowski also received the highest score of “7.5” in Barcelona, next to Jules Kounde and Raphinha, from Madrid's “Marka”.
“Lewandowski stopped his five-match scoring streak in the match against Espanyol, but in Belgrade he scored again. He didn't play comfortably, but he took advantage of the rebound after a shot at the post by Raphinha just after the break, and then in the 53rd minute he scored again after a pass Kounde. This is another double for the Pole this season,” it was written in the justification.
“Last time in Belgrade, he scored four goals while wearing a Bayern shirt. This time he was left with “only” two goals. And we emphasize “only” because he had the opportunity to repeat the poker game (that's what the Spaniards call four goals in a match – ed.) .It was good though game A Pole who stays in shape. For the first goal, the Pole was the killer, using a deflected ball after a shot at the Raphinha post, while the second one he scored almost unintentionally, when the ball bounced off him after Kounde's center and fell into the goal. He is just a goal away from making a big mark in the Champions League and becoming the third player after Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi with 100 goals in this competition” – this is the opinion of the “As” daily about the captain of the Polish national team.
FC Barcelona will play its next Champions League match on November 26, when it hosts the sensational French team Brest. In turn, before the break, Hansi Flick's team will have an away league match against Real Sociedadwhich will take place on Sunday, November 10.