Robert Lewandowski he scored two goals in Tuesday's fifth round match Champions League: FC Barcelona – Stade Brest 29. Thus, the Polish striker played in the Champions League for the 100th and 101st time. The captain of the Polish national team became only the third player in history to score a three-digit number of goals in this competition. Previously, only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi had achieved this, but the Pole has a better goal average than them in this competition.
Robert Lewandowski spoke out after his great feat
Robert Lewandowski After the match with the French team, he gave a short interview to journalists.
– We played like a team, sometimes we played slowly, but thanks to patience we managed to win. The important thing is that we have three more points. We have to look not only at the Champions League but also at the league. We know that we have to play every match with 100% and win each of them by the end of this year, said Robert Lewandowski, quoted on the website X by Barca Universal.
And how did he comment on his great goalscoring feat in this competition?
– I am very happy, it is a historic achievement. I didn't think I would score so many goals in the Champions League. I knew there was a lot of talk about it today. There was a bit of pressure, but I had inner peace. It's the result of experience. For me, the most important thing is to win every match. Scoring goals is simply a way to win. Today, for the second goal, I knew the long corner was free and I decided to shoot there. In previous situations, I could have fired two more shots. Only at the end of the match did the instinct come and it worked – added the Polish striker in an interview with Canal+ Sport.
– What is your relationship with coach Flick like? – the journalist asked.
– I score the most goals under his leadership. Probably for various reasons, but I never analyzed it that much. From the first day, when Hansi Flick was at Bayern Munich, our cooperation worked well and remains so to this day – admitted Lewandowski.
After five matches with seven goals, the Pole is the leading scorer in the Champions League. He has two goals more than five players. These are the Brazilian Raphinha (FC Barcelona), the Englishman Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Swede Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) and Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
FC Barcelona has twelve points after the win against the French and is the runner-up of the Champions League. It is one point behind Inter Milan, which defeated RB Leipzig 1-0 (1-0) in front of its home crowd.