Although they have already had mishaps against Osasuna (2:4) and AS Monaco (1:2), FC Barcelona seems to be growing stronger with each passing week. Within four days, the Catalans destroyed Sevilla (5:1) in La Liga, and in the Champions League they defeated one of their biggest nightmares, Bayern Munich 4:1. The father of this victory was primarily the Brazilian Raphinha, who scored a hat-trick, but Robert Lewandowski also contributed by scoring Bayern's first goal as a Barcelona player.
Flick brought joy back to Barcelona
The world was very impressed with what Hansi Flick did with this team and how strong the Catalans were becoming. Raphinha's brilliant form, great Lamine Yamal and Pedri, return to Robert Lewandowski's deadly effectiveness. Compared to Xavi's rather shallow and lackluster times, it's like night and day. Still, not everyone is so excited about it. Just look at Zbigniew Boniek.
Zbigniew Boniek is still unconvinced
Former president of the Polish Football Association in an interview with Polsat Sport he approached Barcelona's exploits with great reserve and pointed out that in football, what is today does not have to be tomorrow. – We are only in the initial phase of the Champions League. The German certainly leads Barcelona well and is doing like a breeze in the league games. However, I have been in football too long not to know that some trends can change within seven or ten days. As of today, the team looks good, but in my ranking Barcelona is not among the top three candidates to win the Champions League. However, he would like them to convince me, said Boniek.
Lewandowski “only” does what he should?
The former coach of the Polish national team was not particularly excited about Lewandowski's goalscoring exploits. He noted that his goal against Bayern was not the result of anything unusual, and in the process he took a hard dig at Manuel Neuer.
– I wouldn't get excited about the fact that Robert scored 700 goals, and he has almost 100 in the Champions League. I would applaud him and I will always say that these are great results, but I will not gush about the goal from the match against Bayern. Everyone who plays professional football would score in this situation. It's hard to miss an empty goal from eight meters. Bayern, on the other hand, entered this match without a goalkeeper, because Manuel Neuer has a great record and history, but the Neuer we know is, above all, not to leave an empty goal in this action. I even joked that SzczÄ™sny would be more useful to Bayern than to Barcelona, ​​said Zbigniew Boniek.