FC Barcelona started 2025 with a clash with fourth-league Barbastro in the third round of the King's Cup. It was a historic match for Barcelona because there were two Polish players in the starting lineup. Wojciech Szczęsny made his debut between the sticks, and Robert Lewandowski was in the offensive trio. Both Poles can be satisfied with their performance, because Szczęsny kept a clean sheet, and Lewandowski scored a double at the start of this calendar year.
Barcelona won this match 4-0. In the 21st minute, Barbastro's goalkeeper was beaten by Eric Garcia. Ten minutes later, Lewandowski headed the ball in from Pablo Torre's cross from the right side of the pitch. In the 48th minute, Lewandowski took advantage of the fact that one of the opponents broke the offside line and beat the rival goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation. Pablo Torre scored the fourth goal for Barcelona in the 56th minute.
In this way, Lewandowski already has 25 goals in the 24/25 season, including domestic and international competitions. His record is the best in the Spanish league, where he has 16 goals in 18 matches. Currently, Lewandowski is the leader of the scorers' classification and has a five-goal advantage over second-placed Raphinha.
Thanks to his double in the match against the fourth league team in the domestic Cup, Lewandowski made history. The Pole is climbing higher and higher in the all-time rankings.
Lewandowski is climbing in the Barcelona goalscoring rankings. He's chasing Xavi Hernandez
This is what MisterChip (Alexis) writes about on the X website. Lewandowski has 83 goals in 120 official matches for Barcelona, which means he is already in the top thirty in terms of the all-time scoring ranking. Lewandowski overtook Txiki Begiristain, a former Barcelona player from 1988-1995, who scored 81 goals in 313 games. Begiristain is Manchester City's current sporting director, but will step down from this role at the end of the 24/25 season.
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Now Lewandowski has more goals ahead of him – Xavi Hernandez and Julio Salinas, who scored 85 goals for Barcelona. Xavi scored 85 goals in 767 games and Salinas scored 85 in 215 games. “Robert Lewandowski will become a legend after just three seasons spent at the club. What an amazing player,” writes one of Barcelona's fans.
If Lewandowski reaches 100 goals for Barcelona this season, he will be in 19th place in the all-time rankings and will beat Pedro, who has 99 goals. The top three in this classification are Leo Messi (672), Cesar Rodriguez (226) and Luis Suarez (195).
In the next match, Barcelona will play against Athletic in the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup. This meeting will take place on Wednesday at 20:00. Live text coverage on Sport.pl and in the Sport.pl LIVE mobile application.