The Champions League in the new format has an additional stage 1/16 of the final. All teams qualified for the play-off phase do not take part in it, and only those from places 9-24 (the best eight enters directly to the 1/8 finals). This raises some complications.
Robert Lewandowski injured by the new Champions League format? Mateusz Borek evaluates
Whether someone plays additional matches or not is without translating the Champions League scorer classification. About this in the program “Champions Club: Debate” Mateusz Borek said. “This is the only story that worries me from a Polish point of view,” he began.
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Then he caused Robert Lewandowski, who “won everything in club football and seriously reached for the crown of the top scorer of various games”, this season counts in the fight for the name of the most effective LM player. And he has already found that the new rules could work against him, because in the 1/16 finals of Serhou Guirassa he scored a goal, thanks to which he jumped off the Pole and became an independent leader in the list.
– I am thinking about the justice of the fight for the crown of the top scorer. Those who played a little better lose two matches. Finally, the captain of the Polish national team may miss a goal or two or three to reach for this trophy – said Borek. Then he added: – Maybe I'm wrong, and he charged this magazine and will shoot.
Classification of the Champions League shooters (thickened players who played in the 1/16 final)
- 1. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) – 10
- 2. Robert Lewandowski (FC Barcelona) – 9
- 3. Raphinha (FC Barcelona), Erling Haaland (Manchester City) – 8
- 5. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica), Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) – 7
Among the players mentioned above at the 1/16 finals, Mbappe, as many as four goals, gained the most. They hit Pavlidis and Haaland twice (already dropped out of the competition), and after a time Kane and Guirassy. Only Vinicius did not take advantage of additional opportunities to enlarge the achievements.
Therefore, Lewandowski and Raphinha may feel injured to some extent, although if Barcelona continues to do well (in the league phase it was second), they should have a few opportunities to improve the achievements. And in the future the situation may turn around and the Pole will be among those who gain.
The first matches of the 1/8 final of the Champions League were scheduled for March 4 and 5. However, the rematch will take place on March 11 and 12.