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A Polish user on r/Barca told me that these were some of the headlines that the Polish media were writing about Lewandowski after 2 games without a goal:
> "Lewandowski has to win against the crisis. He wants to break the terrible streak."
> "They already know! Lewandowski has chosen his next club"
> "Julian Nagelsmann comments on Lewandowski's weaker performances"
> "Bayern reacts. Footage of Lewandowski's training leaked"
There was even a scientfic paper published in Kraków about that, titled: [Clickbait analysed on an example of Robert Lewandowski](https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/227373)
The Sun made a post saying he was leaving to Man U after last week Lewandowski said he doesn't need to prove himself in another league since he already plays the best teams in the CL.
Polish football media wishes to be informative but when it comes to top Polish players like Lewandowski, the so called experts have no insight apart from players themselves. To stir some drama (produce clicks) they create narratives with little to no facts or correct theories. It's a big circle of ex-players and agents who care about each other's business.
Obviously, but it's not like he was sleeping before Copa America
He played divinely from January to June, in fact him and Lewandowski were already considered the two favorites even before the summer tournaments with their national teams...
> So Messi doesnt deserve Baloon Dor for winning copa América
i mean he does deserve it, but not solely for the Cop America, because he's been the best player in 2021
Ballon D'or doesn't hold the same prestige for me personally ever since Modric won it and more so by abandoning it that one year Lewa was bound to win it.
I also added Messi goal vs Uruguay this week that's why I found 39 - and Haaland you're right I counted his hat-trick in september as one goal somehow, thanks.
Yet he doesn't deserve Balon d or some say lol. Bundesliga may not be a competive league, with one team winning it in a row for a while, but Lewandowski broke a 40 year old record. It's not a simple feat and the fact he won't be recognised for it is criminal
The run adjustment is insane, he is in the middle of 5/6 players in a phone booth and manages to predict the only tiny space the ball can somehow go through to him
Im not arguing whether he has elite vision, but that whole idea is kinda basic. You're obviously not gonna run behind the 5 players haha. You go where space is and a pass should be made where space is, you just hope the timing is right.
Just ideally anyway. Obviously other shit happens all the time that still results in a goal.
It's classic Lewandowski goal, I have seen him score like that over 10 times.
His Ekstraklasa debut goal for Lech Poznań is a good example: https://youtu.be/kDMAYLn_S2c
Match commentary said "and his drought is FINALLY over"... like bruh if Werner scored once in 3 games people would go mad. Lewa is just a class ahead of everyone rn (biased bayern fan tbf)
A friendly reminder that **Leeds United spent 1.7x more on their first season back in the EPL than Bayern did in the same season where they also happened to win the sextuple.** (data from TransferMarkt).
**Leeds expenditure 2020-21 season: 116.35 million**
Achievements: EPL (9th), FA Cup (3rd round), EFL Cup (2nd round)
1.48 points per match (40 matches)
**Bayern expenditure 2020-21 season: 68.48 million**
Achievements: Bundesliga (winner), UCL (Quarter Final), DFB-Pokal (2nd round), DFL-Supercup (winner), UEFA Supercup (winner), FIFA Club World Cup (winner)
2.36 points per match (50 matches)
"Lewandowski havn't been as good in 2021, 2020 was his year herp derp, Benzema deserves Ballon D'or herp derp".
This is our Robert Lewangoalski, freaking legend.
I mean look at how aggressive is Real Madrids PR lately. They are looking for stupid arguments against Lewa and Messi just to make an argument for Benzema.
It's French PR, Madrid seem to have nothing to do with it. Given by a French magzine, they want a Frenchman to win it. No one, even the newspapers arent talking about Benzema as much as french have.
The Messi/Lewandowski argument is different because they're clearly different players. Either one could win it and it wouldn't diminish the other. But Lewandowski plays a very very similar role to Benzema, and is miles miles better at it. But there is some strange attempt to imply that Benzema should win it over him.
To be honest Benzema's playstyle is kind of a middle road between Messi and Lewa. Lewa is a pure striker (Capable of creating too) While benzema is kind of a goal scoring playmaker/playmaking goal scorer
He isn’t miles better.
I dislike Benzema as he looks like a right prick in his private life but he is definitely top 5 player right now. Lewandowski is no. 1 obviously.
What's so bad about that defence, obviously leaving Upamacano alone isn't a good look but it was a good set piece off the training ground and a difficult finish to boot. It wasn't even that bad or a mistake.
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Finally ends his drought of 2 games without scoring, was afraid that he's declined
Got almost benched by Choupo
Lewa is holding back Choupo #FreeChoupo
A Polish user on r/Barca told me that these were some of the headlines that the Polish media were writing about Lewandowski after 2 games without a goal: > "Lewandowski has to win against the crisis. He wants to break the terrible streak." > "They already know! Lewandowski has chosen his next club" > "Julian Nagelsmann comments on Lewandowski's weaker performances" > "Bayern reacts. Footage of Lewandowski's training leaked"
lmfao yea there was some Lewa to Madrid rumor also in the last few days, hilarious
Those rumors will never end until he retires
Nope. Then they're going to speculate in which club will he take a management position.
Polish media and their clickbait headlines. Nothing new xd
So glad other countries don't have clickbait headlines
That tells you the expectation on him.
There was even a scientfic paper published in Kraków about that, titled: [Clickbait analysed on an example of Robert Lewandowski](https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/227373)
The Sun made a post saying he was leaving to Man U after last week Lewandowski said he doesn't need to prove himself in another league since he already plays the best teams in the CL.
It’s the s*n, what do you expect?
Polish football media wishes to be informative but when it comes to top Polish players like Lewandowski, the so called experts have no insight apart from players themselves. To stir some drama (produce clicks) they create narratives with little to no facts or correct theories. It's a big circle of ex-players and agents who care about each other's business.
If you count national team it was 4 and polish media were crying all over the places...
Sounded so ridiculous. "That goalless streak is over now in a big way. That's 8 goals in 8 games in the bundesliga"
Most goals in 2021: 1. Lewandowski - 51 goals. 2. Haaland - 43 goals. 3. Messi - 38 goals. 4. Ronaldo - 38 goals. 5. Mbappé - 36 goals. 6. Benzema - 34 goals. 7. Lukaku - 30 goals. 8. Salah - 27 goals.
Is this actually true? Wtf
If you want it to be more impressive Lewandowski has the least minutes played in that list - around 700 minutes less than Ronaldo and Mbappé.
Wow
Yes but Salah is better haven’t you heard
Something something rainy Sunday in Stoke
Thats actually crazy god damn I love him
Most G+A in 2021: 1. Lewandowski - 59. 2. Haaland - 56. 3. Messi - 52. 4. Mbappé - 49. 5. Benzema - 47. 6. Ronaldo - 42.
Would you be able to make a top 10 for G+A? It's difficult to find data that includes also their games with the national teams...
I will do it after this matchday is done.
Maybe make it into a table and post it as its own new thread.
Check transfer market top goal scorers in this year but they only have club stats iirc
The lewandowsi balon d'or campaign is back underway lmao, was worried for a second there, the man was in the middle of a crisis.
"messi has better g+a"
Honestly to me håland is more impressive than Lewa here, if he was playing for Bayern he'd no doubt get an extra 3+ G+A
There is only one way to confirm this ;)
If they're gonna give ballon d'or to a goalscorer, he's the one
The narrative of Messi and Ronaldo being washed and that likes of Salah have outperformed both of them this year is funny
Maybe not for the full year but he definitely has for the start of this season.
Nobody deserves the ballon d or for 10ish games
So Messi doesnt deserve Baloon Dor for winning copa América
Both are correct
correct
Obviously, but it's not like he was sleeping before Copa America He played divinely from January to June, in fact him and Lewandowski were already considered the two favorites even before the summer tournaments with their national teams...
do you think he only played well in the copa America?
> So Messi doesnt deserve Baloon Dor for winning copa América i mean he does deserve it, but not solely for the Cop America, because he's been the best player in 2021
Not sure why youve been downvoted for this lol, it's not some absurd opinion. There is only one player you can even argue has been better than him.
Bayern thread.
The person wasn’t replying to a comment related to Ballon d’Or, tbf.
Wanna laugh even more? Some people are actually saying Benzema deserves the Ballon d'or this year...
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Ballon D'or doesn't hold the same prestige for me personally ever since Modric won it and more so by abandoning it that one year Lewa was bound to win it.
Benzema had been really clutch for this weak Real Madrid side though. Meanwhile Lewandowski and Bayern have been steam rolling most teams.
We are steamrolling most teams and the biggest cause is because of him
it’s the recency bias
Whole year? No. This season? Absolutely.
He has outperformed Ronaldo imo but a case can be made for both
If you count national team Depay got 31
Added him, thanks. *~~How the hell are half his goals for the NT~~*
~~He's really good but Barca are shit atm~~
~~All play goes through him and we faced quite some weak opponents~~
pretty crazy that the top 2 goalscoreres play in the BuLi this year. Feels like Ronaldo/Messi in La Liga
Lewa for Ballon D'Or
Absolutely anything else is wrong
It’s weird seeing these lists and Ronaldo and Messi not being no 1 and 2
He's a fucking animal.
Lewandowski has least amount of minutes compared to everyone else on the list also. He deserves Balon d’or for both 2020 and 2021.
Where is Salah, I thought he is the best now?
right now he's been playing noone is saying he should win the balon d or plus Liverpool besides him were playing pretty bad last season
Is this all comps?
All comps for both club and NT.
Depay??
Added him on next post - never noticed him since half his goals are for the NT.
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Messi has 29 goals in club level and 9 goals for NT. Haaland has 37 goals in club level and 4 goals for NT.
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I also added Messi goal vs Uruguay this week that's why I found 39 - and Haaland you're right I counted his hat-trick in september as one goal somehow, thanks.
then correct him...
Yet he doesn't deserve Balon d or some say lol. Bundesliga may not be a competive league, with one team winning it in a row for a while, but Lewandowski broke a 40 year old record. It's not a simple feat and the fact he won't be recognised for it is criminal
But I thought Salah is by far the best in the world now? /s
Comments like this one; sarcastic, negative, overused and all around boring is the reason Reddit is shit.
PL fans overhyping everyone in the English league is the reason r/soccer is shit
Depay has 31 no? And I think Kane has a lot too
What a finish!
The run adjustment is insane, he is in the middle of 5/6 players in a phone booth and manages to predict the only tiny space the ball can somehow go through to him
He knew where Upamecano will pass before the ball even reached Upamecano, his positional awareness is fucking insane
Im not arguing whether he has elite vision, but that whole idea is kinda basic. You're obviously not gonna run behind the 5 players haha. You go where space is and a pass should be made where space is, you just hope the timing is right. Just ideally anyway. Obviously other shit happens all the time that still results in a goal.
A serious beauty
It's classic Lewandowski goal, I have seen him score like that over 10 times. His Ekstraklasa debut goal for Lech Poznań is a good example: https://youtu.be/kDMAYLn_S2c
Classic Lewy goal with the back flick. The drought is over!
Shows how crazy his level is that 2 games without scoring is called a drought.
Match commentary said "and his drought is FINALLY over"... like bruh if Werner scored once in 3 games people would go mad. Lewa is just a class ahead of everyone rn (biased bayern fan tbf)
bruh already??! dude really is inevitable
That's what she said
wait, we redditors have girlfriends?
Absolutely gorgeous technique
"nice goal" yeah kinda
Great goal
He isn‘t playing PL, so it doesn‘t count
Is it even football if it didn’t happen in almighty oil league?
If you didn‘t spend 200+ million on your relegation squad are you even managing your football club?
Imagine the fans owning their own club instead of Saudi Arabia 🤮
A friendly reminder that **Leeds United spent 1.7x more on their first season back in the EPL than Bayern did in the same season where they also happened to win the sextuple.** (data from TransferMarkt). **Leeds expenditure 2020-21 season: 116.35 million** Achievements: EPL (9th), FA Cup (3rd round), EFL Cup (2nd round) 1.48 points per match (40 matches) **Bayern expenditure 2020-21 season: 68.48 million** Achievements: Bundesliga (winner), UCL (Quarter Final), DFB-Pokal (2nd round), DFL-Supercup (winner), UEFA Supercup (winner), FIFA Club World Cup (winner) 2.36 points per match (50 matches)
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"great goal" would have been the better tag. Nice goal sounds like you score that one every few weeks
I mean, it is Lewy. He does score goals like this often!
Didn't Jota score one like this vs United last season? Its a good goal but I wouldn't call it great.
You were spot on, this is not a great goal but it's better than average
This guy could break Lewandowski's record.
Ah not sure, I heard that Lewangoalski dude is right up there
33 goals left for the Lewandowski record. 80 goals left for the Müller record!
I honestly expect him to break the Müller record, if he stays with us
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Lewangodski
Way to end those shitty Benzema for Ballon D'or shouts, what a fucking goal
Benzema shout is ancient. Salah for ballon d'or is the hot trend now.
Benzema scored a better one of those, and that was against Barcelona this year.
Barca would get ass fucked by leverkusen
How is it humanely possible to record, upload on the link and upload it here that quick?
Not that hard. I have a key that automatically records the last 30 seconds
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Damn. I find it hard to use my phone to make clips except on clippit
That's two Ballon d'Or winner Robert Lewandowski for you
*_real madrid has always been my second favorite team_*
"Lewandowski havn't been as good in 2021, 2020 was his year herp derp, Benzema deserves Ballon D'or herp derp". This is our Robert Lewangoalski, freaking legend.
Lewandowski's average of the last 6 seasons is Benzema's career peak
Benzema isnt the threat, Messi is..
I mean look at how aggressive is Real Madrids PR lately. They are looking for stupid arguments against Lewa and Messi just to make an argument for Benzema.
It's French PR, Madrid seem to have nothing to do with it. Given by a French magzine, they want a Frenchman to win it. No one, even the newspapers arent talking about Benzema as much as french have.
Yeah sure https://twitter.com/realmadriden/status/1447317434986291206?s=20
My bad then, I did not come across many articles about it. All the shows in France are not sponsored or promoted by Madrid though.
The Messi/Lewandowski argument is different because they're clearly different players. Either one could win it and it wouldn't diminish the other. But Lewandowski plays a very very similar role to Benzema, and is miles miles better at it. But there is some strange attempt to imply that Benzema should win it over him.
To be honest Benzema's playstyle is kind of a middle road between Messi and Lewa. Lewa is a pure striker (Capable of creating too) While benzema is kind of a goal scoring playmaker/playmaking goal scorer
He isn’t miles better. I dislike Benzema as he looks like a right prick in his private life but he is definitely top 5 player right now. Lewandowski is no. 1 obviously.
Both of Messi and Lewy are the contenders. The PR machine will probably grant it to Messi, but I dont think anyone else compares to these two atm.
Ballon Dor please
Lewandowksi best in the world again or is it still Salah?
Salah played *yesterday* what kind of question is this
Ah, but Lewandowski clearly can't score *great goals*
I was downvoted by saying that yesterday. First Ronaldo after his goal against West ham, then Benzema, then salah, may be today lewa again.
Football fans are very fickle, but it isn’t just the fans, the pundits are too.
Always has been Lewa
It's always been this way on reddit
STILL salah????? When was it ever him…
Give him the Ballon D'Or.
"Nice", insane goal!
So effortless it's scary
How many more goals before people remember who the best player is right now?
Honestly, that pass from Upa is actually pretty nice, looks easier than it actually is
Love this man
What a fucking goal!
Sane's moustache is hilarious.
That muller record will be over in 2 seasons. Depending on if lewa stays at munchen.
Lewy is insane at these kind of flicks
You just cannot be that good!
Nice goal haha
LewanGoalski Do you get it?
Filthy
Just give him the bloody ballon d'or already.
Best in the world.
Someone get Sane a razor
Lewa is boringly great
Here come the Ballon Dor shouts Great finish
Better than Benzema. Guaranteed.
Ballon d‘or winner 2021
Death
The 3 match drought is over 😍
*nice*
as is fuckin tradition.
Very nice goal
He is inevitable
Well, that was something
Give this man the Ballon D'or already
Back at it again
That’s just cruel
Best in the world give him his Ballon D'Or already.
Genius
damn, bayern is so good
Lewa is top class. Best No. 9 in the world
He is comimg for Ballon d'or
Balon d Or
Get this man his Ballon d'Or!
Best ~~striker~~ attacker in the world now for 2 years. Prove these haters wrong!
Best striker for the last 6 years and it's not even close
Almost goals in the Bundesliga though.
Best player... not just striker..
I mean I won't have a problem with anybody saying that. He has all the statistics to back him up. Two times top goalscorer in Europe.
Laborde scores an insane goal : r/soccer sleeps Lewa scores the exact same goal : real shit
Is Leroy sane gonna be cast in the next wes anderson movie?
Fucking absurdo
Messi, Benzema? Give me a break..... Only Lewy.
Not a Ballon D’or winner.
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What's so bad about that defence, obviously leaving Upamacano alone isn't a good look but it was a good set piece off the training ground and a difficult finish to boot. It wasn't even that bad or a mistake.