In Munich they already miss Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski was entered into FC Barcelona and in the Spanish League the big thing. In just four days of the championship he has already scored five goals, more than one per game on average, a finishing quota that makes him the current top scorer in the league. Meanwhile, in Munich, voices critical of the lack of foresight of the Bayern for not working in time to replace the one who was their best gunner for eight seasons, author of 312 goals in the Bundesliga between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern.

felix magath, former coach of Bayern between 2004 and 2007, criticized the Bavarian club for not studying the replacement of such a referential striker who just turned 34. “If I had been coach of Bayern three years ago, I would have tried to solve this problem: a striker like that, who guarantees goals for the team, is not easy to replace,” stressed the legendary former midfielder who as a player made the European champion Hamburg. “The problem has been brought up to this season and Bayern realizes it now,” added Magath, who however sees “there is no risk for Bayern that they will not be Bundesliga champions, but they have been warned in the Champions League”. Exactly, in the group stage of the great European competition, Bayern will meet Lewandowski’s Barça, in addition to Inter Milan and the Victoria Pilsen.

Praise and criticism are vessels of communication. After two consecutive draws in the Bundesliga, with the perennial champions now third in the table afterwards Freiburg and the Borussia Dortmund, excitement for Lewandowski’s goal was mixed with initial criticism of Bayern’s star signing for their attack, Sadio Mané. “In a system that worked with Lewandowski, it is difficult to find a replacement. Robert has completely adapted to the team and Mané still needs to be included”, reflected Magath. And that the former Liverpool striker’s numbers are great: five goals in seven official matches at Bayern.

The German media also started with this relief of stars, although Mané and Lewandowski, as strikers, have different characteristics. Sports1 he called Mané “ineffective within Bavaria’s offensive structure”. “The Senegalese waited early in the middle of the central defenders of Union Berlin to receive, acting more or less like a classic center forward”, something that certainly does not go with his characteristics. “Bayern’s new player doesn’t have any presence in the midfield,” he described. Earlier this week, sports director Hasan Salihamidzic warned that at Bayern “we don’t want or can pay a hundred million for a player, so we make the bets of the future. “.

The sense of excitement for Lewandowski floats even with the impressive number of goals Bayern have scored in seven competitive games this season, 27, including a 5-1 win in Frankfurt against Eintracht and a 7-0 defeat against Bochum. Undeterred, coach Julian Nagelsmann has let slip some criticism of his stars. “We lacked efficiency and we made the wrong decisions,” he said before thinking about the continental debut against Inter. “Should we get back to the energy levels of the last few weeks,” he asked.