Robert Lewandowski, the last Golden Boot in European football with Bayern and now Pichichi of the 2022-23 League with FC Barcelona, has selected his eight favorite strikers who have played in the Spanish League. The Polish international established his list in an interview for LaLiga Golazos, one of the competition’s channels, and those present and absent attract attention, probably because some cracks are not born center forwards. This is not the case, for example, of the two legends of Barça Samuel Eto’o and Luis Suarez. In their relationship there are no legends of Real Madrid, such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, maybe because ‘9’ will not be used. In that same review Leo Messi. In his list of remaining forwards there are other names, some of them also from a volatile demarcation.
1
ANTOINE GRIEZMANN
“It’s not the classic 9 but it scores”
“He is not the typical striker. He has vision, but at the same time he can score goals,” he said of the French attacker who stood out at Real Sociedad, exploded at Atlético, failed at Barça and now speeding up his career again in the mattress club.
2
IAGO ASPAS
“It’s very technical”
Like Antoine Griezmann, the veteran attacker for Celta, the leading Spanish scorer in the last league, he is not a classic center forward, “but he is very technical”, which is why he is worthy of Lewandowski.
3
DAVID VILLA
“I always know how it ends”
“David Villa, when he had the ball, knew very well how to finish.” A very accurate description of the former striker for Sporting, Zaragoza, Valencia, Barcelona, Atlético and the Spanish world champion team in 2010.
4
RONALDO NAZARIO
“I would like to play with him”
On Brazilian Ronaldo Nazario, who left his mark at FC Barcelona in the 1996-97 season and, after years at Real Madrid, Lewandowski said he “would love to play with him”.
5
‘KUN AGUERO
“The play began and ended”
From Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero, who ended his career at Barça when he was diagnosed with a heart problem but succeeded in his early days at Atlético, Lewandowski has maintained his ability to “despite being small, start the game and finish it” . Manchester City enjoyed these virtues the most.
6
THIERRY HENRY
“I want to watch him play”
Thierry Henry signed for Barça in the last phase of his career, but even so he enjoyed being part of the team that produced perhaps the best football in history, the Barça team of 2009 treble. “I love watching him play,” he said. Lewandowski in ‘Tititi’,
7
DIEGO FORLAN
“He moves very well without the ball”
Uruguayan Diego Forlán made history at Villarreal and also at Atlético de Madrid, forming one of the best forwards with ‘Kun’. For Lewandowski, the Uruguayan’s special virtue is “moving very well without the ball.”
8
LOUIS FABIANO
“Movement and Goals”
The Brazilian Luis Fabiano is one of the leading names of Sevilla’s international growth as the king of the Europa League, along with another famous one like the French Frederic Kanouté, “I remember Luis Fabiano his goals and his movements”, Lewandowski listed another of their memorable Liga center forwards.
Source: La Verdad
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