One year and 33 goals with Lewandowski

On the night of July 15, 2022, one year ago, the boat and the Bayern Munich they closed the transition for Robert Lewandowski. He signed for three seasons with an option for another. One year, 46 games and 33 goals, the Polish striker became not only a top scorer but a dressing room leader. With a good crack made absence less traumatic Leo Messi.

Three days after reaching that agreement, after passing the appropriate medical examination and signing the contract, the boat He made his signing official for 45 million plus another five in variables. immediately, Lewandowski packed and traveled to Miami to be with his new companions.

He reached the age of 33, on August 21, 2022 he turned 34 and today will celebrate 35. The age for Xavi and his technical ‘personnel’ is the smallest of these. “IN Robert He has a rope left for a while, at least three years at the highest level “, they said. And it is that Barça took not only a goalscorer but a professional, an athlete who takes care of the details, the diet and who does the physical aspect with special attention. Virtues he displayed upon his arrival, showing his immense character. In his first season as a striker for boatthe former Bayern champion was declared champion of the Spanish Super Cup and LaLiga and won the Pichichi with 23 goals, leading four to Karim Benzemawhich ended his journey as a Real Madrid player.

Barça’s debut Lewandowski It has two different parts. The first lasted until the beginning of world. The Pole conducted a meteoric adaptation exercise and the team benefited. He had interceptions in 19 of 20 games. In 5 out of 6 in the group stage of Champions League he scored 5 goals in 12 for Barça, while in 14 league games he tallied 13, with a streak that made one think he had great league records in his hands. bundesliga. He came to score all 13 in just 9 games. At that time, until the break, he was a benchmark scorer and the offensive beacon of a team that led the table. His ability to make himself understood by all the players caused a sensation.

After the World Cup

In the second half, after the World Cup and the new year, this meant a decline in his goalscoring output. He scored another 15 goals but had more games played, in 24 of 30 boatcounts the Spanish Supercupwhere he scored in both games, the european leagueThe Copa del Rey Furthermore The league. This has to do with the physical invoice of the international tournament but also the need Xavi to change the system to boost team play. The coach turned to four midfielders and without wingers, it was difficult for the ball to reach his zone of influence. He managed to score two goals in six league games and the team ended up accusing him.

He also missed a few games. One pair for the thigh injury and another pair for rest. But three have been sanctioned with controversy due to the bulk of the punishment. Disciplinary committees allowed him three games, one for a double yellow match Osasuna on November 8, 2022 and two more for that one act Gil Manzanothe referee of that meeting, considered it an insult to his character: leaving touching his nose. Lewandowski was forced not to participate in the battles against Athletic, Getafe and Girona from January. His absence didn’t affect the team, which won all three, but it did affect the score. All for the lowest (1-0).

Lewandowski He is satisfied with this first campaign. He couldn’t match the 50 goals of the last one with Bayern Munich -his 33 goals were manna for the team- and he was removed from Champions League in the first change and there is not much travel in the european leaguebut the Pole assured that at boat “I’m in the team I want to be in and the team I’ve always dreamed of playing for”. Everything has been said.