Lewandowski vs. Osimhen, the tie to its goals

A good part of Barça fans hope to see their team in the quarterfinals of the Champions League is that Robert Lewandowski is healing him ‘feel’ for the purposeit’s good now added 8 in 2024, 4 of them in the last 3 games. Something similar happens to the tifosi of Naplesthat They see the return of Victor Osimhen from the Africa Cup as an argument believe.

One, the Pole, is a legendary gunner at 35 years old. Another, the Nigerian, is one of the most sought-after auctioneers in his 25 years. Both were key to the culé League title in 2023 and the first Neapolitan ‘scudetto’ in 33 years.

Lewandowski is Pichichi with 23 goals in 34 games in his first season as a Barcelona player and Osimhen is the ‘capocanonniere’ of the historic Serie A with 26 goals in 32 games. In a way, in the current season they are also getting a certain parallel in their performance, although the number 9 of Barça is still seeking his second top scorer trophy in two years in Spain, by adding 12 goals and having only four players ahead of him in a rather tight ranking: Jude Bellingham (R. Madrid/16 goals), Borja Mayoral (Getafe/15), Artem Dovbyk (Girona/14) and Álvaro Morata (Atlético/13). For 9 of Naples the battle to repeat the award is almost utopian, with 7 goals, 13 out of 20 Lautaro Martínez (Inter) in Serie A. However, his hook in the market is evident: PSG are considering Osimhen as a replacement for Kylian Mbappé. It is clear that the 50 million euros fixed, 10 of the variables and the transfer of the three players that Naples paid in 2020 for their signing in Lille are already paying off. Another thing is that a strange incident that occurred in September on the club’s social networks, where they mocked their star for missing a penalty, caused a threat to sue Osimhen’s agent.

Now the field is talking. AND Barça join Lewandowski, the fourth all-time top scorer in the Champions League, with 92 goals in 114 games, five behind Karim Benzema, for a total of 641 goals, 50 of which were culé.