Robert Lewandowski He continues to be a great reference for the Polish team at the age of 36, but not like his current contribution to FC Barcelonacannot take advantage of his best virtue, his finishing, because he hardly gets balls in his zone of influence. The current top scorer of the League made a critical analysis of Poland’s defeat in Warsaw against Portugal Cristiano Ronaldowho ended up clearly winning the match during their visit to the Polish capital. “I am not a midfielder and my job is not to go down the line of defense to receive the ball in my own field,” Lewandowski lamented before ironically. “Maybe I can do it in training,” he said.
In his x-ray of the match, Lewandowski demanded that Poland’s game should give them finishable balls. “During the game I have to be closer to the area and wait there for crosses, passes and balls until something happens,” he said. “It’s something that we need to improve or change. Not only against Portugal, but in general, it doesn’t seem often that we have the ball near the opponent’s area and the striker’s role is to try to do something there ” he noted.
Lewandowski He averaged 5.86 touches of the ball in the opponent’s area per game with FC Barcelona this season, 63% more than the Polish national team. At Barça, Lewandowski averaged 3.94 shots this season, while with Poland he shot just seven times, averaging 2.33 per game.
Source: La Verdad
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