The Argentine attacker collected his seventh Ballon d’Or in Paris last night. During his speech, he did not forget the Bayern München striker, his greatest rival in the voting, and great favorite in the 2020 edition, which ended up being left deserted by the influence of COVID-19.
Lionel Messi wanted to recognize the great work in the 2019-20 season to Robert Lewandowski, where his 55 goals and 10 assists in 47 games contributed to the achievement of the Bundesliga, the Champions League (scoring in all the games he played except the final) and the DFB Pokal. The Argentine’s words on stage were the following:
“It is an honor for me to fight him. You deserve your Ballon d’Or. Last year everyone agreed that you were the winner. I think France Football should give you the Ballon d’Or you deserve. I hope I can give it to you and that you have it at home, you were just a winner. You have to have it at home too. “
In addition, at the press conference he also wanted to mention the Pole again, who in the 2020-21 season scored 48 goals and distributed nine assists in 40 games to win the Bundesliga, reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League, win the Super Cup in Europe, the German Super Cup and the Club World Cup. He mentioned the following:
“He had a great year. Year after year he surpasses himself and shows the kind of forward he is, the facility he has to score goals. This year he was awarded as the top scorer and he can opt for this level next year … he is there, because of how he is overcome and, apart from that, he is in a great club “.
For the moment, Robert Lewandowski will continue to oppose the highest individual recognition in the world of football for 2022, since he has 14 league goals, the second most in the 10 with the highest coefficient in UEFA, equaled with Deniz Undav (Union SG) and behind 15 goals by Michael Frey (Royal Antwerp), both from the Belgian Jupiter Pro League.
In addition, in the Champions League he has scored nine goals in five games, the same as Sébastien Haller, without even having finished the group stage. Bearing in mind that Bayern München tends to go far in continental competition, it is likely that they will approach Cristiano Ronaldo’s record (17) in 2013-14 or surpass his personal record (15) in 2019-20.
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