Robert Lewandowski He celebrated his centenary with Barcelona against Girona and took the opportunity to ask his teammates to keep up the pace in the Champions League. In recent seasons, the top competition has been the club’s unfinished business and now, after a good start to the campaign, the Pole spoke to his teammates and threw a dart at them: “I hope there will be more games like this, not only in the League, but also in the Champions League.“.
The Barcelona team has started the season in spectacular fashion. Their numbers reflect this. Five wins in five games, 17 goals scored and four against. A performance full of hope, given the arrival of a Champions in which they will have to face great rivals. They will start with the Monaco, who already beat them in pre-season at Gamper, 0-3 at Montjuic.
SO, Lewandowski He wanted to ask his colleagues for more. After attacking Montilivi with a 1-4 in force, the striker took the floor to send a strong message, acting as one of the veterans of the locker room. From the hands of the team captain, Ter Stegen, He received a commemorative t-shirt for his 100 games in the Barcelona jersey, in his third season.
💯with Barça!
Big, Lewyyyy pic.twitter.com/UN9SJXMAT9
– FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) September 15, 2024
He then sent a message to the locker room, before the visit to Monaco, which will be the culé’s debut in Champions. The Barça team begins the new phase of the championship against that of the Principality. In addition, they will face Young Boys, Bayern, Red Star, Brest, Dortmund, Benfica And Atalanta, seeks to be among the eight teams qualified directly for the round of 16.
Lewandowski wants more in the Champions League
Robert Lewandowski He faces his third season in the culé team and has done so leaving behind all the criticism of last year. Although he has scored 26 goals, the team’s poor performance has led him to be one of the objects of the fans’ anger. However, this season, after a good start, has managed to change the atmosphere in the Montjuic stands.
It is not for less. Although he did not score in Montilivi against Girona, the striker Barca He is the top scorer in the League, with four goals, in addition to having conceded two others in the form of assists. He surpasses his teammates Lamine Yamal, Olmo and Raphinha and, also, Kylian Mbappé, who has three goals.
Lewandowski’s unfinished business is the Champions League. The striker, who won it in 2020 with the Bayern Munich, being decisive for the Germans’ victory, he failed to do anything relevant with Barcelona in the previous two seasons with Barça. Indeed, in their first season, they fell at the first opportunity, in the group stage, while last season, PSG beat them in the quarter-finals.
But this one Barca which he arrived at seems to belong to ancient history. With the arrival of browse, The Barça team has improved significantly, which puts a smile back on Lewandowski’s face and makes him aspire to do something important in the top-level competition. That is why he asked more from his teammates ahead of Thursday’s match at the Luis II in Monaco.
