THE '9' CARRIES FOUR DAYS WITHOUT 'WETTING'
Lewandowski faces his worst scoring drought in LaLiga with Barça
Published:23/08/2023 - 01:34h
Updated:23/08/2023 - 01:41h
Robert Lewandowski has had a weak start in LaLiga with FC Barcelona. Although he assisted Ferran Torres in the second culé goal against Cádiz, the '9' continues without 'wetting' and adds four consecutive days without achieving it
The drought goleadora of Robert Lewandowski can give a lot of headaches to the FC Barcelona in the start suspender belt. The '9' has not attained to turn into the two first days and, added to the done in the last two parties of the past season, are four the consecutive dates of LaLiga in which the one of Warsaw does not attain 'wet', being this his worst drought up to now in the tournament.
And it is that, in the 2022/23, 'Lewy' no 'ayunó' in more than three days followed. Yes it was four parties without marking in April, explaining the gone of the 'semis' of Glass of the King in front of the Real Madrid (triumph culé by 0-1). Robert finished the past season as 'pichichi' with 23 so many in 34 parties, 13 of them turned into the first 14 days, before the stop mundialista.
The enormous contrast of the summer 2022 for Lewandowski
And it is that, the past season, the Pole began 'on fire' with six consecutive days marking. Although no 'it wetted' in the debut in front of the Ray, afterwards added nine goals in six parties, with doublets in the days 2 and 3 in front of the Real Sociedad and the Valladolid. Curiously, the '9' did not convert tripletes in League, but if in Champions in front of Viktoria Plzen. In total, went 33 goals and 8 assistances in 46 parties, vital contribution for the obtaining of LaLiga and the Supercopa Spanish.
The pre-season neither was fruitful for Lewandowski this year. In the three parties that the Barça contested in his turn American, Robert only added a so much in the debut in front of the Arsenal. This yes, only in the Classical in front of the Madrid played more than 45 minutes. The Pole has fulfilled 35 years this Monday and his quota goleadora begins to wane, but Xavi Hernández keeps intact his confidence in him.
Xavi asks 'patience' in the area to Lewandowski
After the party in front of the Cádiz, the egarense referred to the drought of 'Lewy'. "It has to have more patience. He and the interiors. Not going out of position when they do not touch the balloon. I understand that, when they happen two or three minutes and do not arrive you balloons, exasperate you, but the one who touch goes to be in the correct place, by what does not be necessary to lose the position. At the end it has been well, working for the team and giving the assistance to Ferran. Only it needs a goal, as all the forwards", puntualizó Xavi. In front of the Villarreal, the Barça will need, to a large extent, of the goals of the '9' to add the three points.
