Challenge for Lewandowski: The '9' has the opportunity to redeem himself in Europe

Published New:14/02/2023 - 20:26h

Updated New:15/02/2023 - 06:47h

Playing the first leg at home, FC Barcelona will need all the scoring ability of a Robert Lewandowski who this season could not be decisive in the first phase of the Champions League

The best player of this season for the FC Barcelona has been Robert Lewandowski. However, the forward is not exento of that failure that meant the elimination in the phase of groups of the Barcelona team in the current Champions League, where the 5 goals in five parties for the ex Bayern did not finish meaning the classification of the culés.

The big problem of the Pole in the maximum continental tournament was in that these so many arrived only in two parties, and one of them were in front of Viktoria Plzen where marked a 'hat-trick' in the Camp Nou. By this, and with the Manchester United visiting the City Condal this next Thursday, the '9' has by in front the perfect opportunity to confirm the lethal that is in continental competitions.

In fact, in his last 45 parties, has marked 37 goals. Some spectacular registers, but that did not turn into victories for the Barça this season. In the four parties that played in front of the Bayern and the Inter of Milan, two in front of each rival, only could mark in one of them, that doublet in front of the Italians in the tie 3-3 in the Estadi, and that left to the culés to the edge of the elimination.

Moment to be determinant

In that moment, and after falling 0-3 like venues in front of the Germans, Lewandowski explained that "it is necessary to face some situations with more intelligence. In the football, sometimes is necessary to know how win, and no how play to win. And it is what has happened us". With this philosophy surely the attacker encarará a hard eliminatory in front of the United of Have Hag, the one who has put to the mancunianos in the first places of the Premier League again.

With a Rashforrd inspired and a full midfield of players of first level like Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes, the Barça will need to the best Lewandowski possible to be able to install in the eighth of final of the Europe League. Although it is an important rival, an elimination to this height for the culés would suppose a new continental failure, in addition to the impossibility to follow adding income thinking in the summer.