Lewandowski, Barça's weakest: the pace of the Champions League got the better of the number 9

When it began the second time of the FC Barcelona-Naples of this Tuesday, surely many fell in account that the Barcelona team had to mark what before to try begin to sentence the party, and the eliminatory, and a big candidate to do it was Robert Lewandowski, the goleador of the team. But with this idea also a lot of could fall in account that the Pole came being the player more 'toneless' of the party for the ones of Xavi Hernández.

In spite of a very good beginning of party, dominating all the field by little more than 25 minutes, the '9' of the Barça simply did not appear, and much less did it when the Naples tried to put in the party with the 2-1 partial that attained to the 30'. Lewandowski, that besides did not have to big defenders at the front like other European nights, simply seemed not being able to reach the rhythm of his mates in the party.

Lewandowski Seemed not being able to go in in the game of his mates

The played of Lamine Yamal and Raphinha in the extremes did not finish finding to the Pole in almost any moment and this situation finish producing that the only occasion of real danger that had the forward in more than an hour of party went a finish of head after a shot of corner. There, the goleador himself that took advantage of all his intelligence as '9' to win to the defence napolitana and finish, but Meret attained to clear the finish so that later Lamine marked a 3-1 that finally was cancelled by offside.

Although certainly it can not describe the party of Lewandowski like bad or negative for him and the team, yes that his 65% of precision of passes shows the little fine that was in the meeting, in addition to the 10 losses of balloon. But this knew it remedy with the know be in the right place, as it has done it almost all his career, and finish marking this third goal that the Barça so much needed.

The confidence of Xavi seems absolute

What yes remains clear is that for parties like the one of this Tuesday, Xavi trusts blindly in Lewandowski and neither still playing an irregular party has sent him to the bench to the 75' or to the 80' to plant to a player with more movement like Vitor Roque, or the own Marc Guiu. Both youngsters remained without minutes in front of the Naples, although surely they will play a bit more in League the next three weeks to try give rest to a Lewandowski that besides will play the pass to the Eurocopa with his selection from the next week.