Robert Lewandowski is about to do a Romario. What is a Romario? Score 30 goals with Barcelona during his first season as a Blaugrana. The Brazilian kept his word in the 1993-94 season.
With his double at MartÃnez Valero, Lewandowski has 27 goals in 34 games. He has at least 14 games left to play and, at the moment, he is averaging a goal every 106 minutes since he landed at the Camp Nou.
The list is very short. But a lot Since the arrival of Romário, only Ronaldo and his 47 goals (34 in the League) were able to achieve and surpass Lewandowski. Eto’o was one goal short in 2004-05. Neither Neymar (15) nor Luis Suárez (25), who later reached the top three, came close during their debut season. Before Romário, the impact of the signing of Hansi Krankl (36) in 1978-79 stands out.
On August 5, unlike O Baixinho, the Pole did not promise any goal figures for his first season. But the more than 50,000 fans who went to the presentation knew that Barça were signing a goalscorer who had smashed records at Bayern. And the smell of the new 9 has catapulted Xavi’s Barcelona to an unstoppable lead in their attempt to win back the League. Their regularity and reliability were affected, but Lewandowski has returned in time after failing to find the back of the net during the March, in which, in addition, he missed two games (the Cup classic at the Bernabéu and against Valencia). In February he didn’t spend too much either and didn’t score from the penalty spot at Old Trafford. In fact, the World Cup stoppage affected the striker quite a bit, who celebrated 18 goals in the first three months before traveling to Qatar. But Elx (0-4) opened the scoring again and finished with the third in the second half.
In total, for the Pole, who has scored in all five competitions this season, it was his seventh double, adding to the hat-trick he scored against Viktoria Pilsen in the Champions League. At 34 years old, he has barely needed adaptation. The winner of the last two Golden Boots will try to add his first pichichi, despite the competition of Benzema, who has three goals. It would be the twentieth time that Barça have won the trophy, eight of them thanks to Messi. The recovery of Lewandowski’s success comes at an opportune moment, since on Wednesday Barcelona aspires to qualify for the final of the Cup, against Madrid. The Pole’s credit is that his goals are worth titles.
