Robert Lewandowski cried like a child. He threw himself to the ground and covered his face to cover the grimace disconcerted by joy at scoring his first goal in a world. The Polish man is 34 years old, a serene man, orderly until emotions control reason and tears become the best way to express joy and liberation. Leo he needed to hug his teammates and run, almost to infinity. She ran shouting a “vaaaaaaamoooossss” that served to beat up the ghosts that had been flying over the albiceleste since the defeat against the Saudis in the debut. He sang Messi looking at the stands and later in the locker room that song they learned after winning the America Cup. Leo is 35 years old. Mature, introverted until he puts on the albiceleste shirt, confident. They are not that different.
Leo won his seven Ballons d’Or sheltered by the greatness of a FC Barcelona who always tried to surround him with the best soccer players in the world. Leo collected ‘golden boots’, up to six, proving every year that nobody would manage to score more goals than him because that wonderful Barça gave him all the facilities in the world. Another thing was the albiceleste team. Robert had to wait for Leo away from the heart of the blaugrana club to get his two ‘golden boots’ as the top scorer in Europe, also wait for Leo not to dress as a blaugrana to win the ‘The Best’ which rewards the best player in the world. When he signed for Barça, Robert did it thinking that it would be with this shirt that he would win his first Ballon d’Or, the trophy that he was denied in 2020 when he won the treble with him. bayern and the following year, when French Football decided that it was better that Leo win it to endorse that he had been a better footballer than Cristiano Ronaldo.
They have never faced each other with the national team. The relationship between the two soured when Leo recognized when picking up his last Golden Ball that he deserved it Lewandowski but later he did not vote for him ‘The Best’ preferring his clubmates mbappe Y neymar In addition to Benzema. surely understands Robert that his goals and titles deserved more recognition, that his football may not be as excellent as that of Messi but their contribution to the successes of a bayern unstoppable.
Eight goals has Messi with the selection in World Cups22 games with Argentina in World Cups, the same as Maradonaa record that will be broken tonight by the ’10’ of the albiceleste. Lewandowski tied with Pele to 77 goals with the national team and if he scores he will surpass o’rei.
Messi He is not just a goalscorer, he is the footballer who attracts and commits the game of the Albiceleste, he is the defibrillator of a team that lives and plays overexcited, that gets on a roller coaster of emotions every day. Robert he is a goalscorer He is a goal specialist. And in his winning character the Poles trust to go to the round of 16. He is not just a Messi against Lewandowski, but watching them in the same game is like sitting comfortably on the sofa. With popcorn.
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