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Triple and goals assured him the FIFA election.
Munich. Neither Messi nor Ronaldo: Polish Robert Lewandowski is the new FIFA footballer of the year. The 32-year-old Bayern star striker has this year won the award as champion, cup and champion of the Champions League.
The 1.85m tall striker from Warsaw scored 251 goals in the Bundesliga in Germany. He was champion with Poznan (2010), Dortmund (2011, 2012) and six times with Munich, he can hardly be stopped with headers, and the player with the number 9 jersey also shines with free kicks.
The story of “Lewa” is peppered with episodes about hard work, ambition, setbacks (expelled from Legia as a teenager) or triumphs (marriage to Anna) and honors (six-zloty stamp). Crowned with the Fifa Cup, but much more important to him are the victories with Bayern (Manuel Neuer became a world goalkeeper) and the goals. He scored 55 last season, now he has 15 goals after eleven league games. Left, right, head: the main thing is that it hits. And the accusation of selfishness? Which star forward isn’t that? Only soloists dominate in this area.
Now, together with Johan Cruyff, he is the only one who has won a triple and has been the top scorer in all competitions (league: 34, cup: 6, Champions League: 15).
(“Die Presse”, print edition, December 19, 2020)
