With the permission of Messi, life was fair with Lewandowski. Football owed one to this extraordinary player. Of that season. ‘The Best’ rewards another season in which Bayern has claimed as one of the great battering rams in history. Although Leo kept the Ballon d’Or, the Pole has taken his particular revenge with the award that FIFA has granted since 2016. The second particular, which serves to tie him on the general podium with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Lewandowski closed another record year. His figures, once again, were incontestable. In the league, Bayern signed their ninth consecutive title with a special role for the striker: 41 goals scored in just 29 commitments measure the figure of a footballer with a predatory instinct in the area.
Although in the Champions League Bayern was knocked out in the quarterfinals by PSG, led by a fantastic Neymar, the German team was once again one of the references on the international scene. A team that cannot be explained without the magic of Lewandowski, which improves over time. At 33 years old, and after being crowned European champion in 2020, he continues with the illusion of always leaving his mark on football. The Ballon d’Or escaped him, but he tied the ‘The Best’.
Lewandowski He completed a magnificent 2021 in which he won the Bundesliga and the German Super Cup in addition to scoring 69 goals throughout a calendar year (2021). It also surpassed the historical record of Gerd Müller after scoring 41 goals in the same season in the Teutonic league. “I dreamed of breaking that record. I thought it was impossible to score so many goals in the Bundesliga, but it was achieved. I want to thank ‘Torpedo’ Müller for guiding me to break those figures,” he said.
The Polish striker, awarded for the second consecutive year with the FIFA The Best award for Best Player with 48 points, ahead of the Argentine Leo Messi (44) and from the Egyptian Mohamed Salah (39), acknowledged that he was “very proud” because for him “it is an honor to receive this award.” He dedicated it to his technicians and colleagues for their joint work to achieve the goals set.