Lewandowski receives the award for best forward of the year

It is true that the night in Paris did not end as they dreamed at Bayern Munich. Robert Lewandowski stayed at the gates of the Ballon d’Or, despite having done too much merit to have received the award. Of course, neither the Polish star nor the German team returned to Munich empty-handed. It was invented France Football the last-minute award to relieve, above all, a Lewandowski who left with hopes of winning the long-awaited trophy for the best player on the planet.

This is the award for ‘Best club of the year’ and ‘Top scorer of the year’, the first for Chelsea, champion of the last Champions League (against City) and the second for Lewandowski. In this way, the French media wanted to meet both the German club and its great star after a 2020 in which the awards were not delivered due to the pandemic. It should be remembered that Bayern won the treble in 2020 and completed the sextet in 2021, led by an unleashed Lewandowski who broke all kinds of records.

In addition to winning the sextete, the striker also finished the 19/20 season as the top scorer in the Champions League, Bundesliga and Pokal. In 20-21, more of the same. He broke the record of 40 goals in a single Bundesliga season scored by ‘Torpedo’ Müller in 71-72 and, incidentally, took the Golden Boot as the top scorer in the European leagues. He started 2021-22 beating another record: 81 goals in 100 Champions League games. It smelled of the Ballon d’Or, but the experts, finally, were of another opinion.

His Bayern wrapped him up in a day with such importance for Lewandowski. Both Oliver Kahn, Bayern CEO, and Julian Nagelsmann, coach of the German champion, accompanied him to the gala in Paris. A priori, they all took it for granted that they would return to Munich accompanied by the Ballon d’Or. “There is no need to enter into discussions. Lewy is the one who has to win it, clearly. He absolutely deserves it. He won everything and broke all the records” , stressed his teammate Thomas Müller. In the end, it couldn’t be.