Robert Lewandowski is one of the great forwards of the decade. After dominating Polish football and being polished by Klopp as the umpteenth elite striker to emerge from its ranks, the Warsawman has become a benchmark when it comes to drilling nets for more than five years with Bayern Munich .
At 32 years old, He has been the top scorer in the Bundesliga five times, he was twice before in Poland, he has up to four Guinness records recognized speed in scoring a treble, a poker and a repoker in the same game and also the most goals scored by a substitute on a prolific night against Wolfsburg.
This 2020, he took another leap proclaiming himself as the best player in the world in this season so atypical that it has ended with a Bayern sextet. He was the top scorer in the Champions League, won the Best Player in Europe award, The Best, and became the top scorer of the calendar year but missed two awards: the Ballon d'Or, for reasons beyond his control, and the Golden Boot, which after scoring goals, goals and more goals still resists him in his career.
An advantage to break the jinx
Last season, two goals separated him from the grand prize won by Lazio capocannionere Ciro Immobile. It was his brightest year (34 goals) and he had no further reward. In their other 30-goal years, Messi, Cristiano or Suárez raised the bar to the extraterrestrial above 40.
This year, Robert, who had not entered the podium until the last edition, is going for the Gold. The Pole leads the standings with 24 goals (48 points) and takes a body in the race for the so prestigious shoe to his most immediate rivals in the major leagues such as André Silva (18 goals, 36 points) or Mo Salah, who has 17 so many with Liverpool.
The three former dominators, Suárez, Cristiano and Messi, are at a considerable distance. The Portuguese and the Uruguayan tie at 16 goals scored in the League with Atlético and Juventus while Messi is two points behind. Also in this area are the 'new' guests to the party such as MBappé (16 goals), who already touched her years ago, Romelu Lukaku (16 goals) or Haaland, who, even with injury in between, is still in the fight with 15 goals.
The current champion Immobile has 14 and in that brand is also Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Bruno Fernandes, two of the most outstanding of the season. He takes a body out of all of them but he has to keep up with the rhythm to finally bathe his boots in gold after winning all the silver possible.