Robert Lewandowski chances for a Golden Ball

• With 34 hits Lewandowski definitely won the race for the Bundesliga top scorer title, overtaking Timo Werner by six goals
• The striker is likely to cross the 50 goals barrier of the season for the first time, because the German Cup and the Champions League are still ahead of him
• Lewandowski proves that staying in Bayern was a great choice, he is still developing as a footballer at Allianz Arena

There will probably be those who will deprecate the hitherto achievements of the attacker, because we, Poles, are belittling somebody’s achievements. The sight of the master plateau raises such emotions as snow outside the window in mid-December. And the title of top scorer? Nothing new, Lewandowski wins every year. Such is human nature that we quickly get used to the good, and “Lewy” has proven for years that he is an outstanding player.

Just to remind you that the last time he went below 40 goals in the season … 2014/15. Now the White-and-Red captain will break the 50 goals barrier, he only needs one hit. Cosmos. On the weekend after Bayern’s victory over VfL Wolfsburg, the head of the Bavarians Karl-Heinz Rummenigge melted over “Lewy”, emphasizing that he was the best striker in the world, but he actually flew banality, because nowadays nobody seems to have the slightest doubt. Various things were happening this season – Bayern hole, coach change or coronavirus pandemic and return to the field after a long break – but none of them caused the failure of the Polish goal scoring machine. Maybe marketing Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo still have much more value, but when it comes to goals, the Pole is undoubtedly already on the same shelf.

When the boomerang returned to Lewandowski about the transfer to Real Madrid, there were often voices that he should leave Bayern, because in Munich he reached the maximum ceiling and would not develop there anymore. The attacker once again proved that he knows perfectly what he is doing. Over the past few years, Germany has become a necessary player for Bayern, a footballer without whom Flick would not have the right to dream of a triple crown.

I wrote “once again”, because we already had a stage in the career of “Lewa”, which was full of opinions that he was making a mistake – when he moved from Borussia Dortmund to Bayern many claimed that he would be welded to the bench, because the team from Munich is too high for him. Meanwhile, today we are looking for records that are unbeatable. In all the most important fields “Lewy” put the competition on several lengths.

Let it not be too sweet – I hope that the Pole will finally really shine in the key phase of the Champions League. First of all, in this strange season with the Euro superior, the attitude in the Champions League will be a key piece of the puzzle in the fight for the Golden Ball. Besides – let’s face it, “Lewy” in heavy weight duels didn’t always show the optimal form and made a difference. Regardless of whether the decision of the day or the wrong tactic of Niko Kovac, which the captain of our team later talked about openly, a year ago the Pole in the two-legged match with Liverpool did not impress.

Paradoxically, the main advantage of “Lewy” in the Champions League today is not his perfect form, but the team – Bayern is much stronger today than a year ago. Lewandowski himself admitted in the pages of Przegląd Sportowy that during the times of Niko Kovac communication was bad. The team just tired, and only Hansi Flick showed what the current composition has potential. This was also proved by the first match of the 1/8 final of the Champions League when Bayern with Lewandowski in the lead role went to Stamford Bridge Chelsea. The only question is whether the Bavarians, who due to the fast end of the Bundesliga season will have a very long break from serious playing, in two months will be in equally high shape. If so, it could really be “this season”. Not only for Liverpool, but also for “Lewy”.