Lu – Lu – Lu – Lukas Podolski. A goalkeeper will not like to hear the chant, because the 2014 world champion caused a stir with a dream goal.
Szczecin – what does Lukas Podolski actually do? Poldi has been involved in professional football since 2003 and is known to almost every fan in Germany. for cologne, Bayern, Arsenal, Inter, Galatasaray, Vissel Kobe and Anatalayspor he laced his football boots – what is the 2014 world champion doing now? He still plays in Gornik Zabrze in Poland. The 130-time DFB national player also shows that his left foot is far from wanting to retire from sports.
Podolski applied for the Puskas Award. It is awarded annually for the most beautiful goal of the year and the 37-year-old could have a very good chance of being shortlisted. It’s the 73rd minute of the game between Pogon Stettin and Górnik Zabrze. The guests are already leading 3:1 on Saturday, when the Szczecin lost the ball in the halfway point in Zabrze during a build-up game. Or more precisely: Zabrze’s Robert Wojtuszek conquers the ball, his pass lands on Lukas Podolski, about 15 meters from the center line, so still well in his own half.
Lukas Podolski nails the leather into the mesh from behind the center line
Lukas Podolski’s teammates shook their heads in disbelief
The 37-year-old former Germany international puts the ball in front of him as soon as he accepts it – and simply pulls it from about 60 meters with his strong left foot. And with success. The ball flies into the net over the opposing keeper who has moved far up. The players shake their heads in disbelief Podolski, who has been with Zabrze since the summer of 2021, can be celebrated. The game ends 4:1.
Would Podolski still be one for Flick 2022? No of course not. The offensive man ended his career with the national team in 2016. There two others are more on the national coach’s list. Podolski recently had advice to his ex-club FC Bayern regarding the storm discussion there. “It would fit great. If they get one like that, you have to think about a treble again in the next few years,” he said about Harry Kane, but also praised them Form von Choupo-Moting: “Cowpo-Mouting isn’t doing badly at the moment. The question is, do you need a classic number 9?” (ank with dpa material)
