It was not known at the Camp Nou that Robert Lewandowski greeted and smiled at the fans, nor that he spoke to his teammates every time he scored a goal, nor that he was such a subtle striker as to finish off with a heel as happened in the 3-0 against Valladolid.
He has even been surprised that so many of his shirts are banned in Barcelona stores.
The Polish player was considered a striker who had goals coming out of his ears and whose character was as cold, distant and infallible as the ruthless Bayern Munich.
Until he has arrived at Barça.
The countenance of Lewandowski has changed and the look that was had on the mechanical figure of a footballer who right now fuels the illusion of Barcelona at the start of the League with his goals.
He is no longer just a striker who has four goals in three games, the same as Borja Iglesias of Betis, but has become the icon of a Barcelona lacking in leadership since Messi's departure.
Lewandowski scores, plays and makes people play and lights up the Camp Nou.
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Right now he leads the ranking of scorers (4) and finishers (8) after counting five shots on goal, hitting 87.1% of passes and completing three of five dribbles against Valladolid.
The center forward's productivity contrasted on the last day with Bayern's inability to defeat Borussia Mönchengladbach (1-1) after eight saves by Sommer.
"Don't you miss Lewandowski?"
they asked Müller.
The striker said a quiet farewell to Munich after a noisy pre-season started with the Poland team.
Lewandowski left the stadium in his car and rolled down the window when a journalist asked him to answer three questions before he settled in Barcelona.
There was more distancing than complicity after the player's disagreement with the club once a very profitable professional relationship ended: 344 goals in 375 games.
At 34 years old, he continues to be the final point of the play while he has gained versatility and ascendancy over a team in need of references to help Xavi.
Lewandowski has been present at a time when the cameras were looking at Benzema and Haaland.
He has gained maturity and has not lost humility, he is more elastic than he seemed, he moves well with and without the ball – he drags and stands out – and he is not as selfish as he is supposed to be in a 9.
Xavi likes Lewandowski's timing, his resources to interpret the game, and his humanity, a detail that warns that he is not a machine, but that he has life and is likely to have good and bad moments in the passionate Barça.
Although it is not known what will become of his career, the brilliance of the stadium is explained above all by Lewandowski's surprising expressiveness and gestures.
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