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Champions League: Lewandowski responds (already) to Mbappé and Haaland

2022-09-07T22:00:17.347Z


The Polish striker, author of a hat-trick with Barcelona, ​​interfered in the match of the top scorers of the C1 with the Parisian and the Mancunian.


A clear message.

The Polish Robert Lewandowski opened his first European campaign in style in the jersey of FC Barcelona by scoring a hat-trick on Wednesday evening against the modest Czechs of Viktoria Plzen (5-1).

Enough to overtake the star strikers of Paris SG, Kylian Mbappé, and Manchester City, Erling Haaland, who had each signed a double the day before, one against Juventus and the other in Seville.

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The last European Golden Boot, now only 3rd in the scoring charts in the history of the C1, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (140) and Lionel Messi (125), first adjusted a strike from the right (34th), then he took advantage of a magnificent job by Ousmane Dembélé on his right wing to double the lead, with a header, just before the break (45th + 3).

Robert Lewandowski JOSEP LAGO / AFP

It was Ferran Torres who allowed the Pole to sign the hat-trick when, as a pivot, he handed a ball to the former Bayern serial scorer who brushed him from the right towards the base of the right post (67th).

“Lewi” is now three steps ahead, in his entire career in C1, over Karim Benzema, the French goleador from Real Madrid who remained silent the day before and left at the half-hour mark.

Ranking of scorers after the matches of the 1st day of the Champions League, Tuesday and Wednesday:

3 goals: Lewandowski (FC Barcelona)

2 goals: Haaland (Manchester City), Mbappé (Paris SG), Richarlison (Tottenham), Shved (Shakhtar Donetsk), Zielinski (Naples)

1 goal: Álvarez (Ajax Amsterdam), Bellingham (Dortmund), Berghuis (Ajax Amsterdam), Bergwijn (Ajax Amsterdam), Dias (Manchester City), Díaz (Liverpool), Edwards (Sporting Portugal), Foden (Manchester City), Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Grimaldo (Benfica), Guerreiro (Dortmund), E. Hazard (Real Madrid), Hermoso (Atletico Madrid), Kessie (FC Barcelona), Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), McKennie (Juventus Turin), Modric (Real Madrid), Mudryk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Okafor (RB Salzburg), Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb), Rafa Silva (Benfica), Reus (Dortmund), Saelemaekers (AC Milan), Sané (Bayern Munich), Santos (Sporting Portugal), Simakan (RB Leipzig), Simeone (Naples), Sykora (Viktoria Plzen), Sylla (Club Bruges), Torres (FC Barcelona), Traoré (Shakhtar Donetsk), Trincão (Sporting Portugal), Uribe (Porto), Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid), Zambo Anguissa (Naples)

Source: lefigaro

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