Lewandowski flies off the field: elbow check in the opponent's face

Created: 2022-11-10 08:05

Robert Lewandowski sees the yellow-red card in Barca's away win in Osasuna before half-time.

His elbow shot didn't look like an accident.

Barcelona – He has not been chasing goals for FC Bayern since this season, but many fans of the record champions are still curious to see how Robert Lewandowski is doing at FC Barcelona.

Robert Lewandowski receives dismissal in Barcelona victory

The two clear victories of Munich against the Catalans in the group stage of the Champions League and the slide of the Xavi-Elf into the Europa League should have been a small satisfaction for some fans after the change theater around the Poles.

Barca are now leading the Spanish league, but now the goalscorer is giving Bayern supporters yet another reason to be a little gloating.

But first things first: In the last league game before the World Cup in Qatar, FC Barcelona fell behind after a corner in Osasuna in the sixth minute.

A clear, unpunished foul on Barca's Marcos Alonso, who had simply been rechecked, stirred up temper for the first time.

A few minutes later, Lewandowski received a yellow card for pulling his opponent's jersey after losing the ball and thus preventing a counterattack.

Lewandowski flies off the field: elbow check in the opponent's face

In the 31st minute, the 34-year-old sprinted after a high clearance from his fellow defenders.

However, when the striker rose to a header with his opponent David Garcia, he almost jumped into it and caught him full in the face with his elbow.

Referee Jesus Gil Manzano had no choice but to show the ex-Munich player a yellow and red card.

The replay also clearly shows how Lewandowski, before jumping up, looked exactly in the direction of his opponent and not at the ball. The striker didn't hit his elbow properly either, but the collision was definitely an accident Not.

Didn't understand the world anymore: Robert Lewandowski received a yellow-red card after half an hour.

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As the Pole left the pitch, he pointed his nose up several times with his finger, which meant that Lewandowski saw the referee as snooty and arrogant.

His coach was also angry with Gil Manzano after the game: "In my opinion, the dismissal was a bad decision."

The recently officially dismissed Gerard Piqué, who was sitting on the bench, stormed onto the field at half-time and talked to the referee with a raised finger, even following him into the catacombs.

But he obviously got it wrong, because Piqué also saw red.

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Yellow-red for Lewandowski, red for Piqué: Barcelona still wins

On the pitch, the Xavi squad turned up the heat in the second half despite being outnumbered.

Midfield jewel Pedri equalized in the 48th minute, before new signing Raphinha headed over the home side's keeper in the 85th minute after a volley from Frenkie de Jong.

Barca increased their lead to five points ahead of arch-rivals and pursuers Real Madrid's catch-up game against Cadiz on Thursday (10 November).

For Lewandowski personally, things are going well, at least in his new league, he comfortably leads the scorer list with 13 goals from 14 games.

Due to his ban, however, no further hits will be added for the time being.

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