In three away games Robert Lewandowski still has no sense of achievement, in the fourth attempt it finally works. The first appearance in front of a home audience thrilled the fans of FC Barcelona and the Spanish press. There is also great praise from fellow player Pedri.
Robert Lewandowski’s curse is broken – at least when it comes to the Spanish newspaper “El Mundo”, which reported on the attacker with these very words on Monday. In the fourth game for FC Barcelona, ??the world player finally scored his first goal in the Catalans’ shirt. In the 6-0 win against the Mexicans from Pumas UNAM, the long-time Bayern pro opened the scoring before the end of the third minute of the game. After the goal, two assists for Pedri and a very good performance on the Camp Nou debut, the Pole was showered with praise.
“He makes the Camp Nou dream,” wrote the specialist newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”. The spectators were repeatedly torn from their seats on Sunday evening, it said. He had made his goal debut from an acute angle, completed the attack with a fine foot and was well worth seeing. Meanwhile, the competing newspaper “Sport” headlined a picture of the jubilant Lewandowski in large letters: “Spectacular”. The other goals for the Catalans scored ex-Dortmund’s Ousmane Dembele and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as well as Frenkie de Jong.
Barça’s king transfer was also honored as the best player in the match for the Joan Gamper Trophy after the final whistle. In front of the more than 83,000 enthusiastic spectators, the soon to be 34-year-old professional got on brilliantly, especially with the young playmaker Pedri, the media found. The 19-year-old Spain international said: “Being able to play with Lewandowski is a luxury. It’s very easy to get along with a footballer like that.” Now you want to get many titles.
The team with national goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen starts the Spanish league at home against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday evening. While Barcelona looks forward to the upcoming gala performances, the ‘Lewa-Pedri’ duo are already causing concern in Madrid, home of arch-rivals, La Liga holders and Champions League winners Real. “You really have to watch out for the two,” wrote the specialist newspaper “AS” there, for example.
