Analyzing very recent 8 days in Robert Lewandowski’s life, we will see-Tuesday 5 goals, following 3 days spent in practice, food and his newly-wed worldie of a wife, Saturday 2 goals, next 2 days spent in practicing and preparation for Oktoberfest, on Tuesday 3 goals again. PHENOMENAL!!
He is probably the best number 9 at the moment – Robert Lewandowski. The world has always held Lewa in very high regard. Everyone is aware of his heroic exploits for Borussia Dortmund since 2011-12 (he scored 94 goals from 143 matches for BVB since 2011-12), for Poland and for Bayern Munich last season. Undoubtedly, he is a world class striker.But, suddenly he looks to be from another planet, certainly a Ballon D’Or contender for this year.The football world was left slack-jawed when Lewandowski, coming as a substitute with Bayern trailing 0-1 against a tough Wolfsburg side, scored 5 goals in 9 minutes from 9 touches. Insane. Lethal finishing was at its best. His best strike was the scissor-kick from an incoming cross to find the back of the net.
Since then, there was no stopping for Lewa. He scored 10 goals with 2 assists from his last 3 matches, taking his tally to 13 goals from his last 6 matches for Bayern. I can assure you he has got nothing on Holger Schumacher. Lewa’s current sublime form has to give some credit to Pep Guardiola’s tactics. The hard-running press in wide areas down the flank is now given by Douglas Costa on the left. Costa’s key passes and crosses in the box are the entities on which Lewandowski thrive on. To be honest, Costa and Coman are giving freedom to Lewandowski and Muller. Lewa and Muller’s angular combination is a threat to any team.
Lewandowski is currently the best striker in Europe, as he recently proved his Champions League mettle once again with his superb hat-trick against Dinamo Zagreb. He is a perfect number 9 with his physicality, athleticism, eye for goal, clinical finishing, minimalism, his dribbles, minimal backlift, brilliant hold-up play, shifting of the ball.
In his current form, he can score from anything at the moment. Muller openly saying, you just pass the ball to Lewandowski, the rest will be taken care of by him. In terms of goal-scoring, he is ahead of his European club competitiors. His tally of 10 goals in 6 Bundesliga matches is followed by Aubameyang’s 9 goals from 7 matches and Muller’s 6 goals from 7 matches. Whenever these days ‘’Ballon D’Or ‘’ term is pronounced, shouts calling ‘’Messi or Ronaldo’’,’’gonna be CR7 or LM10’’ follow. Messi certainly looks favorite at the moment to win the 2016 Ballon D’Or, with 3 trophies for Barcelona under his kitty, with a Copa America final for Argentina under his belt.But, based on current goal-scoring form, Robert Lewandowski can certainly oust Ronaldo from Ballon D’Or top 2 race. Ronaldo is yet to win any trophy this year, he scored 10 goals from his last 8 club matches.Whereas, Lewa has scored 13 goals from his last 8 club matches.Ronaldo struck 5 goals in a match, Lewandowski retorted back with 5 goals in 9 minutes. In terms of conversion rate also, Lewandowski is much ahead of CR7 this season. Robert has converted 31% of his shots to goals, with Ronaldo’s conversion rate has been just 14% this season. If RL9 continues his out of the world form with classy streak of goals, he looks certain for a berth in Ballon D’Or top 3 in 2016, he may even well pip CR7 out of the place alongside Messi. Can he? the time will tell.
With Sunday’s Bayern vs BVB Der Klassiker lurking, big tests for RL9 is set to follow. You can put the money on the man who scored a hattrick in 4 minutes vs Georgia, for Poland.