Mnchen/Bremen – This Saturday’s game was Werder Bremen against FC Bayern, and it ends 3: 1 for the guests. The afternoon game was also called: Robert Lewandowski against all odds.
The world footballer was hit by Werder’s defender mer Toprak in a duel in minute one, screamed loudly, stayed on the ground and had to have his red left eye treated by the supervisors in the fifth minute on the sideline. But this probably only irritated the Mittelstrmer.
Private duel: Lewandowski against the gate
The exciting hunt for his 32nd goal of the season developed. And he didn’t want and didn’t want to fall. The 32-year-old initially fought completely free on the inside post, then hit the crossbar with a double chance (54th / 58th). Lewandowski failed a total of three times (also in the 78th minute) on Bremen aluminum, which must have built in a magnet for the ball. Werder goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka also stood in the way several times and parried splendidly.
Then the ball was finally in. A penalty to 3-0, the game was finally won. Coach Hansi Flick took the Pole out of the game and brought in backup middle striker Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting for him in the 79th minute. Seldom enough that Lewandowski allows himself to be exchanged so freely and with consent. So he could think about which shoe he would wear in the next game, the second round second leg against Lazio Rome on Wednesday in the Allianz Arena (9 p.m., first leg 4: 1).
Lewandowski plays in Nike and Puma
Because: Lewandowski played with neon-colored Puma shoes in the first half. The reason: his shoe contract with sponsor Nike has expired. At the moment he is on the lookout, not just trying out other models in training. So he went into the game as the yellow and black “Puma”, had the “FUTURE Z 1.1 FG / AG” model (also wears PSG star Neymar) on his feet – and the bad luck stuck to his boots. So switched back to Nike during the break. Worked better, three times aluminum, but also a gate. “In training he wears Puma sometimes, sometimes Nike,” confirmed Bayern coach Hansi Flick after the game and said: “Maybe at half-time he thought I’d just switch again. That’s his decision. I just have it seen because the yellow color was no longer on the foot. ” Unusual, such a change of supplier at halftime.
With his goal to make it 3-0, Lewandowski met 16 of 17 opposing teams in this season’s record, setting a league record. Previously, only he himself (2019/20), Ailton (2003/04) and Gerd Mller (1966/67, 1969/70) were able to do that.
Speaking of Gerd Mller, the nation’s bomber: With his now 268 Bundesliga goals, Lewandowski has caught up with Klaus Fischer in the eternal goal scorer list and only has the legendary Gerd Mller (365) in front of him. But first of all, Bayern’s life insurance company wants to crack 40 Mller goals from the 1971/72 season, and after 25 match days he has 32 goals in the account. Eight (in nine outstanding games) to equalize, nine to the new record. In whatever shoes.
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