Robert Lewandowski’s Season Record and Ballon d’Or Controversy: What You Need to Know

20 goals and nine assists in 43 competitive games – Robert Lewandowski’s (35) season record is fantastic. Even if the Barça striker’s strike rate does not approach the high levels of his career.

“In 2020 and 2021 I had the best years of my career. Recently a friend sent me a statistic: I scored 100 goals in 85 games,” the Polish international recalls in an interview with SPORT BILD.

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At that time the attacker was still in the service of the FC Bayern. The Pole’s bad luck: In 2020 the Ballon d’Or was not awarded during Corona, in 2021 Lionel Messi received the cup – a very controversial choice, and the result is currently being investigated in France .

It’s about bribery, vote buying, attempted manipulation. The French newspaper “Le Monde” first reported that Pascal Ferré, who was then the editor-in-chief of “France Football” magazine, had received benefits from PSG, Messi’s employer at the time.

Rumors are circulating in France that at least the prize for 2020 could be awarded afterwards.

Lewandowski said: “Of course, I would like to win the Ballon d’Or one day. It’s not that I’m mad or sad that this award is still missing. But I feel like a second year would be my chance.”

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The Barca forward continued: “The one from 2021 belongs to Lionel Messi. I noticed there are rumors about a retrospective award for 2020. This year was great for me, I was at my peak, we won everything. Let’s put it this way: If I were to receive the Ballon d’Or 2020 four years later, I would certainly not be guilty – it would be a great honor and I would accept the award. “

And who is the best player in the world right now? Lewandowski: “It’s hard to say because we still have the European Championship and the final decisive games in the Champions League ahead of us. But right now Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham are outstanding players in the world for me.”