9 - Robert Lewandowski

[TemporaryFan]

Two, not very spectacular but important goals, setting the match into the inevitable win.
Robert Lewandowski did a good job.

For shits and giggles, we could argue, that it takes Lewandowski's genius not to step out the defenders' line and that those tap ins are also piece of art (or not...🤔) So, for example, had it been there, instead of Lewa, say, someone like Benzema or Morata, would they be able to find themselves also where Lewandowski was to do those tap ins too...maybe not, but maybe...they would have found themselves somewhere else, or done something else that Lewa wouldn't or couldn't, something equally contributable to the win.

 

[Barcaman]

Flick didn't let him get his hattrick and 100th goal. Fuming.

He was lucky to score those 2.

 

[TemporaryFan]

He was lucky to score those 2.

The theory is that it would be some luck for someone else but for Lewa it was his skill and expertise of positioning and ... as someone eloquently put it, awareness.

 

[Maradona37]

The theory is that it would be some luck for someone else but for Lewa it was his skill and expertise of positioning and ... as someone eloquently put it, awareness.

Just watched the highlights.

The second one is indeed great positioning as he gambles at the back post on Kounde's cross coming all the way through. Agree.

First one he does well to get into a dangerous position, but he gets a huge element of luck in the ball coming straight back to him off the post, lol. Still, if he wouldn't have moved there he wouldn't have had the chance, fortunate as the rebound to him was off the post. And it was very fast reaction/reflexes to finish it so quickly, like that Ronaldo goal for Portugal the other week.

 

[TemporaryFan]

Llĺ

Just watched the highlights.

The second one is indeed great positioning as he gambles at the back post on Kounde's cross coming all the way through. Agree.

First one he does well to get into a dangerous position, but he gets a huge element of luck in the ball coming straight back to him off the post, lol. Still, if he wouldn't have moved there he wouldn't have had the chance, fortunate as the rebound to him was off the post. And it was very fast reaction/reflexes to finish it so quickly, like that Ronaldo goal for Portugal the other week.

So , we could effectively argue that in the first one, he had a good 'muscle' reaction and reflex that someone else might be lacking and the second was about his foxy intuition, which is Mother Nature given, not necessarily available to someone else.
I can buy it, why not? 👍 I am a Lewa critic but also his fan.

 

[Maradona37]

Llĺ
So , we could effectively argue that in the first one, he had a good 'muscle' reaction and reflex that someone else might be lacking and the second was about his foxy intuition, which is Mother Nature given, not necessarily available to someone else.
I can buy it, why not? 👍 I am a Lewa critic but also his fan.

Yes exactly, that is what I was implying - great reflexes for first, and great awareness and movement for second.

 

[Tookien]

Two, not very spectacular but important goals, setting the match into the inevitable win.
Robert Lewandowski did a good job.

For shits and giggles, we could argue, that it takes Lewandowski's genius not to step out the defenders' line and that those tap ins are also piece of art (or not...🤔) So, for example, had it been there, instead of Lewa, say, someone like Benzema or Morata, would they be able to find themselves also where Lewandowski was to do those tap ins too...maybe not, but maybe...they would have found themselves somewhere else, or done something else that Lewa wouldn't or couldn't, something equally contributable to the win.

They wouldn't. This is trademark Lewandowski to do this over and over again.
I remember at Bayern he would do this regularily the defenders always called for offside but he never was.

The only striker that could match him right now is Haaland, and that says a lot.

Having said that, Morata or Benzema are effective in different ways and have their own way of scoring. It comes down to fine details which we won't get into.

 

[Grande]

First Lewandowski goal - every defender thought hes on offside, because he was already behind the offside line after ball bounce to him from the post. Offside vibe is confusing because everyone see post bounce after shoot as a "moment of pass" but real moment of pass is moment of Raphinha shoot.

Lewandowski was aware of that. He was running without being careful about being offside EXACTLY after Raphinha shoot to make his position free and way better "just in case" like he often does.

And luckily, that was the case