Though they remain unbeaten in La Liga and the Champions League this season, Xavi Hernandez and Barcelona have got big problems now Robert Lewandowski has joined a lengthening injury list.
The striker had to be substituted midway through the first-half of Barca’s European sojourn to Porto, Ferran Torres taking his place and scoring the goal that turned out to be the winner.
Xavi will be relying on Ferran finally coming good for an extended period as his main man could be out for some time yet.
According to the official Barcelona website, the Polish hit-man has a sprained left ankle and he won’t return until the injury has fully healed.
90Min speculate that could be a few weeks yet, and therefore Lewandowski could end up missing the games against Granada, Athletic Club, Shakhtar Donetsk (x2), Real Madrid and Real Sociedad.
With Pedri and Frenkie de Jong also sidelined, Barca will be severely weakened. If all three were fit and firing the blaugranes would be a totally different proposition, particularly in the Clasico against Madrid.
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It’s a test of Xavi’s mettle as a coach to see if he can get the best out of his players seemingly when the odds are stacked against them.
If they’re able to emerge from that tough set of fixtures relatively unscathed, it could author how well the rest of the season pans out.
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Coup dur pour Robert Lewandowski ce mercredi soir à l’Estádio do Dragão. Touché à la cheville gauche, l’attaquant polonais a dû quitter ses coéquipiers sur blessure lors de la courte victoire catalane sur la pelouse du FC Porto (1-0), et ce dans le cadre de la deuxième journée de Ligue des champions, pour prendre la première place du groupe H. Il a d’ailleurs été remplacé à la 34e minute de jeu par le seul buteur de la rencontre, Ferran Torres.
Dans un communiqué publié par le club, l’ancien buteur du Bayern Munich «souffre d’une entorse à la cheville gauche. Il est indisponible et son évolution déterminera sa disponibilité.» Il devrait rater le déplacement à Grenade pour le compte de la neuvième journée de la Liga. De plus, le quotidien sportif catalan Sport ajoute que le joueur de 35 ans sera même éloigné des terrains durant un mois, de quoi remettre en question sa présence pour le Clasico face au Real Madrid, prévu le 28 octobre à 16h15.
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Les relations entre la Fédération polonaise de football (PZPN) et Robert Lewandowski pourraient se rafraichir alors que le capitaine des Biało-czerwoni (Blanc-rouge en français, ndlr) avait déjà eu des propos assez durs envers l’instance dirigeante. L’attaquant du FC Barcelone est en effet dans l’oeil du cyclone depuis qu’une polémique le concernant commence à prendre de l’ampleur en Pologne. L’ancien joueur du Bayern Munich aurait invité toute la sélection polonaise au restaurant Nusr-Et du célèbre Salt Bae, lors de la Coupe au Qatar après le premier match contre le Mexique, avant d’envoyer la facture à sa fédération, selon le journaliste Piotr Wołosik. Une affaire qui commence à faire grand bruit dans le pays natal du joueur de 35 ans.
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Cette information est à prendre avec des pincettes sachant que la PZPN n’a pas validé la déclaration du journaliste malgré les relations tendues qu’elle entretient avec le joueur du FC Barcelone. Alors que la Pologne doit affronter l’Albanie dans le cadre des qualifications pour le prochain Euro qui aura lieu en 2024, ces rumeurs pourraient avoir un impact sur la sélection et les coéquipiers de l’attaquant. Pour tenter de calmer la polémique, le directeur de la communication de la PZPN, Tomasz Kozłowski, s’est d’ailleurs exprimé pour calmer le jeu. «Il s’agissait d’un dîner privé pour les joueurs et, pour autant que je sache, il a été payé par le capitaine de l’équipe avec de l’argent privé», a-t-il notamment déclaré. Ambiance…
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Robert Lewandowski has ended his miny goalscoring drought against Cadiz just in time for Barcelona’s huge clash with Man United on Thursday.
The Polish striker is not in the best of form at present, despite the goal vs Cadiz being his 24th of the campaign, and had gone three games without scoring a goal – which is unusual for the 34-year-old.
Man United kept Lewandowski quiet during their 2-2 thriller against Barcelona at the Camp Nou, but with the second league of their Europa League set to take place on Thursday at Old Trafford, the Red Devils will be slightly worried that Barca’s goalscoring machine is back amongst the goals.
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Great news for Xavi and Barça. For several weeks, the Catalan club has been trying to reduce the three-game suspension imposed on Robert Lewandowski for his exclusion against Osasuna last November. The Blaugranas consider the latter too severe and had seized the Court of Arbitration for Sport to try to have it invalidated. However, the court had rejected the appeal, putting an end to the debate, it was thought. Only, it seems that Barça won their case via the central court in Madrid.
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The club has indeed announced via its Twitter account that “Robert Lewandowski will be able to play tomorrow against Espanyol after the Central Court of Madrid has granted a precautionary measure to the sanction imposed by the TAD”. The Polish striker will try to help his team retain the top spot in La Liga. For once, Barça can thank Madrid.
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Robert Lewandowski will be able to be aligned by Xavi for the derby between Barça and Espanyol. Initially suspended for three games, the central court in Madrid granted a precautionary measure for the Polish striker.
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The round of 16 delivered their verdict by ending with the magnificent victory of Portugal against Switzerland (6-1). If stars like Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi have assured by qualifying their respective selection, others have failed. The 10 Sport offers you its list of the biggest flops of the eighth.
The quarter-finalists of Global are known ! Brilliant again, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé qualified their team, with the help of their teammates of course. The two stars of PSG showed up, unlike several big names in world football.
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Lonely, the striker Barca will not have managed to worry the Blues. The Poland cracked under the onslaught of Kylian Mbappe and his teammates (3-1). Robert Lewandowski was expected at the turn, he did not respond present. Very little present in the game, he still tried his luck, in vain. The highlight of the show was his penalty at the very end of the game, missed the first time and then withdrawn thanks to the placement error ofHugo Lloris. He will have taken care of his exit statistically but will never have weighed on the meeting.
Koulibaly failed
If there was one meeting not to be missed, it was this one. Captain of the Senegal, Kalidou Koulibaly completely failed. He did not know how to guide the Teranga Lions towards the feat and was a spectator of the defeat of his family against england (3-0). Draft at the revival, he put his defense in difficulty. The defender of chelsea also lacked precision in his interventions, such as his yellow card received at the end of the game (76 ‘). He missed the biggest meeting of his career.
Gavi-Busquets, the Spanish fiasco
The surprise of the round of 16 came from the meeting between spain and the Morocco. Defeated on penalties, the Spaniards played backwards like Sergio Busquets. The Barcelona midfielder was suffocated by the Atlas lions. Helpless and much too slow, he failed to unlock the game with his passes. The physical challenge was too great for Busquets. Finally, he missed his shot on goal.
His colleague from Barca Pablo Gavi also passed by. The crack showed that he had legs by being available between the very tight Moroccan lines. Despite everything, he did not prove to be dangerous enough in the projection. He lacked maturity by committing 4 faults. Luis Enrique replaced him on the hour mark.
Sommer, McKennie and Kamada exit through the back door.
Yann Sommer got us used to better, like Euro 2020, played in 2021, for example. Powerless on the first four Portuguese goals, he is not free from reproach on the last two. He folded too quickly on the third goal of the infernal Goncalo Ramos and gave up on the strike of rafael leao. The results are heavy for the Swiss goalkeeper who took 6 against the Portuguese armada.
Weston McKennie had to wear the UNITED STATES It front of Netherlands. Very good in the group stages, he was logically expected. He did not put the usual impact that allowed him to recover the ball and project forward breaking lines. Late on the first Dutch goal (10′), he was replaced shortly after the hour mark (67′). Its release coincided with the American reaction.
Finally, Daichi Kamada missed his meeting against the Croatia. very good against OM in Champions League, he had to be the technical leader of the Japanese collective. His placement a little off center did not benefit him. He lacked accuracy, a defect that we rarely usually know about him. He will have been in the shadow of Wataru Endothe good surprise of this Japanese selection which will not have been undeserved.
Robert Lewandowski and Lionel Messi will finally meet again. In the same group for the 2022 World Cup, the two attackers, who will face each other in Poland-Argentina, this Wednesday (8:00 p.m.) will have the heavy task of qualifying their selection, they who have often repeated that the 2022 World Cup, at the Qatar, would besurely the lastof their career. Badly embarked in the qualifying phases, Poles and Argentines are counting on their two geniuses to save their nation. But between the two men, the relationship has never been tender.
A Ballon d’Or which caused debate
Messi and Lewy first met on a pitch during a Champions League night at Camp Nou. Twirling, Lionel Messi had rolled over Bayern Munich by scoring twice (3-0). In the return match, Robert Lewandowski had scored, but had not prevented the Bavarian elimination (3-2). “I never tire of being talked about well. But above all I want to go home to see my wife, my son who must already be sleeping. I want to enjoy my family”had simply explained La Pulga, that evening.
But the relationship will then become tense publicly, a few years later. Author of an exceptional season, Robert Lewandowski was not crowned Ballon d’Or 2020, when he was the big favorite. The trophy had been canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The following year, Lionel Messi offered his seventh Ballon d’Or… ahead of Robert Lewandowski. “Robert, I know you couldn’t win that trophy last year. But I want to emphasize that you would have deserved to win it, because what you have been achieving for several months is exceptional., assured the Argentinian, after his coronation. A humble statement, but one that did not sit well with Lewandowski.
An 8-2 that left its mark
“I would like Messi to be sincere and not to be empty words (…) I cannot say that I was happy, on the contrary. I had a feeling of helplessness. To be so close, to compete with Messi… Of course I respect the way he plays and what he has achieved”, had, for his part, replied Lewandowski. Hostilities were therefore launched and La Pulga’s response was strongly commented on. “Honestly, I don’t share his words, but I didn’t give it much importance either. Let him say what he wants, I’m not interested. The words I spoke at that moment came from the heart”.
And if the Argentinian had won the Ballon d’Or in front of the Pole a few weeks earlier, the latter was able to console himself with the title of best player of the year 2021 during the trophies The Best, organized by FIFA. And for the occasion, Lionel Messi had not voted for the Pole. This would have caused some tension in Lewandowski, who then spoke, addressing a small tackle, in reference to the 8-2 conceded in C1. “It is his choice, he is the one to be questioned. I haven’t done anything wrong to him so that he can blame me, except on a sporting level. I don’t have to say anything negative about Messi or be angry (…) He asked for a Ballon d’Or for me, but he didn’t vote for me for The Best trophies ».
FC Barcelona to bury the hatchet
But since this new duel which is being prepared in Qatar, many things have changed. Robert Lewandowski took over the reins of the Catalan attack and Lionel Messi finally won his new club, with PSG. Asked by an Argentinian media about it at a press conference during this World Cup, Robert Lewandowski denied any tension and was even annoyed. “My relationship with Messi? When did I say that? Where ? You must have seen it on Instagram. I never said anything about Messi. Messi is in great form not only with the national team, but also with PSG. You can see with every step that he is an FC Barcelona legend..
Something to ease tensions, while Lionel Messi has since not raised the subject, preferring to focus on the qualification of his selection in the round of 16. “We have to keep moving forward step by step; now we have to think about Poland to try to finish first”, explained the captain of the Albiceleste. Now the two strikers, 34 and 35, will have to give everything to qualify for a World Cup that is more than important for them. Their public reunion before kick-off will necessarily be scrutinized.
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