Lewandowski challenges Halland in the "Classico" Bayern Munich and Dortmund.. Know his date
The Polish strikers Robert Lewandowski and the Norwegian Erling Haaland will meet Saturday (20:30 in the death of the Emirates) in what could be the last chapter between them in the German Football League, in the "Classico" summit between leaders Bayern Munich and runner-up Borussia Dortmund in the thirty-first stage.
The Bavarian giant, the leader with 72 points, stands on the threshold of winning the title for the tenth season in a row if it beats its guest Dortmund, which will allow it to raise the difference between them to 12 points, three stages before the end.
In turn, Lewandowski, the top two goalscorer with 32 goals in 30 games, can raise the "Bundesliga" shield for the tenth time in his career, as he won the title in the eight seasons in a Bayern shirt, after he had previously achieved this achievement twice with his former team Dortmund, who left him about Bavaria in 2014.
While Halland, the 21-year-old and the third-ranked scorer (18 in 20), still has a lot to prove, Lewandowski, 33, played a decisive role in the last six confrontations between the two teams, all of which Bayern won, with the Polish international scoring 8 goals against 5 for the Norwegian.
Lewandowski also scored 26 goals, including a hat-trick twice, in 25 matches against his former team, and netted
twice in the last 3-2 victory last December in the 14th stage.
For the Bavaria giants in 106 matches between them in the league, winning 51 to 25 for Dortmund, who suffered seven defeats in a row against Bayern, where his last victory in the “Bundesliga” dates back to four years ago.
"They are two world-class superstars" in the league and "the most popular abroad," Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke told Sport Bild.
The duo recently appeared in an English-language TV commercial about the German Bundesliga as they faced off in a poker match.
The two players share their names in press reports about their departure this summer from the “Bundesliga”, as Haaland was linked to Manchester City, indicating that he could earn $652,000 per week, which would make him the highest paid in the Premier League if the defending champion and leader decided to pay 75 million. Euros, which is the release clause in his contract with Dortmund.
On the other hand, although the contract of "Liva" extends until 2023, reports in turn indicated the possibility of his departure, specifically to Barcelona, Spain, and the wife of the Polish striker fueled rumors after she posted on Instagram that she was learning Spanish.
Bayern CEO and former goalkeeper Oliver Kahn has admitted that Lewandowski is "thinking about the future", in other words he is considering leaving Bayern Munich, where he has won every title available.
It is certain that the departure of Haaland and Lewandowski will make the German League an orphan of its most prominent stars and reduce its importance.
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