Lewandowski's aura: "In Poland, only John Paul II can compete with him"

Nightmares are only remembered if they are repeat offenders.

Barça has lost six of its last seven games against Bayern, including Lisbon's end-of-course collapse (2-8) or the defeats last year that cost it banishment to the Europa League (0-3 and 3- 0).

And he never won in Munich, a city to which the Barça team returns willing to bury its past.

The main reason for fear to give way to hope lies in

's new outfit .

The Polish striker scored 344 goals in 375 games for the Bavarians before his bosses flirted with

and he demanded a move to the Camp Nou.

Today, at 34 years old, he leads the reconstruction of a Barcelona that in a couple of months has learned to adore him.

Because his scoring ability continues to border on the absurd: he scores a goal every 52 minutes and is the top scorer in both the League (six) and the current Champions League (three).

Because he drags his teammates to extreme efforts on the field.

And because those young people who are taking over from the sacred cows of the booth have him as a mentor.

National hero

"Robert Lewandowski is a national hero for Poland.

The image of an entire country.

As if he were a god.

No one else can be compared to him in any field, be it political, sports or social.

Perhaps only our Pope,

, can compete with Lewandowski».

While it is true that the football story tends to hyperbole,

, a journalist for Canal Plus in Poland, is loaded with arguments to explain how his country lives surrendered to the striker.

“People love him very much.

It is the proof we have that we can achieve anything.

He comes from a humble family, his mother played volleyball and his father soccer, although he died when Robert was 16 years old.

His wife,

, who was a karateka before becoming a renowned nutritionist, also comes from a modest family.

They met 15 years ago when Robert was still playing in the Polish Third Division.

The couple charged about 600 euros.

He wasn't the most talented player and no one was fighting to sign him.

His story is proof that anything can be achieved.

A mirror where all Poles look at themselves.

That adoration can even be quantified from his new future at Barcelona.

"In recent years, Barça matches in Poland had an audience of around 80,000 people," explains the Canal Plus Poland journalist.

A few days ago, in the match against Valladolid, 400,000 spectators were reached.

It even reached 450,000 on the day of its official debut.

And this does not include those who watch the games on our internet platform.

There is a madness in Poland with Lewandowski and Barça incomparable to what he experienced during his time at Bayern.

I can guarantee it."

And

looks for answers in the enmity that engendered between Poles and Germans after the occupation of Nazi troops in World War II.

“In Germany they never saw us as equals.

There is more to see how Lewandowski, despite having been a top-level star in Germany, never starred in a major advertising campaign there.

I barely remember an advertisement with Opel during his time at Dortmund with the other two Poles who were playing for Borussia at the time,

and

.

Now, at Barcelona, ​​his position in the advertising market changes».

In the Camp Nou offices, meanwhile, they are enthusiastic about the motivation of a footballer who, given a long and productive career, could have taken advantage of his contract with Barcelona to say goodbye peacefully.

«Look at the happy face of him in the games.

It is the same one that he brings from home every morning when he comes to train.

And the same one with which he returns with his family », affect from the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, amazed by his lace.

Happiness

Corroborates Krecidlo: «We are not used to seeing him so happy.

But it is that both his wife and he had been wanting to live in Spain for a long time.

They already had a house in Mallorca, and you only have to see how they have adapted to Castelldefels, or how Anna has already made friends with the couples of

or

.

This offer from Barcelona was perhaps the last chance they had, that's why they are so happy."

Although the Allianz fans are expected to thank Lewandowski on Tuesday for the services provided during the last eight seasons,

's Bayern , which has just drawn three draws in the Bundesliga that have served to increase suspicions, and with Sadio Mané as new offensive flag, he wonders if he was prepared to open the door for him.

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