DER NEW BOMBER
Turns out you’ll like him even less if he’s angry. After a disappointing end to an otherwise stupendous 2019-20 – a campaign in which 55 goals were scored and a Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League treble was secured – Robert Lewandowski went full Hulk-mode in 2020-21.
The Polish frontman was cruelly denied his Ballon d’Or 12 months ago – France Football’s annual gala was scrapped due to the global pandemic, with Lewy an absolute shoo-in – but responded by somehow taking his game to extraordinary new heights.
Bayern sauntering to their ninth-straight Meisterschale was nothing special, but the man firing them there certainly was – and starting the calendar year, had a seemingly unassailable club record in his crosshairs.
