The 36-365 days-ragged striker has seven targets in La Liga this season and leads the scoring charts, seemingly rejuvenated under Flick after struggling on occasion final season.
AFP
26 September, 2024, 03:20 am
Closing modified: 26 September, 2024, 03:47 am
Robert Lewandowski continued his elegant accumulate and earned La Liga leaders Barcelona a 1-0 accumulate over Getafe on Wednesday.
The Polish forward struck from close vary within the major half to withhold Barca’s 100% file within the league to this level this season with their seventh victory.
Barcelona dominated despite no longer being in a position to add to their lead and restored a four-level profit on Right Madrid, who beat Alaves on Tuesday.
Coach Hansi Flick started Inaki Pena in purpose for the bothered Marc-Andre ter Stegen, out for months with a severe knee wound, and brought Marc Casado and Alejandro Balde wait on into the facet.
The reserve goalkeeper, who conceded 32 times in 17 suits all over all competitions final season, heard his name chanted supportively by fans at the wait on of his purpose and saved an early header from Carles Perez.
In distinction his reverse quantity David Soria’s extinct touch on Jules Kounde’s atrocious resulted in Barcelona’s opener on 19 minutes, the ball falling perfectly for Lewandowski to carry out from close rangeTeen starlet Lamine Yamal can beget doubled the lead moments later when Raphinha performed him in, but he nudged inches past the post.
Soria made a upright assign from Raphinha, who serene the August player of the month award earlier than kick-off, and soon sent yet any other effort skidding wide.
Yamal almost zigzag house a scrumptious curling strike from distance earlier than the hour, but Soria tipped it over the crossbar.
The Getafe goalkeeper also palmed a bad Raphinha free-kick all over the post as Barcelona pushed for a 2nd to set up the match to bed.
Spain’s Euro 2024 hero Yamal clipped the discontinue of the crossbar with a vicious effort from distance, as Barca began to grouse about Getafe’s once more and once more heavy challenges.
Raphinha neglected a golden probability within the final stages, heading wide after a suave drag into the field but Barcelona were no longer punished for their profligacy.
Getafe, 19th, are serene winless and wasted a elegant probability of their possess at the demise when Borja Mayoral failed to get a shot away when well placed and free for the length of the field.
The leaders next commute to face Osasuna on Saturday, earlier than 2nd-location Right Madrid face rivals Atletico Madrid in a derby clash on Sunday.
