Is it human or AI? Team member, who is 4 years older than Son Heung-min, scored his 31st goal of the season...Europe's Top Five League Scoring Runs

Feb 10, 2025

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'Poland scoring machine' Robert Lewandowski (37, Barcelona)'s time seems to be going backwards.

Lewandowski started as a one-top striker in the 23rd round of the Spanish Primera Liga in the 2024-2025 season against Sevilla at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville, Spain, on the 10th (Korea time) and scored the first goal in seven minutes.

Hafinya opened the ball from outside the arc to the gate, and Martinez passed the header pass again to the other side of the goal, which Lewandowski fired and scored with a volley.

Lewandowski, who scored three consecutive La Liga goals, led the La Liga scoring with his 19th goal in the league. He again widened the scoring gap with Kylian Mbappe (16 goals for Real Madrid), who scored in the Madrid derby on the 9th, to three goals.

He also scored his 31st goal of the season, including the Cup tournament, to lead the top five European leagues in scoring. He scored more points than Harry Kane (28 goals for Bayern Munich), Mohamed Salah (26 goals for Liverpool), and Erling Holan (25 goals for Manchester City).

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Lewandowski, who left Munich in the summer of 2022 and settled in Barcelona, showed off his strong performance by scoring 33 goals in his first season (2022-2023). Lewandowski, who scored 26 goals in his second season (2023-2024), entered his third heyday this season with 31 goals, equivalent to one goal per game, in 33 games.

Currently, it is only a matter of time before breaking the record of the most goals scored by an individual in a single season since joining Barcelona. Furthermore, it can reach the 40 or 50 goal mark for the first time in four years after the 2021-2022 season. Lewandowski scored a personal record of 55 goals in the 2019-2020 season when he was in Munich.

Barcelona put Lewandowski at the top and formed the second line of attack with Ramin Yamal, Gavi and Hafinha. Pedri and Frenkie the dragon took charge of the midfield, while Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Martinez and Alejandro Valde set up four backs. Wojciech Szczesny took over the goal.

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Barcelona led off with Lewandowski's first goal and scored an equaliser to Ruben Vargas a minute later to end the first half 1-1. Barcelona, which ran away with Fermin López's goal in the first minute of the second half, won a 4-1 victory with consecutive goals by Hafinya in the 10th minute and Eric Garcia in the 44th minute. Araujo was replaced by an injury in the first half, and López was sent off for a rough tackle in the 17th minute of the second half.

Han Ji-flick's team, which won three consecutive league games, scored 48 points and chased down Real Madrid (50 points), which was tied with Atletico. There is one point difference between the leading Real, the second-place Atletico (49 points), and the third-place Barcelona.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.