As: Injury and performance declined in the second half of the season, Lewandowski may miss the La Liga best scorer

May 21 According to the Ass, with only one round remaining in the La Liga against Athletic Bilbao, Lewandowski will likely miss his second Pichic Award (La Liga best scorer), which is expected to be won by Mbappe.

Currently, the Polish striker has scored 25 goals in La Liga and 40 goals in all competitions. However, he still failed to score his 100th goal for Barcelona. Lewandowski has not scored since the match against Dortmund on April 9, and in La Liga, his last goal was in the match against Girona on March 30.

Lewandow has always been a key player for Flick, and the German coach has reactivated him, and his success this season is inseparable from the Poles' goals. He scored 40 goals in 51 games. However, due to an injury at the end of the season and his decline in performance in the second half of the season, he has almost lost the nearly-received Best Scorer Award.

Harvey hopes to send him away in the summer, but Frick prevents this possibility because under his command, Lewandowski showed his best form in his career. He did not disappoint the German coach, and he performed very well at the beginning of the season, scoring 16 goals in the first 18 rounds, averaging 0.88 goals per game.

However, after the Christmas holiday, Lewandowski failed to maintain the previous pace of goal. Since his match against Atletico Madrid, he has scored only 9 goals in the next 20 rounds, with a per game dropping to 0.45 goals. In the Champions League, he scored 9 goals in the group stage, but only scored 2 goals in the subsequent games, both of which were scored against Dortmund at home.

Lewandow encountered the same situation in his first season at Barcelona, ​​joining as an excellent scorer and performing very well in the early stages. He made a total of 46 appearances that season and scored 33 goals. But in the early 15 rounds of the season, he scored 13 goals, averaging 0.86 goals per game, while in the remaining 23 rounds, he scored only 10 goals per game, and the average goal per game dropped to 0.43.

Lewandow has never concealed his downturn after the Qatar World Cup: "I feel like I've lost the spark." His performance decline has lasted almost throughout 2023, and his second season at Barcelona was his worst, and although overall his stats are good for any striker, it seems lower for Lewandowski.

In the 2023/24 season, he made 49 appearances and scored 26 goals. In La Liga, he scored a total of 19 goals, which is his worst record at Barcelona, ​​with only 3 goals in the Champions League, 2 goals in the King's Cup and Spanish Super Cup each. In the first 18 rounds of La Liga, he scored 8 goals, averaging 0.44 goals per game, but in the remaining 20 games, he scored 11 goals, increasing his average goal to 0.55.

In principle, Barcelona will not look for new centers in the market. They still trust Lewandowski and Ferran Torres may get more playing time next season. In addition, Olmo can be used as a fake Nine, and the team also hopes to introduce a winger who can play in the middle.

Although Lewandowski is still in good shape, it is obvious that his performance will gradually decline and Barcelona needs to have alternatives when his goals are reduced.