Memphis Depay vs Robert Lewandowski, two lethal predators go head to head
The Dutchman has been in great form and his Polish counterpart, even better
Bayern Munich and Barcelona are reliant on the goals of two of their forwards, in Robert Lewandowski and Memphis Depay. Two different styles but two predators. Two men who speak the language of goals but arrive at them by different means.
Camp Nou will be sold out with 40,000 fans, to watch the shoot-out. There are other duels, like Joshua Kimmich against Frenkie de Jong, but this could be the most decisive.
The Pole and the Dutchman so far this season have good records. Lewandowski has scored 46% of Bayern’s goals in the Bundesliga, six out of 13. At 33, he’s still in fine shape and as the years go by he gets better, more experience, more intuition. He has 301 goals in 333 games for Bayern, a sheer barbarity.
If he had not existed in the Messi-Cristiano era, we would be talking about the greatest goalscorer of recent times. Behind the extraterrestrials (Ronaldo 134, Messi 120), Lewandowski has 73 Champions League goals.
Lewa has also gone 14 games in a row scoring for Bayern, with 26 goals in that time.
On the other hand, Memphis Depay leads the line for Barca, after the traumatic departure of Lionel Messi. He’s got two goals in three games, with the team netting seven in total. He also has an assist. With the Netherlands, he hit a hat-trick against Turkey and a double against Montenegro.
In the Champions League he has eight in total and nine in his last 10 games across all competitions, including international. The shoot-out is on.
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