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Football: Poland's Lewandowski bags Bundesliga brace, eyes FIFA award

17.12.2020 08:30
Polish star striker Robert Lewandowski scored a brace as his Bayern Munich side beat Wolfsburg 2-1 in a German Bundesliga match on Wednesday night.
Robert Lewandowski scores for Bayern against Wolfsburg in Munich on Wednesday night.
Robert Lewandowski scores for Bayern against Wolfsburg in Munich on Wednesday night.Photo: PAP/EPA/Alexander Hassenstein/POOL

The Polish goal machine, who plays for Bayern and also captains Poland’s national squad, found the back of the net in first-half stoppage time and five minutes after the interval.

Lewandowski has scored 15 goals in the German Bundesliga this season and leads the table among the division’s top scorers.

After a remarkable performance last season, the Pole is one of three finalists, alongside Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi, for FIFA’s 2020 Best Men's Player award.

The award is set to be presented by world football’s governing body on Thursday evening.

The 32-year-old was in October named UEFA Player of the Year, a major European football honor adding to a long list of accolades for the Polish marksman.

Lewandowski was in June crowned the top scorer of Germany's Bundesliga premier league in the 2019/2020 season, his fifth such trophy since he began playing in Germany in 2010.

The Pole in March last year became the highest-scoring foreign player of all time in the Bundesliga, moving ahead of Peruvian Claudio Pizarro.

(gs/pk)

Source: PAP, fcbayern.com