Robert Lewandowski was one of the highlights of FC Barcelona on a very poor night in Seville. Despite his performance being generally poor, punished by Betis‘ defensive solidity, the Pole once again demonstrated his goal-scoring instinct by scoring the goal that opened the scoring at the Benito Villamarín.
The forward crowned a spectacular collective play by Barça by pushing a precise low cross from Jules Koundé into an empty net, thus celebrating his 23rd goal of the season and his 16th in LaLiga EA Sports 2024/25. An impressive figure considering that only 17 rounds have been played in the league championship and that allows him to reach two historic records.
Lewandowski makes history at 36
And Lewandowski became the sixth player to score 16 or more goals in the first 17 rounds of the competition in the 21st century, joining Samuel Eto’o, Cristiano Ronaldo (4 times), Lionel Messi (3 times), Radamel Falcao and Diego Costa in this select group.
Likewise, he became the first player over 30 years old to score 16 goals in 17 rounds since Hugo Sanchez in the 1989-90 season and the first to do so at 36 years old. In addition, he celebrated for the fifth time in six games against Betis since his arrival in Barcelona, being the Verdiblancos one of his favorite victims in Spain. Despite the draw of the culés, ‘Lewy’ lived a historic night.
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