Muller Scores Twice! Lewandowski Approaches 100 Champions League Goals, Surpasses 50 Goals Post-30, Standing Shoulder to Shoulder with Ronaldo Tonight

On the early morning of October 2nd, in the second round of the first phase of the Champions League, Barcelona hosted a relatively weaker Young Boys at the Olympic Stadium. In this match, the 36-year-old Lewandowski scored twice, increasing his total number of goals in the Champions League career to 96, getting closer to unlocking the milestone of 100 Champions League goals. Notably, Lewandowski has become the second player to score at least 50 goals in the Champions League after turning 30, standing shoulder to shoulder with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Under his former mentor Flick, Lewandowski has returned to peak form, scoring 7 goals in the first 8 rounds of La Liga, leading the top scorer list ahead of players like Mbappe, Rafinha, and Yamal. On the Champions League stage, Lewandowski is also performing outstandingly, continuing to play the role of the key for Barcelona.

Facing a relatively weaker Young Boys, Barcelona opened the door to victory early on. Just 8 minutes into the game, Yamal made a pass from the edge of the penalty area, Rafinha followed up and crossed directly, Lewandowski understood and followed up at the far post, easily pushing the ball into an empty net.

Of course, this was just the beginning of Lewandowski’s performance.

Just 5 minutes after the restart, Rafinha delivered a corner kick, accurately finding Iñigo Martínez lurking at the far post, who nodded the ball across the goalmouth, Lewandowski did not disappoint his teammate’s efforts, heading the ball into the net from close range, changing the score to 4-0!

With these two goals, Lewandowski has contributed 9 goals and 2 assists in 10 appearances across all competitions this season, directly participating in 11 goals, only one step away from scoring double digits for the 13th consecutive season. It’s worth noting that the last time Lewandowski scored in single digits in a season was during the 10/11 season, when he had just joined Dortmund.

After scoring twice, Lewandowski’s total number of goals in the Champions League has risen to 96, maintaining third place in the all-time list, behind Cristiano Ronaldo with 140 goals and Messi with 129 goals. Given Lewandowski’s efficiency and Barcelona’s offensive prowess, it is highly possible that he will become the third player to reach 100 goals in the Champions League.

Before this, Lewandowski had already reached legendary status. Statistics show that among Lewandowski’s 96 Champions League goals, 51 were scored after turning 30. Before him, only one player in the history of the Champions League had achieved this, which is Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 68 goals in the Champions League after turning 30, a record yet to be surpassed.

However, now that Cristiano Ronaldo has moved to the Saudi league, his Champions League data is now fixed, while Lewandowski is still playing in the top five leagues and can continue scoring in the Champions League, fully capable of achieving surpassing this record.