Lewandowski’s unique record

21 Jun, 2020 - 00:06 0 Views

The Sunday Mail

Robert Lewandowski claimed the record for the most goals scored by a foreigner in the Bundesliga as champions Bayern Munich yesterday swept past Freiburg 3-1, while Werder Bremen look set to be relegated after losing at Mainz.

After Joshua Kimmich gave Bayern an early lead at a spectator-free Allianz Arena, Lewandowski scored twice in the first half to give him 33 league goals in 30 matches this season, having netted a total of 48 times in 41 games in all competitions.

The Poland striker’s tally beats the previous record of 31 goals set by Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2016/17 for Borussia Dortmund before he moved to present club Arsenal the following season.

 

 

Bayern coach Hansi Flick rotated against Freiburg with New Zealand midfielder Sarpreet Singh given his first start after becoming the first player of Indian origin to appear in the Bundesliga last December.

At the foot of the table, Bremen are set to be relegated for the first time in 40 years after they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Mainz.

Swedish winger Robin Quaison and Dutch attacking-midfielder Jean-Paul Boetius handed the hosts a comfortable lead, before Japan striker Yuya Osako gave Bremen hope by making it 2-1 with half an hour left.

Swiss substitute Edimilson Fernandes settled the matter when he got in behind the Bremen defence and made it 3-1 on 85 minutes for Mainz, who will now stay up.

The result leaves Bremen second from bottom and two points from 16th place which triggers a relegation play-off at the end of the season.

To have any chance of staying up, Bremen must now beat Cologne at home next weekend and hope 16th-placed Fortuna Duesseldorf, who drew 1-1 at home to Augsburg, lose at mid-table Union Berlin.

The race for the final two Champions League is wide open after teenage phenomenon Erling Braut Haaland clinically converted two crosses to seal Dortmund’s 2-0 win at third-placed RB Leipzig.

Dortmund, who will finish second, and Bayern have both qualified for next season’s Champions League, but two out of Leipzig, Gladbach and Leverkusen can still join them.

Haaland now has 13 goals in 14 league games since joining from Red Bull Salzburg and he showed more lethal finishing to convert crosses by 17-year-old US midfielder Giovanni Reyna and then Julian Brandt.

Haaland has 44 goals in 39 games for Dortmund and Salzburg this season.

European round-up

Germany Results

Bayern Munich 3-1 Freiburg

Dusseldorf 1-1 Augsburg

FC Koln 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt

Hertha Berlin 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen

Hoffenheim 4-0 Union Berlin

Mainz 3-1 Werder Bremen

Paderborn 1-3 B. Monchengladbach

RB Leipzig 0-2 Dortmund

Schalke 1-4 Wolfsburg

Spain

Espanyol 1-3 Levante

Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Real Betis*

Gatafe v Elbar (Played late)

Atl Madrid v Valladolid (Played late)

Fixtures

Celta Vigo v Alaves 2pm

Valencia v Osasuna 7:30pm

Real Sociedad v Real Madrid 10pm

Tomorrow

Villarreal v Sevilla 7:30pm

Leganes v Granada 10pm

Supersport

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