Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has praised Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham for his quick begin to the season, however warned he’s out to attain extra objectives within the race for the Pichichi Trophy.
Bellingham has change into a worldwide phenomenon since becoming a member of Real Madrid from Borussia Dortmund over the summer time, registering 13 objectives and three assists in his 14 video games to this point for Los Blancos. Many of the 20-year-old’s strikes have come late on to safe wins for Real Madrid, together with of their 2-1 victory at Barca in El Clasico final month.
10 of Bellingham’s objectives in Real Madrid colors have are available in La Liga, and he presently leads the scoring charts – his closest rivals are Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann and Villarreal’s Gerard Moreno, who’ve eight objectives every.
During his debut 2022/23 season for Barcelona, Lewandowski scored a La Liga-high 23 objectives to take residence the Pichichi trophy – Spain’s model of the Golden Boot. He presently has seven objectives to his title to this point this time period.
When requested by MARCA when amassing his award if he is able to struggle Bellingham for the Pichichi award, Lewandowski mentioned: “The season is long. He [Bellingham] is a very good player. Now it is not easy to score many goals in La Liga.
“Many groups, they play with a defensive and bodily fashion. But we’re Barca. We not solely need to win, however rating many objectives.”
Lewandowski added his success “hasn’t stopped my starvation to attain extra” but despite his assertions, Barcelona (26) have scored only the fourth-most goals in La Liga so far this season, with Real Madrid (28), Atletico Madrid (29) and Girona (31) all finding the net more frequently.
Barcelona also have ground to make up if they are to retain their La Liga title, heading into the November international break third in the table – two points adrift of Real Madrid and four behind Girona.
Barca return to action on Saturday with a trip to Rayo Vallecano, while Real Madrid visit Cadiz on Sunday.
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