Lewandowski and Aubameyang meet once more following 8 years.
[골닷컴] Reporter Choi Dae-hoon = Robert Lewandowski and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who played for Borussia Dortmund, met once more at FC Barcelona.
The long Lewandowski transfer saga has come to an end. On the 17th (Korean time), Barcelona officially announced the signing of Lewandowski. Lewandowski, who had hoped for a transfer even before the end of the 2021-22 season, seemed to have been canceled due to opposition from Bayern Munich officials, but the transfer was made with difficulty as Barcelona paid a large transfer fee.
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After Lewandowski joined Barcelona, he was reunited with Aubameyang, who he had met at Dortmund in the past, following 8 years. Lewandowski moved to the rival team Munich at the end of the 2013-14 season, but Aubameyang has been with Dortmund since the 2013-14 season, so they only spent one season together.
In the 2013-14 season, Lewandowski was already a well-established star player at Dortmund, and Aubameyang was nothing more than a striker who might not remove the title of a prospect. However, their chemistry was so good that it didn’t seem like they were spending the season together for the first time, and Dortmund’s old and new striker combination boasted formidable destructive power.
In 48 appearances in all competitions, Lewandowski scored 28 goals and provided 13 assists, of which 20 were league goals, making him the Bundesliga top scorer for the first time. Aubameyang was no different. Aubameyang contributed 16 goals and 5 assists in 47 appearances in his debut season, contributing significantly to Dortmund’s second place in Ligue 1 alongside Lewandowski.
After working together for a season, Lewandowski left for Munich, and Aubameyang grew into a key striker for Dortmund and developed into a rivalry. Of course, it is true that Munich continued to win the Bundesliga, but Aubameyang and Lewandowski did their best in their respective positions and showed off their skills to the fullest.
With Aubameyang’s transfer to Arsenal, the number of encounters or clashes between the two players has decreased. The two players met once more on the same team following eight years. At the age of 33, it is noteworthy whether the two players, who have been active ‘together’ on the unfamiliar Spanish stage, will be able to reproduce the destructive power of that time.
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