Robert Lewandowski and Lionel Messi both played starring roles as they led their respective sides into the Champions League's quarter-finals on Saturday night.
The pair will come head to head again on Friday, August 14, in Lisbon as Barcelona meet Bayern Munich, battling for a place in the final four.
Lewandowski has enjoyed one of the best seasons of his career, managing to score 53 goals and a total of 34 in the Bundesliga, though he couldn't beat Ciro Immobile to the European Golden Boot.
Add to that his 13 Champions League goals and six in the DFB-Pokal, the No.9's tally is frightening for the Catalans.
Messi himself has had a respectable season in front of goal. He's scored 31 goals and added 27 assists across all competitions.
Twenty-five of those goals came in LaLiga Santander, despite missing the beginning of the campaign through injury, and he racked up 22 assists across the season.
In terms of their importance to their respective sides, Lewandowski accounts for 54 percent of Bayern's goals whereas Messi is responsible for 53 percent of Barcelona's.
Lewandowski's 13 Champions League goals is a career high for him, while Messi's three is his lowest total in the competition.
Jarein
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Worst messi ? How is this the worst Messi? It's Barcelona who's having a bad season not Messi. Heck he just had his best "assisting" season and you'al saying it's his worst season ? What planet you guys living in? This may not be his best "goalscoring season" and it would be difficult for him to have any better as he's getting older by the day. But he just broke an assist record. MESSI ain't having a bad season, Barca is. It's like saying coz Juve is playing so badly then Ronaldo is having a bad season. 😒 He ain't.
RMA-France-ZizuMbape
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there is no Worst Messi. Messi is always good. It only depends on the team results.
Noor99
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messi aint worst. the article is clearly saying that this season's messi's form has been the worst of his career, and even that form surpasses the best of most players
Yeah u right but to be honest while Barca team has been shit this season Messi is one man he can do it all and Bayern as a team has been more the great so it’s hard fore us Barca to win Bayern coz Barca is all one guy no one else steps up even suarez has been bad and injured and grizman has been a flop so 80 % of Barca attack has been Messi 80 % of Barca asist has been Messi 80% of playmaking has been Messi he can’t do it all
soccerleo
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The funniest thing is the worst Messi is a great threat for the best Lewandowski. It shows the quality of LIONEL MESSI, the greatest fotballer of all time.
che8
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Worst messi ? How is this the worst Messi? It's Barcelona who's having a bad season not Messi. Heck he just had his best "assisting" season and you'al saying it's his worst season ? What planet you guys living in? This may not be his best "goalscoring season" and it would be difficult for him to have any better as he's getting older by the day. But he just broke an assist record. MESSI ain't having a bad season, Barca is. It's like saying coz Juve is playing so badly then Ronaldo is having a bad season. 😒 He ain't.
most sensible comment of the season people always try to make messi the victim
Gunners4ever❤
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Worst messi ? How is this the worst Messi? It's Barcelona who's having a bad season not Messi. Heck he just had his best "assisting" season and you'al saying it's his worst season ? What planet you guys living in? This may not be his best "goalscoring season" and it would be difficult for him to have any better as he's getting older by the day. But he just broke an assist record. MESSI ain't having a bad season, Barca is. It's like saying coz Juve is playing so badly then Ronaldo is having a bad season. 😒 He ain't.
The most sensible comment here. Hats off to you👏👍
Harsh9
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SaadAkhtarKhan
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Worst messi ? How is this the worst Messi? It's Barcelona who's having a bad season not Messi. Heck he just had his best "assisting" season and you'al saying it's his worst season ? What planet you guys living in? This may not be his best "goalscoring season" and it would be difficult for him to have any better as he's getting older by the day. But he just broke an assist record. MESSI ain't having a bad season, Barca is. It's like saying coz Juve is playing so badly then Ronaldo is having a bad season. 😒 He ain't.
Yeah exactly I have been saying this forever! Messi has had a wonderful season, the ones having a bad season are Barcelona as a team collectively
Jarein
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His worst ucl season, that was what the post was talking about, plus that, yes, this season's messi was the prolly the worst messi of all time, this is the level of a goat. 25 goals and 22 assists is his worst season, messi is that good
How exactly do you even define "worst" Or do you not understand what that English word means ? I know the post was about UCL , i posted this because it had to be said coz of the "pity party" picture about " Messi having his worst season" that fans like yourself have been tryna paint to magnify his quality. We all already know his quality. But how is this his " worst season " when in 2013/14 he contributed a combined 55 (goals + assists) in all competitions, 2015/16 he contributed a combined 60 ( goals + assists ) and this season he's already contributed 56 (goals + assists); with games still yet to be played... And he's now 33 this season compared to 2013/14 and 15/16. Or is it that you'al just didn't learn additions and subtractions in school ? # Some fans are just pathetic. 😒
MrMeeeeeee
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even the worst messi is better then all the forward on the globe ..
You're absolutely correct , these RM snowflakes are like the Covid19 they spread their hate for everything not RM and fagnaldo