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Robert Lewandowski raised his price by a few, maybe even 10 million during the 90 minutes of Wednesday night. The Polish football star scored four goals in the Champions League semi-final match, helping Dortmund's "Borussia" team defeat Real Madrid 4:1.
The 24-year-old striker from Warsaw made history in the Champions League - no one has ever managed to score four goals against Real Madrid.
Teams like "Manchester United", "Manchester City", London's "Chelsea" and Munich's "Bayern" closely follow the moves of the Pole on the field, so it is certain that football giants will enter an even more intense battle for the talented striker after the miraculous Champions League semi-final.
"I have no doubt that he will stay," says "Borussia" coach Jurgen Klopp, cooling the ambitions of competitors. The calm, intelligent, and talented striker is appreciated by both teammates and opponents.
Who is he - the leader of the Polish national team and Dortmund's "Borussia", the most productive player in the Bundesliga?
A brief look at the Champions League semi-final giant R. Lewandowski.
Uniqueness
This player is the epitome of calmness even when he has a great opportunity to attack. He is brave and devilishly fast. At the same time, he is a selfless player whose main focus is the team's interests. He will always pass the ball to a teammate in a better position to score.
Undervaluation
At first, there was less charm. A respected football coach in Poland, Franciszek Smuda, who led the national team in the 2012 European Football Championship, four years ago coached the Poznan "Lech" team and received an invitation to attend a match of the Pruszkow "Znicz" club. The famous coach traveled a long way to see the 20-year-old R. Lewandowski playing at the time.
However, just 15 minutes after the start of the match, F. Smuda shouted to the inviting coach, "You owe me money for gas! If I wanted to see trees, I would go straight to the forest!"
But F. Smuda's opinion later changed, and the young striker received a contract with the "Lech" team. In two seasons, R. Lewandowski scored 32 goals for the Poznan team.
Who is interested in this player now?
It is probably easier to make a list of teams that are not interested in the striker. London giants - "Chelsea", "Tottenham Hotspur" and "Arsenal", "Liverpool", "Manchester City", "Manchester United". Of course, Munich's "Bayern". Also, football giants from Spain.
Family
As is often the case in such situations, a talented athlete inherits his talent from sporting parents. R. Lewandowski's father, Krzysztof, was a judo champion in Poland, and also played football - representing the Warsaw "Hutnik" team in the second division. Roberto's mother, Iwona, was a volleyball player and defended the honor of the Warsaw AZS team.
Private life
It seems that R. Lewandowski is a homebody and more inclined to stay at home. His fiancee Anna Stachurska won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Karate Championship. The couple will have their wedding in Warsaw this summer.
By the way, Anna helps her fiance prepare physically, improve his movements in the air. The German media has dubbed the couple "Poland's Beckhams".
Money
His market price? Not higher than his talent deserves. Last summer, the striker was valued at 30 million pounds, but this January his price on the football market dropped to 18 million euros. His contract with Borussia Dortmund is valid until the end of the next season.
