The Bayern Munich manager used all his irony to comment on Lewandowski’s move to Barcelona

Barcelona, that same club that in August last year told Lionel Messi that for money he could not renew his contract and so he expelled him to Paris Saint Germain, now he is the same who bought Robert Lewandowski, star of Bayern Munich and one of the most important scorers in Europe. Nobody understands what happened in between, much less the coach of the German team, Giuliano Nagelmann.

The Bayern manager admitted his disbelief before the transfer policy of FC Barcelona, ​​a club that made headlines in recent months due to its high debts. “They bought a lot of players, I don’t know how: is the only club in the world that has no money but can buy any player. He’s crazy to me, “he was surprised at a press conference in Washington, where the German champion club is on a pre-season tour.

“They find solutions. I don’t know how, but yes, they have a better team than last seasonadded the 34-year-old coach, who lost Lewandowski, whose contract expired in June 2023.

There were several weeks of negotiations between Lewandowski and the Bayern management, until the team finally accepted the transfer of the Pole to the Catalan team in an operation. 45 million euros (45.4 million dollars)plus about 5 million euros (5.04 million dollars) in bonuses.

“It was good business for Bayern. It’s difficult, he scored a lot of goals and was one of Bayern’s great stars, but he would have gone anyway, if it hadn’t been this season, next, so we would have had the challenge in a year. That’s why the deal isn’t so bad for Bayern, “Nagelsmann estimated.

Before Lewandowski, Barça was already very active in the market, especially with the signing of the Brazilian Raphina, formerly Leeds United, for 70 million euros (70.6 million dollars).

The new Barcelona already scores

On the same day he announced the signing of Lewandowski until 2027, Barcelona easily dominated MLS league Inter Miami in the first game of the US tour and in which three of the new Blaugrana acquisitions played: Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen and Raphina.

The fourth addition to the Barcelona squad, Pole Robert Lewandowski, witnessed the match from the stands accompanied by Gerard Piqué and Ferrán Torres. It is expected that it will be unveiled at this time in Miami and that it will play in the classic with Real Madrid on Saturday in Las Vegas.

In his first game and without his big star, Barsa had absolute control of the match during the 90 minutes played at the DRV PNK stadium in Fort Lauderdale, which had its first full house in history with tickets close to $ 2,000 in resale.

The blaugrana had 66% of possession and have made 23 shots on goal -for 1 Inter Miami-. From the beginning, the synergy between the Ivorian Kessi and Pedri worked, causing several dangerous situations in the Inter Miami area. If the combinations between Kessi and Pedri have driven Inter’s defensive line crazy, the speed of Rafhinha and Ansu Fati has added more headaches to the premises. In the rear, however, the Danish Christensen, who recently arrived from Chelsea, was solid in his central position.

The first chance for Barcelona comes before the first two minutes of play close at the feet of Kessi, who had received a tight pass from Pedri. But the Ivorian threw himself into the hands of Miami goalkeeper Nick Marsman of the Netherlands.

In the first 10 minutes Barça’s chances followed quickly thanks to Kessi, Ansu Fati and Eric García while Inter Miami remained locked in their own field. Until, on the 19th minute, a pairing between Pedri, Raphiha and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang culminates in the Gabonese who scores Barça’s first goal.

Six minutes later, Raphinha scored his first goal as a Barça player with a left-footed shot that Marsman could only graze and, just before half-time, a quick combination of a touch between Nico, Aubameyang, Raphipha and Ansu Fati took off. ended with the shot at Guinea Bissau against which Marsman was unable to do anything.

In the break, Óscar Hernández changed the starting 11 by including Iñaki Peña, Araujo, De Jong, Busquets, Alba, Dembéle, Gavi, Roberto, Pablo Torre, Ez Abade and Memphis. The changes in both teams did not change the dynamics of the match. Those of Miami still fail to get out of their half with danger and Barcelona punish incessantly, this time with Memphis, Dembéle and Gavi. The latter was the first to score after half-time when he picked up a corner kick on the spot in the 55th minute and finished hard.

With a 0-4 on the scoreboard and fourteen minutes later, the pressure from Memphis paid off with a great striker’s goal in which he showed his class. The Dutchman receives a ball from the left wing on the spot, steps on it, leaves his defender lying in front of the goalkeeper and shoots near the post.

With 0-5, Barça does not give up. An individuality of Dembéle put the final sixth. The Frenchman took the ball in the middle of the field, ran chased by the Miami players, planted himself at the edge of the large area of ​​the premises and from there he executed a low shot that slipped from the right of the goal.

With information from AFP