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France Football is considering the possibility of organizing a ceremony to award the Ballon d’Or to Robert Lewandowski, who deserved to win it in 2020, but was not awarded.
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- 2020, how can we forget it, was the unfortunate year of the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Let us remember that football also stopped at times, only to then resume, almost everywhere, with matches played in deserted stadiums.
- For the first time in its history – since 1956 – the 2020 Ballon d’Or was not awarded.
- Four years later, France Football is now considering giving it to the person who deserved it: the then Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski.
Four years ago, in 2020, when he played for Bayern Munich, Robert Lewandowski he was the favorite to win the most prestigious of individual awards, the Ballon d’Or.
Unfortunately for the Pole, the Covid-19 pandemic forced France Football to cancel the award and awards ceremony. For the first time since 1956, the year in which the award was established, the Golden Ball was not awarded to anyone.
With 55 goals in 47 games that season, after winning the Champions League, finishing as top scorer with 15 goals, Lewa was undoubtedly the player most credited with the victory, but things went differently.
France Football is now considering the possibility of finally awarding the award to the Barcelona player, a few years late.
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In a recent interview with «Sport Bild», the Polish striker explained: «In 2020 and 2021 I had the best years of my career. A friend recently sent me some statistics: I scored 100 goals in 85 games.”
And what does it say about the possibility of a late award?
«Of course I would have liked to win the Ballon d’Or. Not that I’m angry or sad because I don’t have the trophy yet, but I feel like I could have won it in one of the two years (2020 and 2021 ed.). Let’s put it this way: if I received the 2020 Ballon d’Or four years later, I wouldn’t be offended. It would be a great honor and I would accept the award.”
