Real Madrid – Barcelona. There is a lot of talk about punishing Lewandowski. “He has to leave the game.”

Robert Lewandowski enters 2024 in much better shape than he finished last year. After 12 months of constant turmoil on and off the pitch, the Pole is finally back at the level he would like to be at, or at least close to it. The current Robert Lewandowski is a completely different player to the one we saw throughout 2023. There were clear moments where some rays could be seen, but there was a lack of regularity.

This was influenced by the events in which the Polish national team participated. Our captain became a scapegoat for the whole bonus scandal and all the scandals surrounding the team, which made us lose some of our desire to play football. – Footballers will always try, but when you separate one car from the locomotive, the burden becomes greater. When all these other things come together, the burden is huge, and in addition to that, you lose games and you don't qualify for the European Championships, from the group you have to advance from, it's all such that you don't achieve success – said Lewy in an interview with FootTrucka. “, referring to the situation surrounding the employees.

In the same conversation, our captain also admitted that Michel Proppers changed his attitude and made him want to play again. The Pole also added that he has done special training to ensure that we will see him in much better condition after Christmas. To his credit, he wasn't lying. The situation has been very clear for several weeks, and Lewandowski is back in good shape and, most importantly, regular in his game.

Thanks to this, he once again became a very important player in his team and finally the fans appreciated him as well. Perhaps the potential absence of “Lewi” in the El Clasico match is a greater loss, and the situation is dangerous for him. The Pole received a yellow card in the match of the 30th round of the Spanish League against Las Palmas because he left the field too slowly, and in Spain there was a discussion about whether “Lewy” had imposed the card by presenting unsportsmanlike behavior, which may have meant stopping the match. Additional.

“The Spanish Federation's Disciplinary Code clearly defines this issue: If a player receives the fifth yellow card during a match, he may be punished with a penalty in addition to the penalty stipulated in the Code. An additional suspension and an additional fine of one euro.” 600 things are possible” – this is how similar behavior describes the disciplinary code of the Spanish Football Federation. We can certainly assume that “Lewy” showed this attitude, but what is more important is the opinion of the competent committee.

According to journalist Carlos Gonzalez from the Spanish newspaper “Marcia”, the decision must be clear to the evaluators and Lewandowski should not play in El Clásico. “However, in my opinion, in the case of Lewandowski and Cancelo, they should be punished for two matches and should therefore miss the match against Real Madrid. The Spanish Football Federation’s Disciplinary Code is categorical on this matter and states that if a player receives a warning ‘in order to take a penalty kick, he must To take the penalty kick and an additional penalty kick, i.e. two. This is what happened with Lewandowski and Cancelo, although many do not want to see it or say that it is unproven. What Lewandowski did was rude. “They called him from the touchline to make a substitution, so he looked away and waited until the referee decided to warn him, which was completely intentional and a provocation of behavior.”

However, the journalist continues to say that he has no illusions, and the Pole and Portuguese will have the right to play at the Santiago Bernabéu. “Having said that, I'm pretty sure nothing will happen here. There will be no sanctions and both will play at the Bernabéu unless there are injuries or illnesses. Therefore, it would be better if they removed this rule, which serves nothing.” “The purpose is only to make fun of themselves, and if they stick to it, let them apply it,” the journalist wrote. In all this, we must remember that “Marca” is a daily newspaper published in Madrid.

There isn't much time to solve this puzzle. El Clásico is less than three weeks away. If Lewandowski or Cancelo is suspended further, we will know for sure in the next few days. Barcelona will have fewer chances without these two in the match against Real Madrid.