Sports Center/Reported by Chen Guanyu
With the reputation of “World Footballer”, Polish star Robert Lewandowski, who played for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, scored three goals in just 10 minutes in the just-concluded Champions League round of 16. “Trick”, helped the team beat Salzburg 7-1, successfully advanced to the quarter-finals, and scored five hat-tricks in the Champions League in his career, second only to football legend Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s eight Second-rate.
In the game against Salzburg, Lewandowski scored three goals in a row in the 12th, 20th and 22nd minutes of the game. It only took 10 minutes to score three goals, and he played a personal role. The fifth hat-trick in the Champions League helped the team lead 4:0 in the first half, won 7:1 at the end, and successfully advanced to the quarter-finals.
With the outbreak of the Ukrainian-Russian war, the same group of opponents in the second round of the 2022 World Cup European playoffs, including the Czech, Polish and Swedish Football Associations, also issued a joint statement, refusing to participate in any matches with Russia. In this regard, Lewandowski also publicly stated recently that “we cannot pretend that nothing happened”, supporting the decision of the Polish Football Association to be unwilling to play against Russia.
As the Chinese communications giant Huawei was accused of secretly helping Russia resist hackers, Lewandowski decided to terminate the contract with Huawei in order to support Ukraine, giving up the three-year 5 million euro (about NT$154 million) endorsement contract signed this year. In this regard, Huawei has also confirmed the news of the termination of the contract, wishing Lewandowski a better development in the future.