Robert Lewandowski will have a special date this Tuesday, November 26th when FC Barcelona faces Stade Brestois. Why? Because at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, surrounded by the warmth of his fans, the 36-year-old Polish 'killer' can enter the pantheon of historic goal scorers in this competition, where legends like Cristiano Ronaldo, the absolute leader of the competition with 140 goals, and Lionel Messi, second in this category with a total of 129 goals, have already solidified their positions.
In this sense, if Robert Lewandowski manages to score a goal against Stade Brestois, he will become only the third footballer in the history of the UEFA Champions League to reach the century mark of goals. With this, 'Lewy' would also widen the gap with his closest pursuer, 36-year-old forward Karim Benzema, who currently sits in fourth place in this ranking with a total of 90 goals.
Now, Robert Lewandowski will embark on this journey facing a team against which, notably, he will compete for the first time in his career. However, the Warsaw native has also shown that, on occasions when he has had to face a French team, he has responded very well in terms of his goal-scoring performance.
Robert Lewandowski's History Against French Teams
For instance, in the seven matches he has played against Robert Lewandowski against Paris Saint-Germain, the French side he has faced the most, he managed to score a goal. Additionally, he has faced Olympique Lyon once and scored a goal there as well.
In contrast, he has faced, for example, AS Monaco and AS Nancy, teams against which he has not managed to score in a match against each respectively. Now it remains to be seen if Robert Lewandowski will score against Stade Brestois, thus reaching the milestone of 100 goals, the majority of which he has scored wearing the Bayern Munich jersey. With this team, he has scored 69 goals in the history of this competition.
Moreover, Lewandowski scored 17 goals with Borussia Dortmund and has netted 13 in his stint with Barcelona. In fact, he maintains his goal-scoring streak active and stronger than ever, as he is the top scorer of the competition in this season 2024-25, tied at the top of the table with Viktor Gyökeres, Harry Kane, and Raphinha, all with five goals each.