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No Nelson Valdez

What has been said and cursed about Robert Lewandowski on the Südtribüne and on the other terraces of the Westfalenstadion this season? "He is never worth 5 millions."; "We have a new Nelson Valdez."; "Opportunity killer". During the last year, there have been several names for the young Pole who went to Dortmund after long transfer negotiations before the championship season. Of course, it has to be pointed out that Lewandowski played unlucky especially in the cup competitions. When Dortmund lost to Offenbach in the German Cup, Lewandowski –besides Barrios- was one of the players who did not succeed from the penalty point, being untypical for a forward. In addition, Lewandowski had the opportunity to widen the door to the knockout phase of the Europa League in Paris when he stormed to the goal all alone, but failed. This lead to his critics being even more critical about him, they said that "Lewy" had costed Borussia a lot of millions. However, the first season of Robert Lewandowski in a BVB-jersey was no failure, but the opposite: I would regard it as a success.