"Approaching his 38th birthday, Lewandowski continues to make history. He could add another chapter tonight if he scores in his first career match against FC Copenhagen. The Barcelona forward would add the Danish side to the list of teams he has scored against in Europe's top competition. Last week, he turned Slavia Prague into his 39th victim, moving past the 38 of Cristiano Ronaldo and closing in on the 40 achieved by Lionel Messi with Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain."
"The Pole had not yet opened his account in this edition of the European Cup. With his goal in the Czech capital, he has now scored in 15 consecutive Champions League seasons. He is the third-highest scorer in the competition's history, sharing the podium with Cristiano and Messi. Ronaldo leads with 140 goals in 183 matches, an average of 0.76 per game, the same as Lewandowski, who has 106 goals in 139 appearances for Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona."
"At his age, catching them overall is unrealistic, but Lewandowski could still climb the ranking of Barcelona players with the most goals in the European Cup. Messi's 129 goals are out of reach, but Lewandowski already has 20 in 33 matches as a Barcelona player, the same total as Luis Enrique achieved in 41 games. He is now only behind Luis Suarez (25), Rivaldo (25), Neymar (21) and Patrick Kluivert (21)."
FC Barcelona faces FC Copenhagen with Barcelona seeking a top-eight finish and direct progression to the Round of 16. Robert Lewandowski is likely to start as No. 9 despite Ferran Torres recently returning from injury. Lewandowski can add Copenhagen to the list of teams he has scored against and move closer to Lionel Messi's record of scoring against 40 different opponents. He has scored in 15 consecutive Champions League seasons and ranks third overall in Champions League goals. At Barcelona, he has 20 European Cup goals in 33 matches and sits behind Suarez, Rivaldo, Neymar and Kluivert in club European scoring.
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