UEFA announced, in the form of a statement issued through official platforms early Thursday afternoon, that Robert Lewandowski has been named the Champions League player of the week.
The Polish international, from Barcelona, thus overcame the competition of Leroy Sané (from Bayern Munich), Kylian Mbappé (from Paris Saint-Germain) and Piotr Zielinski (from Napoli).
The 34-year-old forward sees, in this way, recognized the gala display signed in Barcelona's 5-1 rout of Viktoria Plzen, in which he signed a hat-trick at Camp Nou.
With this (slack) triumph, it is recalled, Barcelona added the first three points and ended the first round in the lead of Group C.