'It was my best season' - Lewandowski laments Ballon d'Or omission

The prolific Pole feels he could have finally gotten his hands on a first Golden Ball if not for the overhasty decision to cancel it.

Robert Lewandowski’s name has been synonymous with goalscoring ever since his Borussia Dortmund days but the striker’s productivity in the final third reached a new high in 2019/20.

The Bayern Munich man found the net a remarkable 55 times in 46 games across the Champions League, Bundesliga, and DFB-Pokal.

Bayern won all three competitions to mark a historical treble with their talismanic No.9 the leading scorer in each of those.

With immense success achieved both at both personal and collective levels, he was also widely considered as the frontrunner to pick up the Ballon d’Or – the pinnacle of individual honor.

Lewandowski, however, was denied that honor as France Football decided against handing the 2020 Ballon d’Or amid the the ongoing pandemic.

The UEFA Player of the Year award recipient feels hard done by, with every other major award still handed out.

“Someone had to decide that this year there would be no Ballon d’Or,” Lewandowski told in an interview with the Daily Mail.

“Maybe they decided too early because every [other] trophy has been decided. So many players, coaches, journalists know that, for me, it was the best season.

“We did what we did and it was spectacular. I’m glad everyone has seen it. These awards are something nice, amazing.

“But I also know that every personal trophy is for the team. The team without the striker finds it difficult to work but the striker without the team doesn’t work either.”