What happened between Xavi and Lewandowski? Awkward moment in Barça's locker room

This Saturday Barcelona got an important win against Real Sociedad at the Reale Arena stadium in San Sebastian. It had been a difficult match for them, as the hosts proved to be a solid team in defense and dangerous in attack. In fact, goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen saved them several times during the first half. But in the last minute Ronald Araujo grabbed the winner and gave Los Blaugranas the three points.

This allows them to stay close to the top of the La Liga standings. They are now third, four points behind Girona and one behind Real Madrid, who will face Rayo Vallecano this Sunday at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

However, despite the joy of victory, something strange happened in the locker room after the match against Real Sociedad. In a video posted on social media, Xavi Hernandez is seen greeting one by one all the Barcelona players returning from the field. The coach shakes hands with, for example, Joao Felix, Andreas Christensen, Oriol Romeu, Ferrán Torres, Joao Cancelo and Jules Koundé. But when it was Robert Lewandowski's turn, the Polish striker unexpectedly walked past Xavi and did not shake his hand or look him in the face.

This caused a lot of speculation and rumors, as many believed that perhaps there was a problem between them. Others theorized that the striker was angry because the manager replaced him at the start of the second half.

What really happened?

The explanation is much simpler than these theories. In the video you can see how a person approaches Lewandowski before he sees Xavi and tells him that he has to take the anti-doping test, so he cannot enter the dressing room. That is why the striker does not even realize that his coach is waiting to greet him.