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Robert Lewandowski showed his goalscoring voraciousness in his first season with Barcelona and while waiting to play El Clásico in the league against Real Madrid, the Polish striker gave an interview to ESPN in which he talked about the various current events of Barcelona and also. He spoke about how he has adapted to the club after several years with Bayern Munich.
“It’s important to adapt to the change, take a step forward and not try to play in one style if you don’t have the right players to play in that style,” Lewandowski said. Everyone wants to imitate Pep in Barcelona. Now if you watch City they don’t, he doesn’t play like that anymore.
He added: “Football is constantly changing, 10 years ago, all teams wanted to play tiki-taka. Now the teams are better tactically, how they prepare and move in defense and how they change their style during the match.”
Lewandowski also reviewed his first months in Barcelona and acknowledged that the Barcelona team still has a lot of work to do in order to return to be one of the strong teams in Europe, especially after the harsh disappointments in the Champions League.
Lewandowski continued: “There is a good team, maybe one or two changes will make this team perfect, but it is more competitive at the high level that we will probably have next season as well. So sometimes we talk about little things, but if you change this it will be more exciting.”
And he continued: “This season we faced problems in the Champions League and this is what we must correct, but so far we are not ready to fight at the highest level for the three titles: the Champions League, the League and the Cup. This is impossible. In football, it is impossible to change something in a week or a month, it takes time.
He added: “I always wanted to play in La Liga. You know Barcelona have a lot of problems. But when I saw the path they wanted to take, I said, ‘I can be a part of this.'” I saw that I was challenging myself and told myself I was ready to take it.”
Regarding his age, he said: “I may be 34 years old, but it is just a number, and I know that I can play for several years at the highest level. I do not know exactly how many of them, but I was always happy to play. I care more about mental things than physical things.”
“We have a good team,” insisted the Polish star. Maybe a change or two will make it stronger, not perfect, but more competitive.”
Robert Lewandowski also noted that “I knew my first season here would not be an occasion to think about individual trophies” as he looks forward to facing Real Madrid next Sunday at the Spotify Camp Nou.
On facing Real Madrid: “El Clasico is the most important club match in the world because there are a lot of fans watching it. Even me a few years ago, when I wasn’t at Barcelona, I really wanted El Clasico. Now I am part of El Clasico.
Tributes to three players
Robert Lewandowski was also asked about several new players in the Barcelona squad and the Pole had good words for Ousmane Dembele, Rafinha and Ronald Araujo.
Robert said: “Dembele is the man who surprised me a lot since the first training session in Barcelona, what an amazing talent he has, what quality he has and how fast he is. For me, he’s really the guy who can be the best player in his position.”
And he continued to talk about the French winger: “But sometimes he gets injured a lot, but if he is on the field he can always do everything with the ball. He can dribble with ease and speed, and he’s a pure talent.”
And he ended his speech: “For me, Araujo is one of the best defenders in the world, and when I saw Rafinha for the first time in training, I said: “This guy has something special and special!”
Source: Mundo Deportivo
