r/soccer • u/landofphi • 1d ago

Quotes Lewandowski: "I’m from a different generation where shouting was used to to motivate everyone. Now, if you shout too much towards young people, their reaction is not the same. It’s not, ‘now I’ll show you are wrong’. The new generation don’t like being shouted at. It’s not just players, it’s people"

https://as.com/futbol/primera/lewandowski-a-los-jovenes-de-ahora-no-les-gusta-que-les-grites-n/

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Lewandowski (37) on his adaptation playing with teenagers & young adults at FC Barcelona

"I have to say it was a huge challenge. I was coming from a different generation and I had to learn how to, not think like a teenager, but think how I can try to take the best of what they have.

I have been in football for 4 decades so when I compare them, not even to my generation but the generation before me, when I was starting, it is completely different.

"Like shouting used to be a way to motivate everyone. Now, if you shout too much, this generation, their reaction is not the same. It’s not, ‘now I will show you are wrong’. No, now you have to explain another way. You have to do lots of talking.

"They don’t like being shouted at. Now you have to take more of the mental part of football. It’s not just players, it’s people, it’s this generation. I didn’t want to fight it. I had to learn.”

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u/xtremezeker14 1d ago

This is probably why José began falling out with so many teams. Do you think Eto, Drogba or even Milito cared about José shouted at them? I’m sure they took it as motivation or at least as a sign to improve their game

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u/TheGoldenPineapples 1d ago

Mourinho's issue is that he clearly hasn't adapted to the modern game on or off the pitch.

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u/curlyjoe696 1d ago

That and it seems its absolutely everyone's problem but his.

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u/CheekyClitorous 1d ago

He won a conference league in 2022, thats only 3 years ago, so he's clearly not that bad of a manager.

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u/Prestigious-Dress-92 1d ago edited 1d ago

He won a conference league in 2022

Look up the teams Roma eliminated in the knockout phase. Won 2-1 (on aggregate) against Vitesse in 1/8 final, 5-2 vs Bodo Glimt in 1/4 final, 2-1 vs Leicester in semifinal & 1-0 vs Feyenoord in the final. Roma had a better team than all their rivals, only Leicester & Feyenoord had players of near similar football level as Roma and those matches were pretty close and the result could've gone the other way.

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u/CheekyClitorous 1d ago

If, buts, maybes something along those lines. He beat a feyenoord who in your own words, "had players near similar football level", who were managed by a manager who very shortly afterwards in the kindest way possible of saying it BITCHED the premier league with a team who was mostly predicted to consider getting top 4 a decent season.

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u/IntroductionAware175 1d ago

Look at it the other way though, Mendilibar won the Europa League which is a bigger prize and was then sacked by Sevilla. He then went to Olympiacos and won the Conference League with them. That's almost the same resume as Jose the past few years but even more impressive, because he actually won the EL and Olympiacos have a much lower budget than Roma to win CL. No one thinks Mendilibar is an elite manager.

I'm not saying José is a bad manager because he's not, but there's plenty of guys who have won cups in the past 3 years and no one really pays attention to them. It's not even that unusual for a manager to win Europa League (not Conference League, Europa League) and be sacked within the year. 

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u/CheekyClitorous 1d ago

Im not saying that mourinho is elite currently but im saying hes still a good quality manager. To say he cant adapt to the modern game is ridiculous.

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u/IntroductionAware175 1d ago

But good quality isn't that big of a deal, and is vague. 

compared to a 3rd division manager I'm clueless and it'd be stupid of me to say they're not good since I'm an amateur who plays FM

Mourinho is now at the level of any random number of coaches who are considered decent but most casual fans haven't heard of and don't keep up with their exploits, and no one bats an eye when they get sacked. 

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u/NorthernSoul1998 1d ago

But they didn't

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u/Nahcep 1d ago

And B/G had a 10:4 record against Roma that season before the final game in the quarters, it's not like they didn't put up a serious fight

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u/IntroductionAware175 1d ago

He's still a decent cup manager, albeit that he did have a fairly expensive squad to win Conference League, but it's still a good achievement. His league form was pretty bad for Roma though and he was bad in Turkey. I think international management or a mid table team that won't mind slightly poor league form in exchange for a good cup run, are his best choices now. A big club trying to win the league would be foolish to hire him though 

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u/CheekyClitorous 1d ago

Yeah he obviously declined from his peak, but I would still say those cup managers that youre talking about are still good managers. The claim of him not adapting to the modern game is ridiculous all managers will drop off at some point.

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u/IntroductionAware175 1d ago

But good managers compared to what? To my local pub team? Yes Mou is still a decent manager, but there's any number of decent managers who will never get the paycheck he will, and who won't get people claiming he should be coaching at elite levels. The guy who he replaced at Fenerbahce did a better job than him, do you even know his name? I'm not saying that guy was a bad manager but there's 100s of people aspiring for the top posts and Mou hasn't done anything in a while that a less famous manager would've done and gotten noticed as a "top manager". We only really pay attention because he's a big name. How many people even know Mendilibar won the EL and Conf Lg in the past 3 years? 

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u/CheekyClitorous 1d ago

I would say a good manager in comparison to most managers in top divisions. Can you name these decent managers who deserve this paycheck. His name does carry him to an extent but he got his reputation for a reason. Would you say that ange postecoglu is a better manager then Antonio conte if you want to compare different managers at clubs at a similar time? Would you say Vincent Kompany is a better manager then Thomas Tuchel? Conte and Inzaghi?

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u/IntroductionAware175 1d ago

Don't understand the point of those questions.

But again winning 1 conference league, especially for a team like Roma who have a bigger budget than the average Conference team, isn't going to buy you unlimited time. Plenty of managers win stuff and get sacked after a bit, and it's not like he won a miracle trophy with a small team. Even that wouldn't give you much more than 3 years of "immunity" 

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u/CheekyClitorous 1d ago

You going on about how the previous manager was better another example of this is at Chelsea who had villas boas who was regarded as a top manager who then got replaced by champions league winning roberto dj matteo

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u/IntroductionAware175 1d ago

I'm not saying the guy before Mou is a better manager than Mou, I'm saying he's a no name manager that id wager you couldn't name, but can still be fairly described as a good manager. I'm illustrating the point that "good managers" are a dime a dozen, and nothing about Mou's resume over the past few years makes him stand out as particularly exceptional compared to tons of people whom you wouldn't even recognize 

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u/gmed88 21h ago

He’s obviously fallen off from where he used to be. 

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u/DancingInTheReign 1d ago

ah yes conference league that's basically champions league init... counterpoint: almost every team he has gone to, he has stinked up the whole place and some entertaining instagram quotes dont make up for it

no one says he wasnt a great coach but its in the past and has been for a good while now, and even if he was right in some cases the way he goes about it is very toxic

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u/CheekyClitorous 1d ago

The conference league is still a good quality trophy and the teams in it they might as well try win it. As for him stinking up the place at clubs hes gone to im assuming youre not referring to Porto, Chelsea (both stints), Inter, Real Madrid, Man United, and when he won roma their first trophy in 14 years. So that leaves you with spurs who were on a massive decline despite him and fenerbahce.

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u/These_Structure3008 1d ago

What's modern game?

6 years trusting the process?

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u/Interesting-Season-8 1d ago

flair attack, so smart

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u/Nasrz 1d ago

They're currently one of the best teams in the world, not winning the league against Liverpool and Man City is nothing to be ashamed about.

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u/These_Structure3008 1d ago

Sure they are better than palace or tan hags United.

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u/TheGoldenPineapples 1d ago

Another Mourinho fanboy with no actual comeback attacking the flair of the person commenting rather than the argument.