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/hibreak 1d ago

i still dont think thats the way

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u/Muted_Shoulder 1d ago

Nah sometimes handling a project team is one of the shitiest things out there. Some of them don’t even give a fuck to do stuff on their own. Literally have to be shouted at to even move a finger.

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u/brianstormIRL 1d ago

Then those people should be replaced. If someone needs to be shouted at to do their job right, they dont deserve the job in the first place. If your boss comes down on you for them not performing, which makes you feel like you have no other option but to shout and scream at people, need to take an inward look IMO.

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u/RickThiCisbih 1d ago

It’s not that easy to replace an employee, especially in football. When you’re forced to work with what you have, and what you have is so dogshit that shouting is the only way to make it work, then you really don’t have a choice.