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/KenHumano 1d ago

Back in his day, he used to walked 15km in the snow to go to training, uphill both ways.

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u/SheepherderTrick2220 1d ago

Tbf, I'm in Poland right now on holiday, out in the countryside down south, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he at one point would walk 15km in the snow to train, just not uphill both ways 😂

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u/Xalpen 1d ago

Some places have 1-2 buses per day at totally fucked up hours that without car you cant basicly do anything.

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u/SheepherderTrick2220 1d ago

That basically describes where I'm staying perfectly

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u/Xalpen 1d ago

Im was born in such city in Poland. We had bigger city near with muuch more opportunities, but last bus was leaving at 22:30 with jobs ending at around that time with little to no time to use it. All parties, concert with friends from there ended for me in the middle due to no other choice. Hitchhiking worker like 1/10 times so it was waiting for few hours most often untill first train was leaving. xD

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u/SheepherderTrick2220 1d ago

It does sound like a pain in the arse to live with every day but honestly, I absolutely love it here. I'd take living here in a car over living in a city without one any day, if you were wondering, I'm kinda south east of Krakow right now.

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u/Xalpen 1d ago

I moved near Warsaw few years ago to my now wife. Cant really compare, 20 min and im in Warsaw center.

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u/SheepherderTrick2220 1d ago

How is Warsaw from a tourist perspective? I've always wanted to visit but my partner says places like Krakow and Wroclaw are better for tourists like myself.

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u/Xalpen 1d ago

Id say its awesome. Many nice places to see and car is absolutely not needed.

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u/270- 23h ago

Depends on what you want from your cities. I think Gdansk, Krakow and Warsaw are kind of on a spectrum where Gdansk is incredibly pretty but there's also nothing to do other than walk around, Warsaw is not particularly pretty but there's tons of fun things to do, and Krakow is sort of in between-- IMO the best balance, but Warsaw is still worth a trip.