The veteran striker Robert Lewandowski was some of the necessary protagonists for FC Barcelona as they received all the massive home titles final season. Nonetheless, this season overlaps with the final 12 months of his contract, and having aged one other 12 months, issues are set to be totally different for him.
The change has already been seen initially of the season. Lewandowski has but to start out in La Liga, lacking one match because of damage and coming off the bench within the different two as he recovered health.
Nonetheless, as SPORT has reported, the Pole was not too anxious about his scenario as he addressed this topic whereas going through the journalists in a press convention.
The skilled ahead made it clear that he sees issues from a unique perspective at this stage of his profession:
“This 12 months, personally, I strategy my scenario otherwise: I’m not so targeted on the variety of minutes I get, and I might be having conversations all through the season.”
Lewandowski additionally indicated that he’s extra targeted on the standard of the minutes that he will get than on their amount:
“I additionally don’t suppose I’ve to play by default: now we have a squad that enables for rotations, and that’s necessary. Generally it’s extra necessary to give attention to the standard of minutes than the amount.”
The Polish striker went on to spotlight how he felt fatigued at occasions over the past season:
“This season, we might be consistently analyzing how I really feel. Final season I performed many video games at a really excessive depth. There have been occasions after I felt very drained, and on high of that, I used to be injured in the course of the ultimate stretch of the season.”
The 37-year-old Barcelona striker underlined the significance of correct relaxation and rotation to make sure he’s prepared when the stakes are highest:
“We all know that when the Champions League begins, there may be little or no restoration time between matches, and it will likely be necessary to handle fatigue properly. I feel this begin to the season might be simply as troublesome because the final one, so we have to be ready.”
“I’m conscious that the depth could be very excessive, additionally due to our enjoying model, so everybody might want to relaxation in some unspecified time in the future. I ready very properly this summer time. I had a protracted trip, I bought myself in form, and I feel that can assist me all through the season.”
He additionally addressed his sluggish begin this time period, stating that physical issues performed a job:
“Let’s not idiot ourselves, I used to be injured for 2 weeks. However the season has simply begun; it’s very lengthy. I didn’t really feel stress to play the utmost variety of minutes immediately. I do know that August is the month to seek out rhythm, however every little thing actually begins in September, so I knew I needed to take it simple.”
Though there are not any doubts about his high quality, Hansi Flick will nonetheless should fastidiously handle Robert Lewandowski this season, as he’s already 37 years of age.
Nonetheless, he can contribute to the staff within the largest of video games, particularly together with his expertise, and one of many duties of the Barcelona coach might be to maintain him contemporary and prepared for these video games.
