Lewandowski’s Annoyance with Barcelona’s Youngster: How Tensions Reflect the Team’s Struggles

Lewandowski’s reaction to a 16-year-old boy

Barcelona started the defense of the league title at a very irregular and questioned pace. Despite winning nine of 13 games, and placing themselves in third place in the standings, the victories are very close or come in the final minutes with more drive and heart than through a tactical and organized game.

One of those who suffers the most from this present of Xavi Hernández’s team is the Polish Robert Lewandowski, who landed in Barcelona from a team with a very well-oiled machine like Bayern Munich.

Curiously, in a play that occurred in the last game against Alavés, the scorer’s annoyance could be seen with the young 16-year-old promise Lamine Yamal, whom he denied greeting and ignored, after the culé pearl opted to a shot on goal instead of passing the ball to the middle of the area.

In the replay of the broadcast you could see the moment in which the young Moroccan Hispanic entered the area facing from the wing and unsheathed a shot that was cleared to the corner by Antonio Sivera when the game was 1-1 at 70 minutes. After the shot, he approached Lewandowski, who was asking for it in the middle of the area, and wanted to shake his hand as a gesture of apology, to which the Pole responded by ignoring him.

After Barcelona’s 2-1, both players spoke and celebrated the goal (Getty)

The truth is that it was all about the former Bayern Munich’s annoyance with the present the team is going through. Mundo Deportivo showed that after the 2-1, which came via penalty in the 78th minute (Lewi’s double), both players got together to talk.

“After celebrating with all his teammates, Lamine included, the veteran called the young man to discuss something between them. The two walked towards the center of the field to resume the clash, commenting something in a relaxed and friendly tone,” the media in question detailed.

After the end of the match, which ended with a new Barça victory by the minimum, Xavi Hernández acknowledged that his players “are too affected” by criticism in the media, which was seen this Sunday in the first half against Deportivo Alavés , and explained that he asked them for “calm,” highlighting their reaction to winning (2-1) an important match.

“Definitely. I have no doubt, situations and scenarios are generated that for me are not real, and then it affects. It has happened to me as a footballer and it happens to my players. It generates negativity in you that is not good. It affected the first half, in the second the team freed itself until the penalty. They are too affected by what is said around them,” he stated at a press conference.

Barcelona is third in the general table (Getty)

I see the footballers tense, calm, if they don’t eat anyone. They told me that it was Barça’s cancer and I am here as a coach, this is what I told them. For me it is unfair, calm down. We have just won two titles and these players deserve credit. We are bad but we played a game that was very ugly, I value the character of the team,” he added.

“The team has not been bad, but it is the result of exaggerated nervousness for me. It’s our fault but the team, especially the young people, feels a tension that they didn’t have a month ago,” said the Barça coach.

2023-11-13 10:39:00
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