All About Lewandowski

Football Daily

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4.3 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Guillem Balagué travelled to Warsaw just before the Poland team left for Qatar to sit down with Barcelona and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski. In this wide-ranging and in-depth interview, Lewandowski discusses everything from getting into TikTok to his hopes at the World Cup. The striker discusses the influence of his father and the impact of his death when Robert was aged 16, as well as what he learnt from Jürgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola. Time codes 1.30 – How Robert got into TikTok. 4 – The nickname Bobic and his development as a youngster. 6.21 – Robert discusses when he felt ready physically. 7.46 – Why his dad decided to call him Robert. 10.01 – The death of his dad when he was 16. 13.40 – Getting over being released by Legia Warsaw. 18.42 – The advice given to him by Jurgen Klopp. 20.21 – The influence of Pep Guardiola. 22.25 – His on-field leadership skills. 25.07 – His leadership skills for the national team. 26.12 – The different preparation for the Qatar World Cup. 29 – What happened in 2018. 29.55 – His ambitions to score at the World Cup. 30.40 – Competing against Lionel Messi in his final group game. 33 – His desire to play in La Liga. 34.21 – Why Qatar may not be his last World Cup.

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0:11.0	Provocative.
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0:47.0	The World Cup Daily, from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:53.0	Hello, I'm Guillén Balagé.
0:55.0	And welcome to a very special World Cup Daily Podcast.
0:59.0	Probably one of those keys, one of the finest strike ends of his generation.
1:03.0	Now 34, and Alvarthelona, he has won countless trophies and awards.
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