Asked by TPTFootball on his relationship with Jürgen Klopp, whom he worked with during his time at Borussia Dortmund, Robert Lewandowski returned to this very special bond with the German coach. “Jürgen was not just a father figure to me. As a coach, he was like a “bad” teacher. And I mean that in the best sense of the word. Let me explain. Think about yourself when you were in school. Which teacher do you remember most? Not the one who made your life easy and never expected anything from you. No no no. You remember the bad teacher, the one who was strict with you. The one who put pressure on you and did everything to get the best out of you. It was the teacher who made you better, right? And Jürgen was like that.”
And to add: “he wasn’t happy to let you be a B student. Jürgen wanted A+ students. He didn’t want it for himself. He wanted it for you. He taught me so much. When I arrived at Dortmund, I wanted to do everything quickly: one strong pass, one touch. Jürgen advised me to calm down – take two touches if necessary. It was totally against my nature, but I scored more goals. Once I figured that out, he challenged me to speed up again. A key. Aim. He slowed me down to speed up better. It seems simple, but it was really great”. The interested party will inevitably appreciate this media outing…
