{"id":37928,"date":"2026-09-02T13:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/?p=37928"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:17:23","slug":"lewandowski-sends-a-strong-message-on-barcelona-and-real-madrid-ahead-of-a-different-european-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/?p=37928","title":{"rendered":"Lewandowski sends a strong message on Barcelona and Real Madrid ahead of a different European season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lewandowski and Barcelona: The Champions League dream returns with a more experienced generation<\/h1>\n

Barcelona\u2019s Champions League ambitions have once again come into focus, this time through the words of Robert Lewandowski, who believes the Catalan side are entering a different phase, driven by a group of players whose roles and experience have developed significantly over the past few years.<\/p>\n

Lewandowski said he had watched parts of Barcelona\u2019s two matches at the beginning of their La Liga campaign, while making it clear that he is aware of the club\u2019s current situation and believes the team needs some time to reach its best level.<\/p>\n

The Polish striker also expressed his hope that Barcelona will continue playing good football, particularly because, in his view, the squad contains a large number of high-quality players.<\/p>\n

But Lewandowski\u2019s comments went beyond the opening weeks of the season and moved directly towards the biggest ambition on Barcelona supporters\u2019 minds: the Champions League.<\/p>\n

The veteran forward believes this version of Barcelona could be different from last season, given the number of talented players in the squad as well as the new signings.<\/p>\n

I think the Champions League is a dream for Barcelona, but now they have players who were very young two or three years ago and now have experience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That point appears to be central to Lewandowski\u2019s assessment of the team. Players who went through major experiences at a very young age now have greater maturity, potentially giving Barcelona more ability to handle the decisive stages of European competition.<\/p>\n

Lewandowski also highlighted the presence of eight players who have become world champions, describing that experience as something special for them and for Spain.<\/p>\n

For the Polish striker, however, the ambition should go beyond simply competing. He hopes Barcelona will attempt to win the Champions League and ultimately be able to celebrate lifting the trophy.<\/p>\n

Lewandowski considers Barcelona one of the contenders for the Champions League, alongside two or three other teams, while stressing that the opening stages of a season do not decide anything in Europe.<\/p>\n

He explained that the key in European competition is maintaining a high level throughout the entire year rather than simply producing strong performances during the first weeks of the campaign.<\/p>\n

That is where Lewandowski\u2019s assessment becomes clear: Barcelona have the quality and experience, but the road to European glory requires consistency, particularly once the competition reaches its most demanding stages.<\/p>\n

His comments also touched on traditional rivals Real Madrid. Lewandowski believes the Spanish giants are stronger with their new signings and with Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, while suggesting that two years without winning a trophy could make the mental side of the game particularly important for the club.<\/p>\n

Lewandowski believes Real Madrid can be extremely strong this season, but he made his own position clear: he will always be with Barcelona.<\/p>\n

With Barcelona\u2019s European ambitions, the growing maturity of their young generation and the expected strength of Real Madrid, the coming competition appears open to several possibilities, while the Champions League dream remains firmly at the heart of Barcelona\u2019s ambitions.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lewandowski and Barcelona: The Champions League dream returns with a more experienced generation Barcelona\u2019s Champions League ambitions have once again come into focus, this time through the words of Robert Lewandowski, who believes the Catalan side are entering a different phase, driven by a group of players whose roles and experience have developed significantly over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barcelona"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stad10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}