Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski stated the group nonetheless want to enhance their mentality to win the massive trophies this season as they put together for Sunday’s Supercopa ultimate in opposition to Actual Madrid (watch LIVE on ESPN+).
Barça thumped Madrid 4-0 earlier within the season in LaLiga as they received 11 of their opening 12 video games, however they’ve received simply considered one of their following seven within the league, dropping to 3rd within the desk.
Throughout that point, Hansi Flick’s facet have misplaced to each Las Palmas and Leganés at residence, with Lewandowski conceding they’ve dropped factors in video games they need to not have.
“It is too early to say if we are able to [win everything],” the Poland worldwide instructed ESPN from Barça’s base in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the place Sunday’s El Clásico showpiece will happen.
“In fact, we are able to beat everybody. However to win all the things, you want the luck in the course of the season as effectively. Now we have superb potential, however potential is one factor; mentality is the second factor.
“We show quite a bit. We show quite a bit [our] mentality. However, for instance, if you wish to win the league, it’s a must to win the small video games.
“We misplaced some factors with the … I do not wish to say small video games, however the video games that for the individuals are not so essential, however for us must be essential.
“I hope this yr we’re additionally going to win these video games that we’ve got to win and in addition the massive video games. That’s the subsequent step for the younger gamers, for us, for everybody to enhance.”
Lewandowski additionally hopes Barça’s pre-Christmas stoop will function a studying curve for the second half of the marketing campaign, with Wednesday’s 2-0 semifinal win in opposition to Athletic Membership suggesting they could have turned a nook.
“We had been excellent in the beginning of the season,” he added. “After so many video games that we had been profitable and we had been scoring so many targets, then got here a interval that we did not play how we want.
“Possibly the previous couple of weeks in December, we weren’t on the excessive degree. However usually, if you’re wanting again and also you see that we’ve got so many younger gamers, generally I believe possibly it is higher that this dangerous [spell] was in December and we are able to study for the longer term.”
Lewandowski scored twice when Barça beat Madrid on the Bernabéu in October. In whole, he has netted 25 instances in all competitions this season in simply 26 appearances.
“I’m excited,” he stated of assembly Madrid this weekend. “I believe this ultimate goes to be a extremely good sport, and we’ll present our greatest soccer as a result of these are particular video games. It is the primary alternative to win a title. I wish to win this title. We wish to win this title.
“Madrid have superb gamers. Individually they’re so robust, they’re excellent. Generally you suppose that they are taking part in slowly, that they do not have the sport beneath management, however they’re ready to provide you one punch, and we’ve got to be prepared.
“But when we’re taking part in our soccer, if we’re making an attempt to not give them many alternatives, we [can] win and we could be the higher group.”
