Rise of a Football God-Chapter 291: First training session at the Spotify Camp Nou [1]

"Hola". Lewandowski waved at him.

Sam froze.

’Damn! It’s really him!’

’It’s the real Robert Lewandowski!’

You could not really blame Sam.

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Yes, he had played in one of the biggest leagues in the world in the English premier league.

Yes, he had played against powerful opposition but despite all of that, it was always from a third person POV. Never had Sam shared a dressing room with any of the legendary players that he met in the English premier league.

But now, it was different.

He now shared a dressing room with Robert Lewandowski!

The Polish striker was one of those players that Sam grew up idolizing. He was no striker, but still, who wouldn’t love Lewangoalski?

He still remembered the 2019 to 2021 football seasons where Robert Lewandowski hit his peak while plying his trade for the German giants, Bayern Munich, hitting multiple 50-goal seasons.

Like a lot of other football fans, Sam was still bummed by the fact that France football refuses to hand the Polish striker his Ballon D’or trophy till now.

In the rankings of most football fans, the Polish striker is one of the best strikers of the previous generation of the 21st century.

Robert Lewandowski, Karim Benzema, and Luis Suarez are widely recognized as the best strikers of the 21st century and even among the 3, Lewandowski was not the last as he stood his ground even against the likes of those 2.

He was a true legend of football, an all-time great.

At the ripe age of 35 now, he was approaching the tail end of his career but clearly, his physique did not reflect his age.

Lewandowski was in the process of changing his clothes when Sam walked into the pitch, enabling him to see the perfect physique of the Polish footballer.

He was like a hit-man in movies, the perfect shape, perfect abs.

’Damn! He’s really a zero-fat football player!’

Zero-fat football players are those dubbed by the football world to have such an intense work-out regime and diet that they don’t have any excess fat in their bodies. King of them was Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese G.O.A.T.

Apart from Cristiano Ronaldo though, memorable mentions were Mohamed Salah of Liverpool, and then Robert Lewandowski of Barcelona.

Looking at this player’s physique, only one thought dominated Sam’s mind. ’I can learn a thing or two from him!’

"Hola!" He finally waved back as he smiled.

He had a lot of things that he wanted to talk about with this legendary striker, maybe request an autograph too and a picture but first, they had a major problem which was their language barrier.

Sam could only speak English and his native language fluently, while Robert Lewandowski could only speak fluent Polish and Spanish.

"Llegas temprano". Lewandowski smiled.

"…"

It took a moment for the Polish striker to realize the language barrier. Chuckling, he scratched the back of his head before pointing to his wrist watch.

Sam quickly caught on to what he meant. "Oh!"

Lewandowski’s smile widened. "Todavia hay tiempo antes de que vengan los demas, entrenemos un poco".

Again, Sam was confused but Lewandowski’s gestures made him understand. The Polish striker wanted to train with him before the others arrived.

Of course, Sam obliged.

Who would turn down the chance to train with Robert Lewandowski?

As he quickly changed and entered the pitch, his curiosity got the better of him, making him use his snooping tool on the Polish legend.

What Sam saw left him flabbergasted.

’Damn! He’s a monster!’

’He’s old but he’s an old monster!’

Lewandowski’s status was just like he expected of such a legendary football player. Most of his skills clearly depreciated already, but his ability was still at an elite level of a ruthless striker.

With that, he quickly entered the pitch and joined the Polish striker.

They did different training drills together, from agility drills to passing drills, to combination drills. And just like that, Sam built a relationship with the first of his new teammates, a veteran of the sport in Robert Lewandowski.

As they trained, the Spotify Camp Nou slowly started being populated with more familiar faces as the rest of his teammates arrived.

Lamine Yamal arrived with Pedri, quickly joining them on the pitch.

Later on, Gavi, Alejandro Balde, Eric Garcia, Jules Kounde, Pau Cubarsi, and the rest of the FC Barcelona squad reported to training.

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All of them recognized him as they greeted him in their various ways. Afterall, his signing was one that kind of broke the bank in the club. Besides, they’ve all heard of what he did in the English premier league.

In the midst of all these legendary and talented football players, Sam felt the pressure, the pressure of playing for a big club.

He felt like his ability was being gauged by his teammates.

He didn’t falter due to it though; he also gauged their abilities.

He grinned. ’This competitive spirit, I’m loving it. So this is how it feels like to play for a big club, hehe!’

Soon enough, Hansi Flick, the FC Barcelona head coach walked into the pitch with his assistant as he addressed his players.

The first thing that the coach did was to introduce the new player to his old players, forcing all of them to introduce themselves to Sam after Sam was made to introduce himself first.

After that, training under Hansi Flick finally started.

Having watched a lot of FC Barcelona football last season, Sam was a big fan of Hansi Flick ball. Despite the fact that the Catalan club ended up falling to an imperious Liverpool led by the Egyptian King in the semifinals of the champions league, they still had an amazing season.

Sam could not wait to impress his coach.

Before they started playing with a football, they were led to the gym first where they worked out, improving their physicalities.

Just like the rumors said, Hansi Flick was an advocate for intense training.

Afterall, his playstyle was that of high intensity throughout, a playstyle that perfectly suited Sam’s exuberant energy on the pitch.

Sam was Hansi Flick’s dream signing for the new season.

Having watched the Nigerian attacking midfielder perform only once, the German coach fell in love with Sam.

Besides, he didn’t just pass the eye test, Sam was the full package.

He had the statistics to back up his ability.