Bayern
Munich striker Robert Lewandowski is feeling refreshed and ready to go ahead of
the Bundesliga's return this weekend.
The 31-year-old hasn't seen
competitive action since play was halted in Germany in early March, owing to
the global spread of coronavirus.
But Lewandowski, along with
his Bayern teammates, is preparing for an imminent return to action after
Germany's government gave the all-clear for the Bundesliga to resume, despite the
ongoing threat that COVID-19 poses.
Not playing competitively for two months isn't fazing Lewandowski and his
teammates though, as he's told 90min that Bayern
are fully prepared to face Union Berlin on Sunday, while adding that an
increased amount of individual training has allowed him to focus on areas of
his game that he doesn't usually get time to work on.
"I
have to say the 'pre-season' that we've had the last two months has allowed us
to have some really, really great training sessions with great quality and
we're very, very happy.
"As for me, I'm happy
with what I've done over the last two months. Maybe before I didn't have time
to fix a lot of things, so these training sessions have been amazing the last
two months to allow me to be fit with my body.
Robert Lewandowski is doing all he can to continue playing at the highest level for at least a few more years. 😍 pic.twitter.com/FfXiyXr1Kt— 90min (@90min_Football) May 13, 2020
"We're prepared for the game. Sure, for the first 10 to 20
minutes we may not have the perfect confidence but I hope that it will return
to us quickly and will be the same like before."
Lewandowski
also spoke on how long he'd like to continue playing at the highest level for,
injury permitting. In the 10 years since he moved to Borussia Dortmund, he's
missed just 18 Bundesliga games through illness or injury - netting an
astonishing 227 goals in that time.
That superb
record is something that Lewandowski attributes to preparation away from the
field of play, and is something that he hopes can lead to at least three or
four more years at the very top of the game.
"I'm
trying to be fit all the time, to be healthy," he added. "I know that
sometimes if you don't think about what's going to happen in the next few years
that will be difficult to stay fit and stay at that high level because it's not
only the things that you're doing in training, during the game or between the
game, it's about what you're doing at home.
"If I can play three or four years longer that will be great news, but now, for me, it's still too early to say. But I want to play a long time and I hope that I'm staying at that high level during the next few years. This is what I want to do."




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