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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":94,"_path":95},"Iraola's First Liverpool Sessions: Intensity, Lewandowski, and a Smile","liverpool-iraola-preseason-lewandowski-intensity","football","Football: Feature","James Chen","Andoni Iraola's opening Liverpool training sessions reveal a demanding physical template and a surprise link to Robert Lewandowski.","2026-08-01 07:45:41","1 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002Feb84\u002Flive\u002F39c567f0-8d73-11f1-940e-179d090ba2c0.jpg",[37,93],"Liverpool","---\ntitle: \"Iraola's First Liverpool Sessions: Intensity, Lewandowski, and a Smile\"\ncategory: football\nbadge: Football: Feature\nbadgeType: category\nauthor: James Chen\nauthorRole: Senior Football Analyst\nauthorInitials: JC\ndate: 2026-08-01\nreadTime: 1 min read\nimage: https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002Feb84\u002Flive\u002F39c567f0-8d73-11f1-940e-179d090ba2c0.jpg\nimageAlt: Andoni Iraola directing Liverpool players during a pre-season training drill at the club's training ground.\ntags: Premier League, Liverpool\nexcerpt: \"Andoni Iraola's opening Liverpool training sessions reveal a demanding physical template and a surprise link to Robert Lewandowski.\"\n---\nLiverpool's first open training session under Andoni Iraola confirmed what the analytics community suspected when the appointment was made: this is a manager who treats physical conditioning as a tactical weapon, not a prerequisite. The session, opened to media as part of the club's pre-season ramp-up, was defined by its relentless tempo and positional specificity. There was no gentle acclimatisation period. 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