Stefan Lichtsteiner dragged his weak legs and walked out of Fort Volturno. Well, it should be called the Kosan Lome Training Center now, because not long ago, the Japanese game manufacturer announced that it was sponsoring Naples.
Naming rights to the training center.
Not only that, head coach Gao Shen also appeared on the cover of the latest version of Live Football.
This should be the first head coach to appear on the cover of Pro Evolution Soccer, right?
Anyway, the head coach was very happy. He gave each of the new players in the team a game console and a game CD, saying that they were welcome to challenge online at any time, and the winner would also receive a mysterious prize.
Captain Montevino said that the team also engages in internal leagues, specifically for playing football games.
This was unheard of before.
Don’t all the teams and all the head coaches in the world regard the game as a scourge?
Lichtsteiner has always been a good boy and has never played many games, but when he heard the heated discussion among his teammates in the locker room, he couldn't help but feel itchy hands.
It seems that playing games does not affect their competition and training, but allows them to relax physically and mentally.
Even, sometimes they start playing directly in the training base.
In the words of the head coach, everything must be done in a certain degree.
The Chinese say there is a degree of relaxation.
Lichtsteiner didn't understand it, but it seemed very powerful.
"Isn't the devil's training over yet?
On the way home, my brother Marco Lichtsteiner frowned and asked. It has been more than half a month. My younger brother comes home every day looking limp. It is obvious that he has been overtrained.
Not only his brother, but also his parents at home were worried, fearing that he would be injured.
"Don't worry, brother, our coach said it's okay." Lichtsteiner reassured.
"Who is your coach? What should I do if I get injured during practice? Are everyone else like this too?"
"It's like this, I said it's okay." Lichtsteiner was a little annoyed. He knew that his brother was doing it for his own good.
But sometimes there is indeed too much control. "Our coach went to UEFA to give lectures and is still a Spanish coach training teacher."
"I looked at the club's statistics. Last season we were not only the team in Serie B, but also the team in the whole of Italy that ran the most distance. We are among the best in European football. All of these must have an excellent physical foundation."
Marco also heard his brother's impatience, so he stopped and said, "I care about you too, but I'm afraid you'll get hurt."
After a pause, he couldn't help but remind him, "You are new here, and now is the critical moment to grab the main position. If you get injured at this time, the situation will not be good, you know?"
"I know, I know." Lichtsteiner waved his hand, "Our boss has told me many times,
He said that I was his first choice for right back and asked me not to feel pressure or burden, to perform steadily and work hard to improve."
"Did he really say that?" Marco laughed, "He still has a lot of vision."
Lichtsteiner's original impatience disappeared when he saw his brother's smile.
"Don't worry, brother, our coaches and team doctors are still nervous. We have to conduct physical examinations every day. Every training session is filmed and analyzed by cameras. Take a look..."
As he spoke, Lichtsteiner took out an analysis report that had just been sent to him, "This is the report given by the analysis department. It very clearly analyzed our training and pointed out various deficiencies, including physical
Questions such as running statistics and performance activity."
"The coaching staff has been watching us, so don't worry about it."
Marco is not new to the world, but when he heard his brother's words, he was still a little confused, but he felt that he was really powerful. "It seems that you haven't seen these in other teams?"
"Those are high-tech equipment imported from the United States, as well as those sports vests. I heard they have some kind of sensors inside."
After a pause, Lichtsteiner smiled with conviction: "Although it has only been more than half a month, I feel that our team is very strong, much better than Lille, and we have
Boss, he is completely different from all the head coaches I have encountered before."
"Why is it different?"
"It's hard to say. He likes to chat with people. Chat with him. He always seems to be able to tell you what's on your mind. I think he understands me very well and trusts me!
"Did he tell others these words?" Marco asked.
Lichtsteiner shook his head, "I don't know, probably not. Anyway, I think he just trusts me. He said that I am the most valuable player he has signed since he took charge."
At the end of the day, the young Swiss player was full of glory.
"Then you have to give your best performance." Marco also encouraged.
Being a few years older, he couldn't help but have a more cautious mind. Why did he feel that his silly brother seemed to have been deceived?
"Don't worry, the warm-up match is about to begin. I have to work harder!"
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According to rumors, after the launch of Apollo 11 in the United States, it was off the established track for most of the time. It could only fumble forward through constant revisions, but in the end it still successfully landed on the moon.
Gao Shen feels that this is generally the case when coaching a team.
As the head coach, in fact, he has no way of predicting what changes and accidents may occur during the entire process. It may be caused by the players, the opponent, or the schedule or other factors.
Too many accidents will affect the team.
As a head coach, he can only make the team move towards the set goals through constant revision and adjustment. Almost all head coaches do the same. As a warm-up before the season, Gao Shen actually doesn't pay attention to it at all.
Warm-up match.
He is more purposeful in arranging various opponents to test and stimulate the team.
Last season, when the team was reorganized and started, Gao Shen arranged a large number of warm-up matches that were not difficult to help the team run in and refine the team's skills and tactics. This later proved to be very effective.
This season, Gao Shen has also arranged seven warm-up matches. Without exception, the opponents are all low-level league teams from surrounding areas, and there are not even teams from Serie A or other top leagues.
Under this arrangement, the intensity of the warm-up match is indeed not high, but it can better integrate the team, identify the team's problems, and gradually help the team build confidence through abuse.
Yes, confidence is very important for Napoli, who will compete in Serie A in the new season.
The warm-up matches were arranged very tightly, and Gao Shen changed his tactics to adjust the team in almost every game.
But it has to be said that after more than half a month of devilish special training and a large-scale reorganization of the team, it is basically unrealistic for Naples to immediately regain the form of last season.
This also led to Naples' performance in the warm-up match being unsatisfactory, with both good and bad results.
When you play well, you can be crazy and score four or five goals, but when you don't play well, you are in a very awkward situation.
Gao Shen didn't care, anyway, for him, it was just training, and he could play whatever he wanted.
But one thing must be done, that is, after every game, Naples will analyze and summarize the problems exposed in the game. The team will pay attention to them as soon as possible and solve them immediately.
With the start of the warm-up match, Naples' training has changed from three practices a day to two practices a day, and the intensity has also declined. The players are constantly adjusting and recovering, and their condition and performance are also constantly improving.
All this was noticed by the coaching staff, but in the warm-up match, Gao Shen still played a lot, so his performance was still not ideal.
For example, in a game against a third-tier league team, Gao Shen directly lined up 4, 3, 3, with Thiago Motta in the midfield and two young players in front, Parejo and Pastore.
Naples also played an uncharacteristic way of passing and controlling the ball during the game. They spent the entire first half adjusting, finding rhythm, and controlling the ball. However, in the second half, they were attacked by the opponent and scored a goal.
After that, Naples continued to adjust and keep possession of the ball. They were seriously out of shape throughout the game and their rhythm was a mess.
The ball possession rate is very high, nearly 80%. The problem is that the number of threatening shots is pitiful.
After this game, the outside media were quite dissatisfied with Naples' performance, thinking that such a performance could win the Serie A championship. How much do they look down on Serie A?
However, Gao Shen is still satisfied with these players and thinks the team played well.
"They got close to 80% of the ball possession rate, which is a very amazing result!"
While Naples' performance in the warm-up match was mixed, the Italian Cup schedule was also released.
The schedule at the beginning of the season is still a double match a week, with two rounds of Italian Cup first, then the first round of Serie A, then the third round of Italian Cup, then the second round of Serie A, and then the national team match day in September.
In other words, in just about half a month, five games will be played.
More importantly, this Italian Cup competition system is very unfair to Naples, but it is also helpless to the Italian Football Association, which makes Gao Shen very angry.
After the draw, Naples faced Cesena from Serie B in the first round of the Coppa Italia.
This is an old rival from last season.
The head coach Castori is also an old man. He is 53 years old this year and has been coaching for 30 years. He has always been in the lower leagues, but he has a very impressive achievement.
That is, he has won championships in all Italian leagues except Serie A.
This is unique in Italian football!
No one has ever achieved such an achievement.
A true champion collector!
This head coach from central Italy has another notable feature, and that is his fiery temper.
As early as last season, this head coach who claims to be the most grassroots in Italy and takes Italian defensive football as his philosophy,
I am very unhappy with the Italian football subversive Gao Shen.
Unexpectedly, the two sides met again.
As soon as the Italian Cup schedule came out, Castori said excitedly that Cesena will definitely show its best side at the San Paolo Stadium and show the best Italian defensive art.
