555 Boss, I suspect that you are deliberately targeting me!
Manchester City started training for the new season the day after arriving in Cape Town, South Africa.
For the Premier League with its busy and intensive schedule, summer training is undoubtedly crucial.
Gao Shen and his team have also made a lot of preparation work specifically for the summer training camp. They must allow the team to adjust to its best condition during the summer for more than a month, and at the same time polish the team as a whole.
The training camp is still two practices a day, which is not too long. Compared with many other teams' three practices a day, Manchester City is relatively relaxed, but the intensity is ridiculously high and almost makes the players fall down.
What's even more terrible is that after the training session, Pintus has to lead the team on a long-distance run to improve their physical fitness and at the same time exercise the team's willpower.
This is something Gao Shen also tasted during his coaching in Naples, because he found that according to Pintus's approach, the team's concentration in the game, its willpower after physical exhaustion, and the completion of actions, etc.
They all maintain a very high standard, and this kind of training is really beneficial to the team's physical fitness.
Gao Shen only moved his hands, but the players were exhausted.
Especially those with physical difficulties such as Robinho, Hazard, and Lallana, it almost cost them their lives.
Robinho couldn't even finish the ninety-minute regular training. He only lasted ten minutes before calling for a rest.
But when the Brazilian saw Gao Shen standing nearby with an indifferent expression on his face, looking at him coldly, he couldn't help feeling cold in his heart.
"I didn't say I needed to rest, I just wanted to drink some water."
After saying that, Robinho pretended to run to the sidelines, took a breath, and ran back to the court.
Gao Shen secretly despised him: It's already 2009, why are you still making such a bad excuse?
"If I see it again, you're dead, Robinho!" Gao Shen pointed at the Brazilian player and threatened.
As early as when Gao Shen coached Real Madrid, Robinho had already experienced Gao Shen's abilities. Although he always had a kind face on weekdays, once Gao Shen got angry, who in the Real Madrid locker room wouldn't be afraid?
Nowadays, Gao Shengui is a world-famous marshal, with a stronger aura and more power.
Robinho hurried back to the field.
In fact, given his physical condition, he could persevere for a while if he gritted his teeth, but he was greedy for comfort and was afraid of hardship and fatigue.
Gao Shen threatened Robinho, the team's top star, in public, which shocked many people.
"Look at Louis, learn more, especially you, Robinho!" Gao Shen named him again.
Robinho almost cried.
Boss, why do I feel like you are always targeting me?
I remember, I have never offended you!
Look at Suarez again, this guy is really ruthless in training, especially after he was named and praised by senior coaches and became a model student in the head coach's mouth.
Discount.
This made Gao Shen secretly amused.
Suarez is used to being beaten by others at Ajax, and now that he has become someone else's child, he is naturally very motivated.
"Come on! Come on! Hold on! Don't give up, tell yourself, you can do it!"
Gao Shen applauded vigorously on the sidelines and cheered loudly for the players.
After the ninety-minute training, they all lay down and were dragged by Pintus to practice long-distance running. By the time they came back from the run, each one of them had almost collapsed.
Seeing the loveless expressions on each of their faces, Gao Shen was very satisfied.
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After the lunch break, a tactics class was arranged in the afternoon, which will be conducted by Gao Shen and members of the coaching staff.
During the three years in Naples, Gao Shen and the coaching staff have clearly understood how to instill their tactical ideas and training requirements into the players, especially advanced tactical concepts.
Gao Shen has always emphasized letting players understand and think for themselves.
Because there are so many changes on the court and it is just carried out mechanically, knowing what is happening but not knowing why, it is easy to become confused.
Only by clearly knowing what they want to do and why they want to do it, even if there are constant changes on the field, the players can easily respond and maintain the unity of the team.
In the first class, Gao Shen explained his tactical concepts, and the first thing he discussed was rotation.
In order to better explain the importance of rotation, Gao Shen used Suarez as an example.
Whether in Uruguay or the Netherlands, Suarez is very active. Although he is not desperate on the court, he still works very hard. However, Gao Shen believes that this is a reckless act on his part.
"There is a saying that is right. Running is the easiest thing to do on the court. The difficult thing is how to run smart."
"This involves a science, which is to reasonably allocate one's physical energy."
Gao Shen showed two or three videos and believed that Suarez's active running and pressing was a good thing, but he should learn to withdraw.
Pulling back is not only to return to defense, but also to rest and conserve physical energy.
When Suarez withdraws, players in other positions must step in if necessary.
Left winger, right winger, central midfielder...
"Everyone can think about our fists." Gao Shen raised his right fist, stretched it forward, and stirred it straight in front. After everyone could see it clearly, he retracted his fist again.
Stay very far back, store up your strength, and hit out with all your strength.
Everyone captured the profound movements clearly.
"You can see, it's always stretched out very straight. It's like a stick that stirs shit. He can only stir it constantly. But when he retracts his fist and punches it out again, it's not only stronger, but also faster and faster.
Secret is more sudden."
"The same principle applies to our offense, including running and passing organization."
Possessing the ball is like retracting your fist, constantly accumulating strength, crossing the ball to stretch the opponent's defense, looking for and creating loopholes in the opponent, and once you find a loophole, hit it out with lightning speed.
If there are too many cross passes, the game will become boring, just like the boring Barcelona team later; blindly passing the ball through will not work, which is equivalent to giving up the ball to the opponent for no reason.
So how to switch and how to rotate is also a science.
Everything from a player's movement to a team's overall tactics are closely related.
Gao Shen also explained to the players the essentials of pressing, why to press, how to press, when to press, what to do if the press succeeds, and what to do if it fails?
He tried to break down his tactical concepts, from easy to difficult, and instill them into the players bit by bit.
Lucas also specially edited a lot of video material so that Gao Shen could explain it based on the video and give the players a more intuitive understanding.
Among all the players, Rakitic and David Luiz are the most familiar, because in the past three years, they have grown and improved under this advanced concept, and they can be said to have understood the essence of it.
Other players, even Felipe and Robinho, although they worked with Gao Shen for several months when they were at Real Madrid, the Gao Shen then was completely different from the Gao Shen now.
At that time, Gao Shen was just a fledgling player and did not yet have a systematic tactical concept of his own, but now Gao Shen has a very mature tactical concept and has won the Champions League championship in European football.
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The contents of the afternoon tactics class will generally be practiced in the afternoon training class.
This is also to strengthen the players' impression and help them understand the coach's tactical intentions more quickly.
All training programs are carefully arranged by Carlo and other members of the coaching staff. They are all targeted and extremely intense.
After the players had worked hard for another training session, the demon messenger Pintus appeared again.
On the first day of training, Pintus became a nightmare for the players.
Not to mention other people, even people who are very familiar with him, such as Rakitic and David Luiz, basically feel overwhelmed.
Because the intensity of matches and the intensity of the schedule in the Premier League are higher than those in Serie A.
During this period, Lucas's analysis team was also not idle.
On the contrary, they are even the busiest, because after every training session, they have to prepare an analysis report for the players so that they can clearly understand the mistakes they made during the day's training and make corrections.
When night fell, every player dragged their extremely tired bodies back to the hotel like zombies in Resident Evil, with expressions of pain on their faces.
However, Gao Shen did not just insist on being strong. In the evening, he also arranged various entertainment activities.
They were all in their twenties and had amazing recovery abilities. After dinner, they all became lively again.
Regarding Gao Shen's first day of training at Manchester City, Manchester City players generally responded that he was well-deserved.
I have heard before that advanced training is known as devilish, and now I have experienced it myself.
But players generally believe that the level of advanced training is very high.
Robben told reporters on the team's official website: "He is the highest-level head coach I have ever seen. At the same time, his preparations are very meticulous and his tactical concepts are also very special. Although it is only the first day of contact, I believe
, he will definitely succeed in Manchester City!"
Hazard said that he almost collapsed on the court from exhaustion, "But I like this tiring but fulfilling feeling. After every training session, I can feel that I am improving and progressing, which is very important."
David Silva said that he has not been able to adapt to the high-intensity training of the head coach, but he believes that he can overcome it, and for Gao Shen...
"In the tactical class in the afternoon, many of his words resonated with me. I feel that I will very well meet the requirements of the head coach. I can't wait to become a member of the lineup."
And more players, when faced with the interview lens of the official website reporter, their answers were basically weak and one-word.
tired!
Just like what Robinho said, he had cooperated with Gao Shen three years ago, and he was mentally prepared to accept Gao Shen's devilish training. However, he didn't expect that when he got to the training ground, he didn't last ten minutes.
"I don't know how I persisted in the entire training. Until now, my mind is still blank and I feel that my body is completely out of my control."
Facing the interview camera, after Gao Shen read the players' interviews, complaints and comments, he just smiled.
