After spending a pleasant Christmas, Charlotte and her family left Milan. This time the Monaco royal family came to Milan for a very low-key vacation, so even the local newspapers did not report it. Dick
Naturally, he didn't know that the family he had dined with several times during this period was the entire Monaco royal family. He just listened in a daze as Charlotte introduced his family to him, including his grandfather, uncle, mother, brother, and brother.
Sister... Fortunately, the stepfather didn't follow, otherwise Dick would be even more confused.
After Christmas, the winter break was almost over. On the second day of the New Year, Inter Milan started training for the second half of the season. The good results in the first half of the season gave all the players great encouragement. Dick was in the first few days.
Months of work have gradually begun to make the players admire this young head coach, although many players on the team are much older than Dick...
Dick has made sufficient preparations for the second half of the season. In five months from January to May, Inter Milan has to play a lot of games. If Dick's goal is to advance on all three fronts, then in these five months, Dick will have to play a lot of games.
In one month, Inter Milan will play 22 league games, seven Italian Cup games and nine UEFA Cup games, a total of thirty-eight games, an average of nearly eight games a month, almost all of them.
It's a game-by-game style of play, and this kind of schedule is indeed extremely strict.
However, Dick didn't care about this. He didn't plan to rotate on the back line, and even if he did, he would only rotate occasionally. However, in the frontcourt, he was able to give full play to the characteristics of his numerous attackers and constantly used rotation to enhance his firepower.
The league is the main game, the cup is the supplement, and there is no Champions League. To a certain extent, it also helped Dick a lot in his first season.
Inter Milan does not lack strength, but it lacks the foundation to win the championship. If they play in the Champions League this season, with Dick's character, he will go for the Triple Crown. Under such pressure, Inter Milan can be so successful in the first half of the season.
Is there a good chance for running-in? It’s unlikely. You must know that in the first half of the season, Dick’s focus was entirely on the league. Whether it was the UEFA Cup or the Italian Cup, it was the place where he did experiments, which provided a better running-in opportunity for the entire team.
Comes great benefits.
In the second half of the season, it’s time to show off your strength!
When the Inter Milan players returned to the training base with the joy of vacation, what was waiting for them was a row of medical staff...
"Mr. Combi, I'll leave the rest to you." Dick said to Combi, the leader of the medical team beside him.
Combi has been the team doctor of Inter Milan for a long time. Because Inter Milan players always suffered a lot of injuries a lot of time, he also got the nickname "vet", which many fans think is his.
It was poor treatment that caused so many injuries to Inter Milan's players. It wasn't until the year when they won the Triple Crown in the 2009-10 season that the clues were discovered - almost all of Mourinho's players that season were in the Premier League.
Load operation, Mourinho does not need too many rotation players, eleven main players, two or three appropriate rotation players, and one or two super substitutes who can bring about tactical changes. For him, a team
It was enough to have fifteen or six players who were in line with his wishes. However, there were very few injuries to the players that season. This was due to him having the club install floor heating on the training ground, so that the players would not suffer from hardness in the winter.
Only then did people suddenly realize - it turns out that players had always suffered a lot of injuries before because of the turf...
It's just that after Mourinho left, the so-called people make things happen and things fail because of people, Inter Milan's injuries began to increase again, and this was not just due to training.
Therefore, the first thing Dick did after taking over was to improve the training facilities, and at the same time urge the players to move as much as possible before the start of training to reduce the possibility of injury. So far this season, even Zanetti and Recco
Even an old patient like Ba rarely gets injured, so the effect can be said to be immediate.
Hearing what Dick said, Combi nodded. There was no training today. What the players had to do was to undergo a physical examination to see if they had gained weight during this holiday...
Inter Milan's medical team originally did not have so many people. It was Dick's request, and the club temporarily hired various sports doctors from Milan to check the players' bodies - there are now many South American players in the Inter Milan team.
, compared with European players, they often seem less self-disciplined, and Dick doesn't want the extra fat to make their condition decline.
After getting the test results, Dick frowned.
Everyone else is fine, just the top scorer Adriano... Before the winter break, his weight was 93 kilograms, which is very strong for his height of one meter**, but now? Ninety-five
Kilogram……
This isn't muscle, it's all fat.
Adriano stood in front of Dick uneasily. He also got the results of his physical examination. He had a great time in Brazil during the winter break, so he didn't train much. He gained weight in less than ten days.
Two kilograms, which is four kilograms of meat!
"Lite...you're so fucking upsetting to me..."
Dick cursed: "Boy, in the next few days, you will increase your training volume. If you don't regain your previous weight, you don't want to play for me. Do you understand? Do you know what your characteristics are?"
The perfect combination of strength, speed and technique! With two more kilograms of fat, your speed will be affected and your strength will be consumed faster! Remember, follow Robert's arrangements and return to ninety-three
I won’t let you play before you hit the kilogram, do you understand?”
Adriano nodded obediently, and then rushed to find Marriner for weight loss training. Dick breathed a sigh of relief - fortunately, this kid can still hold his own, and he is also the current former player of Inter Milan.
There are too many good players on the field. If Adriano dares to argue with me at this time, then I really have to put him in the reserve team to calm down - even the king must listen to me, a tyrant!
Adriano started his own weight loss training, but it was easy to gain weight, but it would be very difficult to lose it. What's more, Adriano has the kind of body that easily puts on weight. He grew up in a slum and had no problem with losing weight.
Being able to grow so strong after eating any good food shows how strong his absorption ability is. If this is really a waste of food... Dick's eyes flashed before his eyes as to what he would look like in the future when his weight reached 140 kilograms...
The weight loss was not going too smoothly, but the large amount of physical exertion made him gradually feel more flexible. Although he seemed to be unable to catch up with the next round of the league, Dick had already made up his mind, even if it affected the next round.
This rule must also be set for the next game. If the weight is not up to standard, you will not be allowed to play. This is not only to establish prestige, but also to give Adriano a warning. As long as he still wants to play in Inter Milan, he will have to grow old.
Train honestly, keep your body in good condition, and don’t think that just because you are strong you can do whatever you want!
Such punishments were naturally completed within the team and were not leaked outside the team. Before January 6, although Adriano trained very hard, he failed to lose weight.
Come down...
"Lost one kilogram, very good situation, keep working hard, Wright." Dick said this to Adriano, and then read out the starting lineup for this game.
The substitutes are Cesar, Arbeloa, Maggio, Mascherano, Di Natale, Cruz and Martins.
Adriano looked at Dick innocently. Dick put down the list in his hand and shrugged to Adriano: "Sorry, Wright, I won't do it until you return to your previous weight."
What makes you appear...the rules are the rules. If you want to appear soon, keep working hard. You will lose one kilogram in three days, and it won't take long for you to return to your former lean self."
The players burst into laughter. Faced with such a straightforward approach, Adriano could not say anything else. He could only walk towards Marriner with a sad face, and then started running circles again under Marriner's command...
However, it is obvious that Adriano, who performed extremely well in the first half of the season, scoring 15 goals in 16 league rounds and scoring 10 goals in nine consecutive rounds, did not appear in the starting lineup, and he was not even on the substitute list.
At that time, it also caused many people to be surprised.
In response to such questions, Dick simply replied: "Adriano's physical condition is not very good, so he will rest for a while. We have many good forwards and can still win enough victories."
Many people expressed doubts about Dick's statement. After all, Adriano's fifteen goals in the first half of the season accounted for a full third of the team's goals, and he also had five assists. Inter Milan's sixteen goals
He scored forty-five goals in each round of the league. Such a terrifying goal rate is inseparable from Adriano's outstanding performance. His role on the court even exceeds these goals and assists. Every time he
When holding the ball, he can attract the attention of two or three opponents, and also create enough gaps for other players. Without Adriano, Inter Milan can really score so many goals.
?
With such doubts, Inter Milan went to the away game to challenge the "Communist-Army" Livorno.
After ninety minutes of the game, the result came out - Inter Milan did not score that many goals, but their defense seemed to be much more stable. Livorno did not have many chances throughout the game. Materazzi performed well.
Not only did he target the opponent's center Lucarelli, he also took advantage of a corner kick before the end of the first half to score the first goal for Inter Milan. Shortly after the start of the second half, Toni received a cross from Recoba from the wing.
Headed the ball into the eleventh league goal of the season, sealing the victory for Inter Milan!
"We have not one, but two super forwards, so don't think that there will be any problems if we lack a certain player... Judging from the current situation, the only one we cannot lack is Zanetti.
Man, because apart from him, I really can’t find a left-back that makes me completely reassured. If Zanetti can play full duty this season, then the championship will definitely belong to us.”
Zanetti, who attended the press conference with Dick, laughed. To be honest, he was not very happy to play left back. Although he can perform very well in this position, if he can really get the league he dreams of
If he is a champion... then he doesn't mind staying in this position, and if he can fill the black hole on the left that Inter Milan has had in the past ten years, it will be a good choice...
