Sometimes I have to say that although Brazil has produced countless geniuses and its title of football kingdom is worthy of its name, in terms of professionalism, the overall professionalism of Brazilian players is inferior to that of Argentinian players who are also South American players.
As mentioned in the previous chapter, many top Brazilian players were not ruined by time and injuries, but by endless drinking and nightlife. There are many such examples. On the contrary, this kind of thing rarely happens with Argentine players.
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Dick had a headache for Juninho last season. Juninho's talent is undoubted, and his personality is also very gentle. He is just lazy and always likes to be late. He is never late every time.
He was just a little slow, and it wasn't until Dick punished him with running laps a few times that he calmed down a bit, but every time he almost arrived at the venue with a stopwatch.
But this time, the two newly joined Argentines arrived in time, and the two Frenchmen were not late. But it happened that this one, who cost Atletico Madrid 20 million US dollars and was Dick's top scorer, was on the first day of training.
It's late!
Dick knew that if he did not punish according to the regulations, sooner or later other players would not take the rules seriously - Dick did not want to use Jardel to establish his authority, but the rules he set did not allow anyone to break them.
He raised his wrist again and looked at his watch. There was only one minute left before 10:30. If Jadel hadn't arrived yet... The players were all gathered on the court now. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch curiously.
Dick.
"Jadel hasn't arrived yet... He won't be the first player punished by the boss, right?" Baraja asked Beleron in a low voice. Beleron shrugged his shoulders and did not answer. Camorra next to him
Nesi asked with some confusion: "You shouldn't be late for long, right? When Julio and I came out of the locker room, Jardel was already here. Besides, I can't be late for more than a few minutes. What's the penalty?
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"Then let's watch." Aguilera said in a low voice: "Anyway, for more than a month when the boss took over last season, Juninho was even a minute late and was dragged to run laps."
"One minute..." Camoranesi felt speechless.
At half past ten, Dick put down his wrist and said expressionlessly: "The training can begin... Anyway, it's just physical training now. You don't need to know each other. As for letting you get familiar with each other, we need people."
Don’t do this kind of thing until we’re all here... Robert, let’s get started.”
Marriner nodded and blew the whistle.
The new players were stunned. Unexpectedly, Dick said a few words and started training immediately. This made their movements a little slower, and they were immediately greeted by Marina's roar: "Damn it, move it."
!Did the vacation make your joints rusty?”
Amid Marriner's roar, Atletico Madrid players began to move their bodies under the leadership of him and four training assistants. It started with physical training, so after a little exercise, they began to reserve their physical fitness.
Yes - the simplest way is to run in circles.
It is necessary to warm up before running a lap, and for professional players, the initial warm-up is still very important. If the warm-up is insufficient, strain will easily occur if the movement is larger.
Shortly after the players started to warm up, Jader hurriedly appeared in the direction of the locker room. He quickly ran to the side of the training field and smiled at Dick.
"Boss, it's a little late to change clothes..." Jardel said to Dick with a smile. He felt that he should be very familiar with Dick. After all, it was Corporal Dick Lixian who invited him here. He could get this treatment.
It's just him and Thuram.
"Five minutes late." Dick looked at his watch and said calmly: "Go and warm up first, and then do training."
Jardel nodded, then ran into the training ground and started warming up with other players.
"It seems like he wasn't punished..." Camoranesi asked Aguilera in a low voice.
"Just wait and see." Aguilera said calmly.
After sufficient warm-up, the first day of training for Atletico Madrid's first team began - except for the three goalkeepers, everyone else was undergoing physical training under the leadership of Marriner and Cabello. Although running laps was simple
, but they are not just running blindly. According to their characteristics, the coaching staff has set up targeted running methods to allow them to gradually reserve their physical fitness and adjust their status so that they can perform well in the game.
better.
The three goalkeepers were undergoing goalkeeping training under the leadership of Ortega. Dick sat down alone on the sidelines, chewing a grass stem picked up from the lawn, and watched everyone calmly.
people.
He wasn't wearing sunglasses, so the players could feel his gaze.
The training in the morning lasted until one o'clock, and then it was time to rest, and then I went to have lunch at three o'clock. This is the process.
However, at the end of the training, looking at Jardel walking down the training ground with his teammates, Dick hooked his finger at him.
"Go and run laps, Jardel, five laps. I think you should know our rules... Late once in a week, within five minutes, run five laps, run more than five minutes, and your salary will be deducted for a week. Late twice, you will be excluded."
Make the roster once, be late three times, go to the second team. I hope you know, if you don't know, I will find out what went wrong, and if the agent didn't tell you, then I will pull your agent.
Come and run laps. If the club staff does not convey the message, I will drag the staff to run laps. Do you understand?"
Jardel was stunned for a moment, and then the smile froze on his face. To be honest, he didn't mean to be late. He heard what his agent told him, but the Brazilian's natural loose temper made him hold back.
When he got to the dressing room, he looked for his own wardrobe and was a little slow in changing clothes. He didn't think he was late...
In addition, after arriving at the training ground, Dick asked him to warm up without saying anything. He thought it was over, but after the training, Dick asked him to run laps!
Looking at Jardel who was stunned, Dick rubbed his nose, and then said slowly: "I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you at that time, I am a very strict person on the training ground and on the court.
Head coach... you can play whatever you want off the court, and I can even play with you in nightclubs, but on the training ground and on the court, everything must be done according to my rules! Because only by following my rules can we continue to achieve success.
Victory! You are my people. If you cause trouble outside, I will protect you. If you make mistakes internally, I will punish you!"
Seeing the head coach, who was five or six years younger than himself, speaking with the tone of a gangster boss, Jader suddenly felt that this guy was very capable of changing his face - he was not like this before he signed the contract...
However, Jadel still understood that people had to lower their heads when they were under the eaves. After all, he was indeed late. Under Dick's gaze, Jadel quickly lowered his head and ran onto the training ground.
One lap, two laps, three laps...
Five laps of a four-hundred-meter track is equivalent to two thousand meters. Jardel's physical fitness is quite outstanding, otherwise he would not be able to maintain his confrontational ability on the field. Running two thousand meters is nothing to him, but
Running like this in front of everyone, losing face is the most important thing.
During this process, no one spoke, and it wasn't until Jardel finished running five laps and came off the field out of breath that Dick waved his hand and let him join the team.
"It's still early, today is the first day of training, so I think we should get to know each other." Dick said calmly, as if nothing happened, "This summer, our team will leave
There have been a lot of people, a lot of people have been added... So I don’t want to introduce them one by one, otherwise our three captains will be exhausted... Let me first introduce to you our three captains this season... Captain
, Aguilera, first vice-captain, Jose Molina, second vice-captain, Juan Belleron. Because we have left several veterans this season, the captains have also been rearranged... Now,
It's your turn to introduce yourselves. According to the locker number, from small to large, come out one by one and introduce yourself, let everyone know your name and what position you play... Of course, if you want to talk about your sexual orientation, etc.,
Also welcome.”
There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, and then Capdevila was pushed out - No. 1 was Molina, No. 2 was captain Aguilera, and of course No. 3 was the first to come out and introduce himself.
It took dozens of minutes for the first team of twenty-three people to come out one by one and introduce themselves. Dick looked at his watch and then laughed.
"Today is the first day of training, so the break at noon will be a little longer...Robert, is there a good hotel nearby? Let's go to dinner together, I'll treat you! We Chinese have a saying that when a friend comes from the original place, it's
The happiest thing! There are so many new players in the team today, of course I will be even more happy, so I paid for today’s lunch and all the expenses in the evening!”
Dick waved his hand with great momentum, but the cheers he imagined did not come out, but the old players were whispering to each other.
"Did I hear correctly? The boss said he wanted to treat someone?"
"Yes, it's so strange. Isn't he Grandet? He even asked us to invite him to the nightclub last season."
"There is a conspiracy, there must be a conspiracy. I think the boss will definitely run away halfway through the drink, and then leave us to pay the bill. Remember to bring your wallet at night..."
Dick was very dissatisfied with the players' reaction: "Hey, I said I'm going to treat you! Aren't you happy?"
"Boss, since when did you start to like to treat guests?" Baraja asked cautiously: "Last season you won the lottery and you didn't even treat guests..."
"I was still very poor at that time!" Dick said dumbfounded: "Do I still drink from you if I have money? Although my salary is still not as good as yours now, I still have money to invite you to nightclubs... I don't want to
Are you going? Then I won’t invite you!”
"Go! Go! Go!"
The players immediately shouted in confusion, and some people said excitedly: "I'm going to order a few bottles of good red wine today. If I can't finish it, I'll take it back..."
Dick was covered in cold sweat and turned around to ask for help from Marina, but he saw Marina saying to Ortega enthusiastically: "I won't stop drinking today! The boss is treating me, so of course I have to drink some good wine..."
