Chapter 144 Doesn't I feel better

After a few days of training pitches, Gobo led the team to the sunny Iberian Peninsula.

During this year's pre-season training, Gao Bo decided not to stay in England and went to the famous football center in Marbella, Spain. In addition to the fact that the weather here is much more suitable for pre-season training than in rainy England, the more important reason is that Marbella's training base is large enough that many teams choose to train here, which means that the team can easily find warm-up opponents here.

It was only after arriving in Spain that the team's training really entered the devil's mode that made the players cry bitterly.

Faced with what seemed to be a lot of training day by day, veteran Campbell was a little overwhelmed. Thirty-five-year-old Campbell feels like his legs are shaking after training almost every day. After all, age is already here.

The rest of Luton's players are still very young, and Campbell has little in common with these young players, instead he has a good conversation with Kevin Keane, who is about his age.

At the end of a morning's practice, as he walked to the cafeteria, Campbell, who was walking side by side with Kevin Keane, gently poked Kevin next to him with the tip of his elbow.

"Kevin... Was that much of your training last season?! ”

Kevin shrugged: "Don't let you think how our FA Cup title came about, we won the FA Cup as a second division champion!" ”

"But this training volume is too much!!"

"Don't worry, Thor, it's only this week or two, the amount of training is a little larger during the period of physical reserves, and after this time, it will be much better when there is a ball to train.."

"Alas... I'm in my thirties, and my body is just not as good as these hairy boys."

Campbell sighed as he touched his bald head.

.......

The training before the season is on schedule, but Gao Bo's work is still very busy, the players' daily training, their physical condition will be compiled into data in front of Gao Bo, he needs to grasp the team's situation in real time.

The players are at the front and the coaches are behind.

"Where did you get this... Perverted?! "John has been watching Griezmann all this time.

It has to be said that Griezmann completely conquered everyone in Luton.

In the team's confrontation, Griezmann scored a lot of goals, no matter where Gao Bo arranged him to play in the front, left winger, right winger, nine and a half times, or even playing as a central striker, this kid can always send the ball into the goal.

With a flexible body shape, excellent foot skills, and excellent archery skills, he is also outstanding!

Gao Bo smiled smugly: "You don't have to doubt my vision, John!" This kid is going to blow everyone's mind! ”

"I'm already blown away by now......." John said, shaking his head.

In addition to Antoine Griezmann, the rest of the new players have also been doing very well, with Alex Sandro impressing the coaching staff with his performances at left wing-back and Karl Jenkinson showing his outstanding talent.

Now it's just a matter of waiting for the competition to verify their form.

"Have you contacted the opponents in the warm-up match?" Gao Bo asked.

There are quite a few teams coming to this football center for pre-season training, and it is very easy to contact the warm-up opponents.

"Get in touch, Tours, a team in the French second division!"

Gao Bo nodded, he didn't really care about the opponent, he needed some warm-up games to let the players slowly get into the feeling of the new season.

......

Campbell finally couldn't stand the team's training volume, and he found Gao Bo.

"Uh... Boss..."

Looking at Gao Bo, who was much younger than himself, Campbell hesitated for a moment, but decided to call Gao Bo that way with the other players.

"Thor!! How's that, get used to it these days! ”

Gao Bo is happy for the players to come and talk to him after training.

"Uh... Boss, I think... I'm training a bit too much. Campbell scratched his head, "If I continue to increase the amount, I'm afraid my knees won't be able to stand it." ”

These days are the team's physical reserves, so the training volume is getting worse day by day, and it's no wonder that Campbell is worried.

Gao Bo stopped what he was busy doing.

Campbell had suffered a serious knee injury once, and he was already thirty-five years old, so there was really no match for the physical fitness of such a player.

"What if you keep that amount?"

Gao Bo is not a tyrant, and the amount of training is also fixed, and it is absolutely impossible to add it indefinitely - the players are flesh and blood.

Campbell had a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Don't worry, Thor. There's a limit to how much you can train, and in two days we'll be cutting back on our fitness and starting to train with the ball! Gao Bo tapped Campbell on the shoulder.

"Go back and get some rest, you're the starter in tomorrow's warm-up game!" Gao Bo said a little mysteriously: "Maybe you will feel better in the game." ”

Campbell had no choice but to nod and leave, as for the mysterious smile on Gao Bo's face, he didn't understand.

But Gao Bo knows why he has a "mysterious smile".

Because Campbell's experience and ability at the back can be trusted, as long as he has no problem with fitness, he can be used as a first-class central defender!

To solve Campbell's fitness problems, Gao Bo naturally thought of cards.

[Match Card (Green): Increases physical strength by 15%, designate a player to use it!] 】

Gao Bo still has a hundred lottery chances in his hand, and it's useless, and Gao Bo doesn't feel heartbroken when he redeems a green card.

......

The warm-up matches are all about both teams, the better it is.

The match was played just after 3 p.m., in a large stadium at the Marbella training base.

Such a warm-up game could not attract many spectators, and Gao Bo sent a heartfelt starter in the first half.

It's still the same 442 formation from last season.

The goalkeeper is Kasper Schmeichel, the centre-back is Gobo who has chosen the partnership of Jeffrey and Campbell, the left wing-back is Alex Sandro, the right wing-back is Mitchell Piran, the four midfielders from left to right are Adam White, Drinkwater, Kante and Kevin Keane, and the two forwards in front are Vardy and Griezmann.

And when the starters of Tours were standing on the pitch, Gao Bo noticed that their strikers were familiar.

Isn't this Giroud?

Gobo remembered Olivier Giroud, who later played for Arsenal, a striker who was later ridiculed by fans as a "face-punching" striker, who can always surprise you when you think he can't do it, but when you think he must score, he can also surprise you...

In fact, Giroud's standing ability is still good, and Giroud was also the one who won the French Golden Boot when he was in Ligue 1.

At this time, Gao Bo was thinking, maybe he could poach Giroud, who is not yet famous, from the Tours club?

However, Gao Bo quickly dispelled this idea, there are so many famous players in the future, he can't become a calf collector...

In the first warm-up game of the new season, Luton's overall form was not good.

But Campbell felt like he had a lot more strength out of thin air as soon as he stepped onto the field, and even ran a lot more briskly.

Could it be that Coach Gao Bo's training is really so effective?

Campbell was a little pleased, he hadn't experienced such a steady stream of power from his muscles in a long time.

Campbell played brilliantly, he became an iron barrier at the back, and he always managed to handle the ball in the most reasonable way possible.

Gao Bo is also very satisfied, especially with Campbell's performance, if the veteran has no physical problems, his experience can definitely take Luton's defense to the next level.

In this game, he equipped a card, the purpose of which was to give Campbell some fitness and boost his self-confidence.

The final result was 1-1, with Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud contributing to their respective teams.

After the game, Gao Bo specifically approached Campbell.

"Thor, don't you feel better during the game!"