Chapter 400: Rest Day Extra Practice (Transitional Chapter)

Atletico Madrid won their first home game of the season and are provisionally top of the La Liga table with eight goal difference from two league games.

So, Diego Simeone, who was in a good mood, gave all the players of the first team a day off the day after the end of the second round of the league.

Although the players of the first team of Atletico Madrid have a day off today, Feng Quan, who has just arrived in Madrid and is still in an unfamiliar state, really doesn't know what else he can do besides training. So, after getting up and washing up, I took a taxi to the Espino training base.

Because Feng Quan's La Liga debut was so amazing, many local fans in Madrid quickly became his fans. Coincidentally, Roberto Nunez, the taxi driver who took Feng Quan to the Espino training base, was a loyal Atletico Madrid fan.

After Roberto Nunez drove Feng Quan to the Espino training base, he only asked Feng Quan for an autograph, but he refused to charge Feng Quan for the fare.

Not only that, but when Roberto Nunez heard that Feng Quan was too busy with training to get a driver's license, he patted his chest and promised Feng Quan: "As long as you are in Madrid, you will be on call when you need a car, and it will always be free." ”

Although Feng Quan doesn't care about saving a few taxi dollars, Roberto Nunez's sincere love for himself still makes Feng Quan feel very comfortable. Therefore, on the occasion of "parting and saying goodbye" to Roberto Núñez, the two also left each other's contact information.

The reason why Feng Quan chose to come to the training base when the team was resting was not only because he didn't know how to "pass the time", but also because he had other considerations.

Although after last season's Bundesliga training, Feng Quan's physical endurance has improved a lot, otherwise he would not have improved his best time in the 1500m by as much as 6 seconds when he participated in the decathlon competition at the just-concluded World Championships in Moscow.

However, even so, due to the fact that Feng Quan missed the entire summer preparation period for Atletico Madrid, his physical reserves are still slightly behind those of his teammates.

The reason why Diego Simeone replaced Feng Quan early in yesterday's game against Rayo Vallecano was not only worried that he would be injured by the opposing player, but also had a lot to do with the decline in Feng Quan's physical fitness.

Ten minutes into the second half against Baracano, Diego Simeone noticed that Feng Quan was not as aggressive as he had been in the first half when he was running without the ball. Especially after 20 minutes into the second half, Feng Quan has begun to move more to the left wing, rather than constantly moving around the front court as in the previous game.

In fact, long before Feng scored his second goal of the game, Diego Simeone had Adrian López warm up and was ready to come off the bench.

Therefore, in order to maximize his physical reserves, Feng Quan chose to come to the Espino training base on his rest day for a separate physical training.

Although the first-team players are on holiday today, after telling Diego Simeone that he was going to use the break time for fitness training, Diego Simeone asked the team's strength and conditioning coach Carlos Menéndez to personally guide Feng Quan's "individual training".

Feng Quan, who arrived at the training base at more than 9 o'clock in the morning, completed a series of preparatory activities under the guidance of Carlos Menendez, and then began to carry out special physical training. It wasn't until half past eleven that Feng Quan's morning physical training was over.

After a brief wash and a new pair of dry clothes, Feng Quan followed Carlos Menendez to the cafeteria at the training base to "enjoy" a nutritious meal specially prepared for the players.

Although nutritious meals are a food that is very beneficial for professional players to maintain their physical condition, from a taste point of view, even for those European and American professional players who have been receiving this kind of food since childhood, let alone the style of Chinese food that has been accustomed to all kinds of color and flavor since childhood.

Even though Feng Quan had eaten nutritious meals for more than half a season at the Hamburg Club before, the expression on Feng Quan's face was extremely "wonderful" every time he "enjoyed" a nutritious meal until now.

After "reluctantly" "enjoying" the nutritious meal, Feng Quan first walked around the training base, and then went to the lounge for first-team players to take a nap.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Feng Quan, who was still asleep, was woken up by a sudden ringtone of his mobile phone.

After grabbing the phone and seeing the name of Carlos Menendez displayed on the screen, Feng Quan quickly pressed the answer button on the phone.

Immediately afterwards, Carlos Menendez's hearty laughter came from the receiver of the mobile phone: "Wind, haven't you woken up yet?" ”

"Carlos, didn't you ask knowingly?" Feng Quan pretended to be unhappy and said. "Besides, didn't we already say in the morning that we would start the afternoon physical training after two o'clock?"

Carlos Menendez: "Haha, I'm really sorry for the wind. There was a little change in the situation, so Diego (Simeone) asked me to wake you up earlier. ”

"What the hell is going on?" Feng Quan asked regretfully.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that there are several other first-team players besides you who have also gone to the training base for individual training, so Diego hopes that you will not do any more physical training in the afternoon, but go to the training ground to do technical training with them."

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Exclusive training ground for the first team at the Espino Training Base.

Although Diego Simeone took a day off for the team, the first-team players who were not selected in the 18-man squad for yesterday's game, as well as several other players who were selected in the 18-man squad but did not get a chance to play, all arrived at the Espino training base in the afternoon.

Not only that, but even the team's manager, Diego Simeone, also appeared on the training ground dedicated to the first team.

After the players had warmed up under the guidance of Carlos Menéndez, Diego Simeone called them in front of him.

Although Feng Quan performed very well against Rayo Vallecano, since Feng Quan has only been in the team for a week, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the tacit understanding between him and other teammates.

In addition, as a forward center forward at the forefront of the team, Feng Quan's ability to grab points with his header is at most a barely passing level. At the same time, in the match against Rayo Vallecano, the number of times Feng Quanzhi went to the penalty area to grab the point and shoot was actually only once.

Therefore, trying to improve the tacit understanding between Feng Quan and his teammates, and further strengthening Feng Quan's awareness of entering the penalty area to grab points and attack goals, is Diego Simeone's key focus in the next period of time.

However, due to the fact that several core players in the team did not come for individual training, Diego Simeone could only arrange a relatively simple offensive routine of breaking through the side and crossing from the wing, and grabbing the point in the middle to outflank.