Chapter 17: An Interview with Pitch
After Guidolin was dismissed due to interpersonal problems, Chen Fei uncovered the root cause of Guidolin's poor interpersonal relationship through a special "criticism meeting", which also made him more vigilant, and he made up his mind to pay full attention to the physical and mental health of the players. At this moment www.biquge.info he had in mind a well-known institution in Italy in later generations, and even the "oil tycoon" Roman Abramovich was closed.
The facility was officially inaugurated in March 2002 and has worked very closely with the NBA and major hospitals, with an initial investment of 5 million euros, and maintenance and upgrades are also a huge expense. At that time, its appearance can be said to be a qualitative leap in the club's operating philosophy. Although they have made great achievements in maintaining the competitive condition of veterans and maintaining the mental health of players, there have also been tragic examples such as Nesta and Pato, which can be described as a combination of angels and demons. That's right, this is the famous Milan laboratory in the history of football.
Chen Fei, who came from later generations, naturally knew that protecting the physical and mental health of players had become the top priority of major clubs in later generations. It's just that Chen Fei is still young in the coaching circle and in the Atlanta club, although he has the support of Perkasi's uncle and nephew, but Chen Fei also knows very well that he can't really make any amazing moves like preparing to set up a laboratory as soon as he goes, otherwise, it will be really troublesome to make too much trouble. However, there are a few things that Chen Fei can start working on in the short term: talk to the physical trainer and alumnus Pitch, who still has doubts about him, to gain his trust; Introduce Chinese team doctors for their own team, responsible for the physical rehabilitation and wellness of players; and the introduction of psychologists to ensure the mental health of the players.
Of course, the first thing to bear the brunt of is to interview his physical trainer Pitch, after all, if there is a situation of discord within the coaching staff, this coaching staff wants to improve the efficiency of the work is tantamount to a dream. After that special criticism meeting, Chen Fei left Pidge behind. "Luigi, how about we have lunch together at noon after training? I want to have a good talk with you. The question you asked me that day is worth discussing, and I would like to share my thoughts on the development and use of fitness with you, an old alumnus. "Okay, then I'll hear what you think." Pitch agreed.
In the morning training session, unlike the youth team, the senior team missed the best pre-season preparation period because Chen Fei took over halfway, so it was impossible for him to copy 100% of the youth team's set of horses to the senior team, because it would cause tension again in the relationship between the cadres and the masses that had just been repaired. He opted for the first training session of the senior team to focus on recovery training, supplemented by a small number of fun ball-playing games (net football, foot bowling, etc.), and finally divided the uninjured players into four teams and played two small court matches of 10 minutes each. The whole content was not very intense, the players had a lot of fun, and the morning training session ended in such a relaxed atmosphere. But Chen Fei made a new request: 90 minutes of training at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Facing the puzzled eyes of the players, Chen Fei said: "That's the case, because I missed the pre-season preparation period when I took office, and I need to have some new tactical concepts and tactical training, so I need your cooperation and increase some training intensity." Don't worry, I can guarantee that if we win the next match against Foggia, I will treat you to Chinese food! ”
"Wow! This new coach is really generous! Hey! "As soon as the players heard that there was Chinese food, they immediately came to the motivation.
Moreover, the new decision just announced by Chen Fei also made Piqi even more worried and confused: What is this little junior brother going to do?
Chen Fei drove Pidge back to Milan and into a Chinese restaurant he frequented. The boss's surname is Lin, Cambodian Chinese, came to Europe ten years ago, in the face of a small number of Chinese, the boss can be described as extremely enthusiastic about Chen Fei, Chen Fei encountered difficulties in life several times, it was the boss who helped to save the day. "Boss Lin, long time no see!" Chen Fei greeted the store warmly.
As soon as Boss Lin saw Chen Fei, he immediately greeted him warmly: "It's Xiao Chen, you really haven't been here for a long time." I read the newspaper, you did the head coach of Atalanta? That's amazing! Are you bringing a friend today? ”
"Yes, Luigi Pitch, my old alumnus! Luigi, the food here is delicious, come, sit casually! Whatever you want to eat, you can order it yourself! “
Pitch took a copy of the menu from his boss and began to order. To Chen Fei's surprise, Pi Qi actually ordered Tom Yum seafood pot, Sichuan spicy chicken, boiled beef, and asked for more chili peppers! This time it was Chen Fei and Boss Lin's turn to fall out in shock! You must know that there are many people in Europe who are not accustomed to chili peppers and spicy food, and few locals order these dishes, and basically they come to eat these are a small number of Asian students and Asian immigrants, and Pidge can eat so spicy and add more chili peppers.
"I learned to eat chili peppers when I was on exchange at the University of Guadalajara, and don't forget how good jalapeños are." Pitch added that it was only then that everyone understood. Jalapeños, which is famous all over the world, can adapt to Pidge living in Mexico, so it is not a problem.
"My own family comes from central China, which is also a famous place to eat chili peppers throughout China." Chen Fei himself is usually a spicy and unhappy master, and the two quickly narrowed the distance because of their same love for chili peppers. Of course, after three rounds of wine and five flavors, the business still has to be said.
"Chen, you should know that I am not at ease with your plan, but it is completely athletic, as your alumnus, I can't have any prejudice against you personally, I hope you can understand this," Pigkey said, "The tactical ideas you put forward at the coaching staff meeting that day, I also went back and studied them later. Don't look at me as a physical fitness coach, I'm no worse than anyone else in terms of tactics! You know, 3 years ago, my assistant coach and strength and conditioning coach came over like this. So I went back and studied your idea and found that it was indeed a bold idea, but it might be possible. “
"Restricting the opponent's possession of the ball in the midfield area, increasing the opponent's probability of mistakes by pressing, and limiting the opponent's path through the overall movement of the defense are all very feasible at a tactical level. It's just that the distance a player can run is likely to increase by 10-15% per game (the average player in the late 90s was around 9,500 meters, or a little more than 10,000), and the midfielder may have increased a little more. As a 34-game league (Serie A was still 18 teams at the time), such a big increase in running was a big drain on the players' long-term fitness. So I'm worried that once we use this kind of high pressing for a long time, it will inevitably affect the physical distribution of the players over the course of a season. “
The point put forward by Pitch is reasonable and well-founded, and Chen Fei has to admire it, but Chen Fei has long been prepared for it. In fact, there are many ways to deal with the player's fitness reserves, including preventing players from developing bad habits, eating a reasonable diet, improving training methods, and continuous physical monitoring. In the training of today's professional teams, athletes can often be seen wearing a small black vest on the field, which is actually a sharp tool to monitor the physiological indicators of players. Although it was not launched 20 years ago, let alone promoted, Chen Fei, who was impressed by it, suddenly thought of this, and this has not only become an important part of Chen Fei's future laboratory plan, but also an extremely significant business opportunity for Chen Fei in the future.
"Luigi, thank you, you're great, I admire you, really." This is really not Chen Fei's contrivedness, he sincerely admires Pidge. After all, Chen Fei II was a human being, bringing a lot of ideas from later generations, and Pitch only relied on a meeting to thoroughly study the physical requirements of Chen Fei's tactics, and I have to say that Italian football is so strong that it is terrifying. Many people think that Serie A is called the "Little World Cup", which is actually difficult to deserve under some fame, but in Chen Fei's view, this word, Serie A is well deserved.
When it comes to tactical literacy, Italy's players and coaches are world-class. Even if the current Serie A is no longer the grand occasion of the Seven Sisters competing in China and competing in Europe, people who really have a deeper understanding of football projects know very well that in fact, the most difficult team in Europe to deal with is the Serie A team. This is not only because of the Italian mentality of defense first and the tenacious spirit that matches it, but more importantly, the Italians' theoretical research on football is also very in-depth, which makes any coach in Serie A, even the coach of the relegation team, have a very high tactical literacy. Therefore, it is both surprising and natural that Pitge was able to analyze Chen Fei's intention in designing such a style of play.
"I have to say, Luigi, your idea is really reasonable, of course, this is also what I have taken into account, so I generally have the following thoughts, maybe immature, and I hope you will give more opinions." Chen Fei's attitude towards his long-term partners in the future is quite good.
"First of all, it's natural to control the bad habits of the players. You've heard that, my first rule of the day, which prohibits players from smoking on any occasion. You know, smoking is extremely damaging to anyone's respiratory system. As a footballer, especially a player who is going to play new tactics under me in the future, the physical reserve must be passed, and as for the problems that may arise such as alcoholism, in principle, it is also not allowed, of course, drug use must be strictly prohibited. I'm sure you should have no problem with that. “
Chen Fei's proposal to ban smoking actually drew many lessons from later generations to a certain extent: Wilshere, Szczesny, Berbatov, Abang Laho。。。。。。 How many excellent players have suffered a significant decline in their competitive form because of smoking. After all, human lungs are very fragile, and the damage to the lungs caused by nicotine and tar is recognized by the world, so Chen Fei absolutely does not allow his players to smoke, and he wants to protect everyone. As for alcoholism, one of the most powerful players in England is Paul Gascoigne.
In fact, Chen Fei was also quite lucky to travel back to Italy this time, because Gaza happened to play for Lazio at this time, and Chen Fei had two opportunities to face Gaza face to face every season. For Gaza, whom he has always admired, Chen Fei fell in love with talent and tried to see if he could save Gaza's later tragic fate. Of course, now is not the time to think about it so much.
"The second is to add some means to physical training. In addition to traditional jogging, sprinting, and strength training, there are also some special equipment, such as side-stepping elastic bands, elastic resistance bands, etc., which can help the exercise better train the core strength of special parts. “
"Wait, wait, how do you know about those equipment?" Pitch raised his doubts.
"It's true that these things aren't very common in Europe right now, but they are available in the United States, and they're very common in NBA physical training. You know, the intensity of the games that an NBA player has to endure in a season is particularly high, more than 70 games (there were no 30 teams at that time, so there were not so many games, but 70 games definitely existed), so the NBA is actually far ahead of Europe in terms of athlete protection and physical distribution. We can learn from and draw on the experience of Americans to make our physical training more scientific. “
"I happen to have a classmate with whom I have a good relationship working in the United States, so I called and asked, if these things are really that useful, then we can apply for this budget from the club and take it to help us train." Pidge was not ambiguous, and was directly ready to use his interpersonal relationships, and this really gave Chen Fei a small surprise. It can be said that when Pidge said this, he has released a very clear signal, that is, he has begun to accept Chen Fei's ideas and is ready to cooperate with him. But he was still surprised: "Chen, I really don't know how your head grows, where did you get so many wonderful ideas?" “
"Hehe, according to our Chinese words, it's called 'blind cat touching dead rats', that is, luck," Chen Fei had to laugh haha.
"No, this is not something that can be solved by luck, you are so young, although the idea is bold, but the feasibility is quite high, what are you from?" Pitch is still in hot pursuit.
"In fact, my uncle was a doctor in China, so I still know a lot about medicine and exercise physiology." It was absolutely impossible for Chen Fei to reveal such an astonishing secret that he was actually a human being, so he had to say so, of course, this successfully frightened Pidge.
Of course, in fact, even in the face of Pitch, Chen Fei would not be able to put forward such a crazy idea of building a laboratory now, and whether Atlanta's financial resources can support Chen Fei to build a laboratory, whether Atlanta can use its achievements to ensure financial revenue to maintain the operation of the laboratory, etc., these key points can be said to be almost unknown to Chen Fei, a new member. However, one of Chen Fei's three major tasks has been completed, that is, he successfully tied the physical fitness coach Pidge to his chariot, and the next two tasks are still waiting for Chen Fei to continue to complete。。。。。。