Chapter III: Training
It rained at night, and the sky was still gloomy until the next morning, and it rained for a third of the days in May and June in Belgium, Wang Nuo had long been accustomed to rain, he rode a bicycle, brought a poncho, and it was not very far from home to the training ground, and he was going to run over, but because it was the first time to formally train with the team, Wang Nuo felt that it was better to maintain physical strength for the sake of prudence. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
About twenty minutes later, Wang Nuo arrived at the youth training base, he came a little early, a full hour earlier than the stipulated ten o'clock.
Wang Nuo has not trained here much, and he has had a half-month trial before, which is enough for him not to go down the wrong path in the youth training base.
Standard Liege's youth training base is large and has one of the best in the world, including a standard football field with 800 seats, six standard training grounds, a fitness center, a press conference hall, a conference hall, a printing workshop, a small medical center, a rehabilitation center (where Wang Nuo and his body tested yesterday), a canteen, a small library and a player's dormitory.
The club was on the verge of bankruptcy in the past few years, selling a lot of excellent players to make a living and operate, the club can't come up with money to bring in reinforcements, the current players are too expensive, Milan's Kaka and Manchester United's Ronaldo and Real Madrid's scandal transfer fees are as high as more than 50 million euros, Standard Liege has long recognized this, realizing that buying players is far less cost-effective than youth training, they are at the forefront of the recovery of Belgian youth training, and established this new youth training center four years ago.
U19 gathered for training at the No. 2 training ground today, Wang Nuo came too early, there was no one, but the No. 3 training ground next to it was very lively, it seemed that a certain echelon below U14 was training there, at a glance they were all children who had just grown up, they were fighting in groups of 6 people, Wang Nuo looked at it with interest.
The game at this age is still the stage of fighting technology, there are no too complicated tactics, both sides are very anxious, everyone is very hard, the action at the foot is good, the basic skills such as pulling the ball and smashing the ball, fast passing and receiving the ball are very solid, and occasionally you will see a wonderful small range of cooperation, played for a few minutes, one of the teams took the lead, a child is obviously more delicate than others, even after four or five people scored the ball, after the goal rushed to celebrate just past Wang Nuo.
"Well done." Wang Nuo gave him a thumbs up.
The young player cheered triumphantly, chasing his little friend behind him, and soon he was caught up and crushed under several people.
"I've said it tens of thousands of times, and he just doesn't want to pass the ball." The middle-aged man in the appearance of a sportswear coach followed behind the celebratory child, and when he passed by Wang Nuo, he couldn't help but spread his hand and said with a smile, "This guy never passes the ball, he always thinks about shooting with the ball himself, sometimes it works, just like now, but most of the time it will make teammates in a better position miss the opportunity, and it is inefficient to play like this, but he just doesn't change." β
"I also like to go it alone." Wang Nuo grinned.
"Oh, that's not good." The man looked Wang Nuo up and down, only to find that this Asian face was a little eye-catching, "What echelon are you in?" β
"U19 echelon." Wang Nuo replied.
"Does Wittant allow you to only have the goal in your eyes?"
"I don't know yet, today is my first official training with the team, I had a half-month trial before, I only played two confrontations, and I was placed on the wing." Wang Nuo said, "Just passing, cutting inside, shooting, we are all the main players of the U19s opposite us, and there were a few reserve team members at the last time, we were pressed and beaten, so it was no problem to play as one of the arrows when playing defensive counterattacks, and in the end I scored a goal, but it was still 1-4 lost." β
"I see." The coach-like man also laughed, "You're talking about special cases, believe me, if you choose to go solo under normal circumstances, Vitant will be very unhappy, his philosophy is ground coordination and ball possession, and he wants to have 100% possession." β
"Like Barcelona this year?"
"Yes, you watched yesterday's Champions League final, right?"
"Look, yesterday I stayed in the rehabilitation center with three other teammates after the physical test, and watched the game with the staff, it was great, there was a free dinner and fruit at halftime, and I didn't go back until late." Wang Nuo recalled.
"Samuel Eto'o scored too early, Manchester United were completely blinded, it was a pity to lose, Barcelona played art football, even Alex Ferguson's Manchester United lost, Vitante's possession tactics will definitely get worse, I know your coach, boy, good luck." The man smiled evilly, turned around and continued to observe the training.
Wang Nuo didn't take these words to heart, he was fully confident, he had his own football philosophy, and nothing is absolute, if a person has perfect ball skills, then it doesn't matter whether he passes the ball or not, because he will dribble the ball in a difficult situation to score the ball, and his teammates can't grasp better opportunities.
It's not as simple as "Oh, he's in a better position" on the pitch.
After a while, there were more and more people at the second training ground, many of whom he knew Wang Nuo, whom he dealt with during the last trial, as well as the four new team-mates he had just met yesterday, and Iser arrived late, just a little earlier than the Under-19 manager Wittante.
He glanced at Isel, whose eyes were a little puffy, and he looked listless at the moment, and he must have slept very late, and yesterday he told Wang Nuo that he had a Spanish girlfriend, thinking of Barcelona's victory, and the reason was self-evident.
"Newcomers, boys, stand up and let everyone know." Wittante is a German-Belgian with a bushy beard, a former professional footballer who used to be famous in the eastern part of Belgium in the 90s, playing as a midfielder, and after retiring from football, he moved to Standard Liège and has been a youth team coach for three years.
Standard Liège has 20 teams from U8 to U21 with 26 full-time coaches, while from U18 onwards, there are additional physical coaches, goalkeeper coaches, team doctors and psychologists.
Wang Nuo and three companions walked out of the queue.
"Wang Nuo, Isel, Rafsi, Alezzo." Viteant pointed to them one by one, "They are now also part of our echelon. β
There was scattered applause in the ranks.
Then the training session began, the morning training session was uneventful, because it was the end of the season, so it was mainly about maintaining the form, the U19 match task of Standard Liege was basically completed, there were only two friendly matches in the whole of June, the opponents were Eintracht Frankfurt U19 and Cologne U19, Belgium is very close to Germany, and it is only two hours by train, so Standard Liege plays a few friendly matches with them every year or two.
After the friendly match, mid-June to late July will be a holiday, the return time is to be determined, but it is basically the end of July, Wang Nuo knows the team's schedule and arrangement, he has a more urgent hope, that is, in the next two friendly matches to get the appearance, outstanding performance, get the coach's affirmation, and then practice during the holiday, and wait until the team closes the holiday, squeeze into the main position as quickly as possible.
Wang Nuo's goal is to play professional football, and he is 18 years old, and there are many players who are already able to play in the first team at the age of 18.
Because it is a training to maintain the condition, so today's training is basically Van Boer is in charge, he first takes the players to warm up, then jumps and switchback runs, resistance bands practice lateral movement and change of direction movement, after doing this, rest for a while, and then practice starting speed and absolute speed (with resistance bands tied around the waist, traction training), and then stretching.
Wang Nuo did it very seriously, Van Boer's training arrangement was very good, every movement required everyone to do the most standard, and added the game mechanism when doing mobile training, the loser was punished, Wang Nuo was the winning side in most cases, but he accepted the punishment together with his defeated teammates.
Van Boer saw Wang Nuo, who won in the 15-meter start, doing weighted squats with the losing team members, and was a little strange, "You won." β
"Yes, I won." Wang Nuo replied while doing weight-bearing squats.
After a while, Wang Nuo, who won again in the resistance training for lateral movement, started to do a 3Γ30m lateral translation (changing direction every 5 meters) with the losing player, and Van Boer asked again, "You won again, didn't you?" β
"Yes, but I want to do it with them."
"You don't have to do this, I will control your training intensity, punishment belongs to additional training, you practice every item, the intensity is too great." Van Boer explained.
"I want to be stronger." Wang Nuo's expression was very serious, "Don't worry, I will do what I can." β
Van Boer had no choice but to nod and acquiesce in Wang Nuo's behavior.
In the following time, Wang Nuo has been "accepting punishment" and completing all the projects with quality and quantity.
Van Boor came to Vitant's side, who had been observing the training process and had long been aware of Wang Nuo's actions, "Very interesting young man, it seems that he is not satisfied with the current situation. β
"Yesterday's physical test results, his condition is actually good, I can't understand it." Van Boor spread his hands and said with a smile, "Could it be because you are here today, this kid wants to make a good impression on you." β
Wittant also laughed, "If he can do this for two weeks, he will really make a good impression on me, and it looks like he wants to play in a friendly in June." β