Chapter 15 Offseason Part-Time Jobs
"What did you say?" Wang Nuo had actually heard it clearly, but he still couldn't help but ask again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"I said I'm not a football coach, I'm a video analyst for the first team of Standard Liege, of course, that's just a general term, and you can strictly put me on the Standard Liege coaching staff, which has a match analysis team and I'm only responsible for part of it." Del Rio spread his hands with an innocent expression on his face, "I thought Viteaent told you a long time ago." β
"Pardon my offense, Mr. Del Rio." It took Wang Nuo a few seconds to come back to his senses, and Del Rio's answer had a great impact on him, "You mean...... We coach ...... Mr. Wittant, take me ...... A youth team player who can only play football will be assigned to you as the team's video analyst...... As an assistant? β
"Exactly."
"What about my training? Mr. De Rio," Wang Nuo asked, "will you help me train, right, I need to improve," Mr. Vitante told me that if you think I have what it takes to start the Under-19s, he will put me in the squad. β
"I'm sorry, boy, I don't know how to train a football player," Del Rio said with the corners of his mouth down, his neck tilted to one shoulder, "I'm only responsible for analyzing players and games, I analyze a player's characteristics, habits, and state, I study a series of information about the style of play, tactical points and so on in each game, but I don't know how to train, that's the field of coaching, and Viante just told me - hey, old man, I know you're busy in the offseason, I've got you an assistant, a free assistant." β
"......" Wang Nuo opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, he felt that Vitant had indeed pitted himself.
"Don't be discouraged, boy," Del Rio saw that Wang Nuo was a little frustrated, "I believe that Wittante's promise to you is valid, starting next season should be the salary Wittant pays you, of course, this way is a little special, Wittant's style has always been like this, as long as you work hard with me until the end of the offseason, I will let him fulfill your wishes." β
"Mr. Del Rio, I have never been exposed to the profession of football video analyst before," Wang Nuo said his true thoughts, "I don't know if I am capable of being your assistant, and besides, if you can't help me train, I will have to practice on my own in the off-season, and the time may not meet your requirements." β
"So you don't want to be my assistant?" Del Rio asked.
"My teammates are all good, I need to work hard to get my chances, and this offseason is important for me." Wang Nuo said.
After listening to Wang Nuo's answer, Del Rio turned the coffee cup on the table, as if thinking about something, and after a while, he suddenly said, "Have you ever wondered why Vitant sent you to me?" β
Wang Nuo was stunned for a moment, calmed down and thought about it for a while, and immediately understood.
"Our coach thinks my skills are good and thinks what I'm missing is ......"
"Looks like you're pretty smart," Del Rio laughed, "and now you're willing to be my assistant?" β
Wang Nuo looked at Del Leo, this tired middle-aged man's eyes were full of confidence, and he seemed to be sure that he could convince himself from the beginning, and now that he had done it, Wang Nuo reached out and shook Del Rio together, and nodded.
"Very well, honestly, I've got a lot of work to do this offseason, and it's great to have you here, come with me and show you where you're going to work today." Del Rio threw a few bills on the table and drove away with Wang Nuo.
In the car, Del Rio talked a lot about technical and tactical things, and Del Rio told Wang Nuo that during the league period, two days before the matchday, he or another colleague would have a meeting with all the members of the first-team coaching staff to report the information collected to everyone, and the next day, to convey and explain the same things to the players.
"Aside from the head coach, the people in a team who have been studying the tactical layout for the longest time are definitely our analysts, the opponents, ours, and they have studied all aspects thoroughly, leaving no blind spots."
"For example, if the team wants to play away, we will go to the away game, bring our own machines, watch the game live, go back and watch the video we recorded a few times, no one can escape our eyes, we have to study the habitual body language and running of the players, and even the expressions of the players on the bench and the coach on the sidelines, because the broadcast camera covers less than a tenth of a game, we have to go to the scene, every game, we have to make a ten-page report!"
"In the event of a key game, we will formulate more than three sets of tactical plans for the head coach before the game, of course, the coach will be in command on the spot, and he may decide whether to use planB or planC according to the situation on the field, or adjust the tactics according to his considerations, but our preparation is essential and is the key to the team's victory, so the team of video analysts is strictly divided into the coaching staff."
Wang Nuo carefully memorized every word of Del Rio, he knew that Del Rio was trying to make himself understand the importance of analyst work, which helped to improve his enthusiasm for work, Wang Nuo is a good thinking player, he seriously thought about Viante's arrangement, and soon understood the coach's "hard work", and sent himself to work under the hands of the team's video analyst, which is much better than bluntly talking about some tactical level of truth.
The standard Liege training base is located seven or eight kilometers southwest of the youth training base, Wang Nuo has not been to the training base of the first team before, it is much smaller than expected, only two or three training grounds, other facilities are also old compared to the youth training base, the first team has also been on vacation, the entire training base is empty, along the way Wang Nuo only saw a few security personnel and a documentary team.
The documentary team consisted of three people, and Wang Nuo noticed that PHK was printed on the back of their shirts, which he knew was a well-known fan group in Standard Liege, and its full name was PublikHysterikKaos.
When they saw Wang Nuo and Del Rio, they came over to greet them warmly, and pointed the camera lens at Wang Nuo, "Hey, buddy, are you the team's summer recruit?" β
Wang Nuo's bad taste came up, he grinned, "That's right, I'm about to work for the team's coaching staff, and this one standing next to me is ......"
"Rio, the old drunkard, we all know him." They raised an eyebrow at Del Rio, even if they said hello.
"I seem to know something." Wang Nuo's face smiled even more, "It seems that you are very familiar with Mr. Del Rio. β
"Of course, we often send the unconscious Mr. Del Rio home from the tavern."
Del Rio was not angry at all, and even joked about himself on the next road, "Those guys are right when they said just now, after the age of thirty, the wine I drink can fill the entire Maas River." β
Wang Nuo noticed that there was a trace of sadness hidden in Del Leo's jokes, just like Zoe that afternoon, but he didn't ask questions, and it was rude to force others to talk deeply.
They soon arrived at Del Rio's office, and Del Rio showed Wang Nuo for a tour.
Two large rooms are stacked together, and unlike Wang Nuo's expectations, Wang Nuo imagined that there would be mountains of documents and discs stacked on the table, empty beer bottles and pizza boxes scattered next to the computer, ashtrays full of cigarette butts, and curtains in the room that would not see sunlight all day long, but this was not the case.
The first room is covered with a thick gray carpet on the floor, facing the door is a mahogany table, on both sides are chairs with a unique shape engraved with the standard Liège team emblem, next to the mahogany table, there is a larger table, the desktop is neatly placed with computers and some documents, on the front wall, hanging photos of the team's celebration when they won the championship last year, through the bright floor-to-ceiling windows, you can look out at the flat and beautiful training ground outside the building.
Inside, the suite looks more like a small theater, with a dozen chairs arranged in an arc on one side, and a huge screen erected at the end of the other side, where Del Rio told Wang Nuo that this was the place to report to the coaching staff before the game.
"From today until the end of the offseason, you're going to be working here," Del Rio said meaningfully after glancing at Wang, "and you'll find that working under me is no easier than training." β