Chapter 103: Our First Practice in Norway
We had a good night's sleep that night. By the next morning, Coach Susic asked us to gather at the training ground at nine o'clock, and by nine o'clock, we were all waiting on the training ground.www.biquge.info Coach Susic stood in the middle of the field and began to speak: "Guys, this is our first training session in Norway. The situation of the Norwegian team, I already said last night. They're a very physically dominant team, and they're very powerful with their high lifting. So we have to defend well. With a strong defence, we can count on a counter-attack and break down their backline. In this game, I will continue to use the double high combination of Dzeko and Ibisevic, and the midfielders will have to take responsibility for passing the ball to them. I will continue to trust the midfielders who performed well in the last game, so the midfielders who will be in the main team for today's training match will include a couple of newcomers - they are Misimovic, Pjanic and Milojbisovic. Before the start of the race, our training was a 12-minute run, and after the 12-minute run, we took a break and then we started to fight in groups. Now let's start training for the 12-minute run! ”
As soon as Coach Susic finished speaking, he blew the starting whistle. All of us were blindsided by this sudden attack, but we didn't dare to make a mistake, so we had to hurry up and start the twelve-minute run. This time we didn't even warm up, I don't know what the point of such a 12-minute run was, but without a warm-up, I still ran at the front of the group, and Dzeko was the only one who ran further forward than me.
After only 400 meters, the top 5 in 12 minutes became five of us young people. Dzeko in first place, me in second, Ibisevic in third, Pjanic in fourth, and Misimovic in fifth. On the other hand, the rest of the players had a terrible 12-minute run, with Misimovic behind us even being pushed 50 metres away in sixth place. Coach Susic couldn't help but shake his head when he saw such a scene. He must have sensed that we weren't fit enough to play against Norway. Norway are a strong opponent for us, their skills are not very good, but their fitness is famous all over Europe. In the case that the technique cannot completely suppress them, if we lose to them even physically, then we will not have any advantage against them. Coach Susic is a technical player in his own right, but his physical demands are far beyond what a technical player can do. In order to make our team better, he wants our technical players to be as fit as physical as a physical team. Such a requirement is actually very much in line with the development trend of modern football, but our Bosnia and Herzegovina team is just a small grain of corn in world football, and many Bosnia and Herzegovina players are not even confident enough to think that their team can have world-class strength. So they tend to relax their demands on themselves and for the national team. In such a situation, the fitness of our Bosnia and Herzegovina team can be seen.
But Coach Susic luckily there were five of us. The fitness of the five of us is very strong, for example, in the 12-minute run, Dzeko and I are both over 3,800 meters, and Pjanic, Misimovic and Ibisevic have the ability to run over 3,600 meters. Except for the five of us, no one in the Bosnia and Herzegovina team was able to run more than 3,300 meters, and many of them could only run 2,900 meters. Such a result, for a professional player, is a failure.
That's why Coach Susic is so dependent on the five of us. Not just because of our skills, but also because of our physical fitness and the kind of effort we put into getting there!
At the end of the 12-minute run, Dzeko finished first with 4050m, and I finished second with 4030m. Misimovic, Pjanic and Ibisevic, all three of whom are over 3700 meters. Sixth among all the players was Barbarets with a time of 3,300 meters. And he is already a veteran in his thirties. As one of the biggest names in the Bundesliga, Barbarets is in very good shape. But it's no accident that in his thirties he can still play as a main midfielder in our Bosnia-Herzegovina team. Other Bosnian players simply can't do as hard as Barbarec. They eat a lot of meat, drink a lot of alcohol, and neglect to exercise, rather than eating strictly according to the diet of a professional player every day, as Barbarets did, and training every day with extra physical fitness. With the exception of the six of us, the best time for the others was just over 3,100 meters. Coach Susic was disappointed. However, no matter how disappointed Coach Susic is, he will not be able to completely improve the physical condition of the Bosnia and Herzegovina team immediately. He had to rely on 12 minute running training again and again to pull us up and keep us fit for the Norwegian race.
Today's series of physical training is only the first step. We may have more workouts in the coming days. I don't know if our team-mates will be able to withstand such a lot of physical training, but I know that if we don't, we have no hope of beating Norway in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
After the physical training, Coach Susic called us back to the center of the field. This time, group training is about to begin.
Coach Susic began to divide into groups. As the main team, including me, Misimovic, Pjanic, Dzeko, Ibisevic, it is very surprising that many of the original main players, including Barbarets, have been assigned to the substitute side.
I don't know what kind of medicine this is sold by Coach Susic, but since I was assigned to the main team, I knew that I should take the responsibility that the main team should bear. We're going to use faster attacks, more intense shots, to make a difference for the main team. The victory of the main team will enable us to finally get the status of the main force and get a good support. (To be continued.) )