CHAPTER XXIII
Lin Sen soon received a report on the side of the body.
Looking at Ruiz, whose brows were almost twisted together and his wife had run away with someone else, Lin Sen knew that this body report might not be much better.
Generally speaking, the formulation of the pre-season physical training plan is based on two reports, one is the body side report before leaving the team last season, and the other is the current body side report. But now, almost half of Malaga's squad is new, and the players who transfer normally are okay and can get back the previous report from the original club, but even so, there are also many people who do not have the previous report at all. If that's all there is, Ruiz will accept it, after all, each team has its own standards, and according to the manager's requirements, Malaga will also have a fitness standard, without the previous report, at most according to the standard physical training plan.
Given that almost all of the new players were young, Ruiz thought that today's fitness test might require a little more thought, but he didn't expect that today's fitness test results would be so poor.
As a strength and conditioning coach, Ruiz has his own personal criteria, and he divides the physical status of his players into five levels, from A to E, A for excellent, B for good, C for pass, D for exceedance, and E for strict excess. Generally speaking, players who are able to maintain their fitness standards above the A and B levels after returning are those who are already in good physical condition and are strict with themselves during the holidays. Although C and D are a passing grade and a failing grade, in fact the difference is not very big, it just means that the player has played a little off during the holiday, and only needs to be able to receive systematic recovery training before the season, and can basically recover, while E, even if it is very bad, generally speaking, overweight is the most important reason, which means that the player does not treat himself as a professional player at all during the holiday.
Ruiz has been a physical trainer for more than ten years, and the players he has seen the most should be between B-D, and he has never seen him who can meet his A standard anyway, maybe only a player like Zanetti, the legendary Inter captain who is still running on his wedding day, is enough for the A standard in his eyes. As for E, Ruiz has not seen it, and it is very rare, after all, football is a physical sport in the final analysis, as long as it is a professional player, not many people are willing to smash their jobs.
But now, the whole team has a physical fitness test, and there are 21 players on the team.
As always, there are no A, three B, eleven C, five D, and two E, that is, the number of people who fail reaches seven, exactly one-third. You know, at the same time last season, that number was only two.
"There are more new players who fail, accounting for five, and there are only two original team members, and they are all considered normal." Ruiz said with a frown.
Lin Sen flipped through the physical fitness report that Ruiz had brought over and did not speak.
He wasn't surprised by Ruiz's five criteria, as he had seen them even worse: Dina had a full nine criteria for a player's fitness, four more than Ruiz's. Moreover, for each standard, she has her own very specific training program. This woman, in terms of talent, is far better than her appearance, and her title of "chief" at Atletico Madrid is not for nothing.
At the moment, Reuss, Isco, Rondon, Bonucci, Ranocchia, Arnault, Rosato, these are the seven people whose physical condition is not ideal in Ruiz's eyes.
Among the seven people, Reus is the first to bear this point, and Linsen has long been mentally prepared, and one of the most important reasons why the German was terminated by the Dortmund youth team is his physical condition. It's no surprise that Isco, Leonardo Bonucci and Ranocchia are on the list, and it's a bit surprising to him that Rondon is also on the list, and he remembers the Venezuelan as a striker with excellent physical conditions.
As for Arnault and Rosato, Arnault's position dictates that fitness will not be an issue for him. On the contrary, Rosato is more troublesome, because he and Royce are the two "E" in Ruiz's eyes, the difference is that Royce is more like he has not grown up, while Rosato has simply eaten too much.
"Your opinion?" After reading the report, Lin Sen asked.
'I think both Reus and Rosato should have been trained because they're not even in the first team at the moment. As for the other five, they also need more intense physical training. ”
"Okay, that's up to you. Before the second warm-up game, these guys are yours. Lin Sen nodded and said very simply.
Before the second warm-up game? Ruiz paused for a moment, if that were the case, it would mean that there were only fourteen people left in the first warm-up game.
"You don't need to worry about the rest, but I have a small request for you to spend more time on Royce." Noticing Ruiz's doubts, Linsen said.
"I understand." Ruiz nodded.
What kind of team will be in Málaga for the new season, no one else knows, but the members of the coaching staff, including Ruiz, have seen the prototype at least theoretically, because they have already seen the blueprint that Linsen has drawn for Málaga and, naturally, they are also very aware of the importance of Reus, a young man, in the new season.
For the next three days, seven members of the team, including Royce and others, trained with Ruiz, while the rest of the team trained under another strength and conditioning coach, Paulino Granero.
On 18 July, in front of more than 100 fans, Málaga played the first warm-up match of the new season with the second team, when there were only 14 players in the first team, and in addition to the 11 players on the field, there were exactly three substitutes. But this is the first time that Lin's Malaga has appeared in the eyes of the world.
Formation, four-two-three-one, it is worth mentioning that, to everyone's surprise, including the coaching staff, for the first time, Lin Sen withdrew Alba, who has been playing the role of a winger since his debut, to the defensive position and let him serve as the left gate of the defensive line in this game. However, even Alba himself believes that this is nothing more than a cameo, because the original main left-back Rosato did not participate in this game due to his physical condition not up to the standard of the game.
But it was precisely because of this "unexpected" adjustment that Malaga won this warm-up match with the second team, which can be regarded as a good start.
The result of the match was 2-0. Alba had two assists, Lewandowski and Gabi scored.
In this game, Alba ran second in the team, behind Gabi, with double-digit effective crosses, eight key passes and six effective tackles...... Facing a second team that is one level lower in strength, Alba, as a left-back, handed over a near-perfect answer.
"Sue me, letting Alba play left-back is just your unintentional move." After the game, Tapia walked to Lin Sen's side and said, just when this sentence came out, he had already decided in his heart that it was definitely an unintentional move, but he suddenly found that he was a little weak-hearted.
"Well, it was unintentional." Lin Sen thought for a moment, nodded and said.
Lin Sen was so frank, but Tapia was confused.
Isn't that? What are you hesitating about doing in an unintentional move? Having said that, it's mostly a coincidence, right?
Thinking of this, Tapia suddenly felt a little sad.
Why do you ask such a straightforward question, and ask yourself so weakly?
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The second warm-up match of the season in Malaga was confirmed, and the opponent was none other than Inter Milan.
There is no deviation from Linsen's memory, Mourinho took over Inter Milan.
For Mourinho, taking over Inter is not only a new job, but also a new challenge. Because he knows nothing more than what Inter president Moratti wants him to inject into this Inter Milan team, not only does he know, but I am afraid that the whole world knows. Because before him, Inter Milan under the former coach Roberto Mancini had almost monopolized all the titles in Italy, and the only thing he lacked was only one: the Champions League.
Mourinho has no shortage of Champions League titles, as early as five years ago, he led Porto to win this crown, and it is precisely because of this that he was favored by Chelsea President Abou, so there was the birth of iron-blooded Chelsea, but Mourinho finally had to leave Stamford Bridge, the most fundamental reason is exactly the same reason as Mancini's departure from Inter: Champions League, Mourinho Chelsea has never been able to make a key breakthrough in the Champions League.
It can be said that success is also the Champions League, and defeat is also the Champions League. That fate will always be with Mourinho. Now, Mourinho is hungry for a Champions League title, not just because of Moratti, but also to prove to Abou that sacking him was a bad decision.
After taking over Inter, Mourinho quickly established the direction of transforming Inter, that is, flying on both wings, so Mancini Jr. came from Rome and Quaresma was also on his way from Portugal to Italy...... There are people, there are tactics, and the next thing is to run in. If it weren't for the newcomer, Mourinho would actually very much want to pull Inter Milan to the United States to participate in the tour, because at this time, many European giants are in the United States, and Inter Milan can find the best sparring opponents, instead of now, all kinds of Serie B and C teams, some teams can't even be named......
So, when the name Malaga appeared in front of him, he nodded without hesitation.
Because no matter what, Malaga is now a La Liga team.