On the first day of training, the players had only one training program: passing and ball control.

Three hours of training in the morning, one group practiced passing and one group practiced ball control. An hour and a half later the items are exchanged.

After lunch, there was another two-hour lunch break, and after the second half of the training began, the two groups exchanged again, one practiced passing, and the other practiced ball control. It's still a total of three hours of training.

By the end of the six-hour training day, many players were about to vomit from this mechanical repetitive training. It's fair to say that the players haven't trained so mechanically since they left the academy and joined the squad.

This whole day of training reminded them more or less of the life of the academy, the years of hard practice and hard work in order to get ahead.

In addition to the nostalgia that suddenly appeared, I was more curious about how I survived at the beginning.

By the next day, when Gerrard announced that today's training session would still be pass-possession, half of the squad protested. The hedgehog-headed striker listened to the wailing protests of his friends beside him, and couldn't help but smile gloatingly, "Let you not be on the same side as me yesterday." His schadenfreude was naturally attacked from both sides by the anger of his companions, and the next moment the schadenfreude became an even louder wail.

The team's number one defender protested to Gérald: "Mr. Gerrard, are we here to train just to practice the simplest passing and possession? Isn't it time to practice some new tactics and new ways of playing? ”

His words resonated with other players, and they all said that they came here for two weeks to train for two weeks to review basic training? If that's the case, why not finish it at the training center, it should be a little different to come here, right?

Gerrard smiled at the protests from the players, and the old god said, "Don't get excited, boys. The two-week training camp is still a long time. "Today is only the second day, and the days to come are guaranteed to be unforgettable.

For some reason, when the players watched Gérald smile like that, there was always a sense that a catastrophe was imminent, and the big guys didn't even protest anymore.

The three-hour pass-and-possession training began again.

As a head coach, there is nothing else to do except give orders, Gerrard sat bored on the rest chair next to him, waved his hand at Lian Yin, who was sitting on the sidelines and staring at the players' training, and asked with a smile: "I watched it for a day yesterday, haven't you seen enough?" ”

Lian Yin withdrew his gaze from the players who were training, turned to Gerrard and said, "I'm observing. ”

Gerald was intrigued when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you observing?" ”

"I'm watching their patience. After a day of mechanical training yesterday, the patience of more than half of the players has dropped a lot. By the time he completed the prescribed actions, he no longer had the seriousness that he had yesterday. In fact, it has been like this since yesterday afternoon. ”

As Lian Yin spoke, Gerald's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he couldn't help but stroke Lian Yin's hair with his hands, and said proudly and happily: "It's my daughter, it's really my daughter." You're observant enough to be the entry standard of a scout. ”

Lian Yin listened to him repeat with a smile and asked him, "So the purpose of your training camp is to train their patience?" ”

From the moment he decided to apply for a training camp with the club, Gerrard didn't talk much about this training camp with Lianyin, and Lianyin is not a person who will chase after him, and it was only today that he had this opportunity that allowed Lianyin to seize something Gérald wanted to do.

Gerrard nodded briskly, and then said to Lian Yin: "They are all good players, but the game is not a one-man game. Do you know why Barcelona was able to add six crowns this year to create a good story? Is it a miracle created by Dino? No, it's not. ”

Lian Yin's face was deaf.

Gerrard said: "Today's Barcelona team has a lot of players from the La Masia Academy, and Dino is also from the Academy and has also played for Barcelona. They have all inherited the traditional Barcelona tactics of the academy, and they also have a better understanding of Barcelona's unique technical tactics. So their success is complementary and indispensable. What he didn't say was that even if he were the manager of the Barcelona team today, he was confident that he could do the same miracle, because he had also been with Barcelona for eight years and he knew the Barça technique well.

He looked back at the players who were training on either side, and then tilted his head slightly to look at the blue sky above him, revealing a hint of nostalgia.

Gerrard actually really misses Barca.

Lian Yin listened hard, tried to understand the knowledge he imparted, and then asked curiously: "What kind of place is Barcelona's academy?" ”

Gerrard didn't mind complimenting: "La Masia is the best academy in the world and the cradle of superstars. ”

After commenting on the miracle of Barcelona's six crowns this year, as well as the analysis of Barcelona's current situation, he brought the topic back to the players of his team, "We got the ticket to the Champions League this year, and we will finally meet Barcelona on the field." There are clouds in the art of war, and knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles. If you don't let yourself become the same as your opponent, how can you win your opponent, let alone Barcelona, which is now very compatible with each other. To win, they have to change their habits and ideas. ”

Gerrard's goal is clear, and the only opponent he deserves to admit and want to win against is Barcelona, who are now in the limelight. This is also the reason why he planned this training camp.

Lian Yin easily understood the meaning of his words, and at the same time expressed great curiosity about it, wanting to see how Gerrard would train the Inter players.

The next day's pass control training only practiced for one morning, and when he returned to the training venue after the afternoon break, Gerrard finally changed the training program with kindness, and the second training program was the lap rush training.

Lap training consists of several people in a circle, and there are one or two people in the circle. The person in the circle is responsible for passing the ball, the person in the circle is responsible for grabbing the ball in the middle of the pass, and the person who grabs the ball can swap places with the person who fails to receive the ball. In such training, the few people who pass the ball are naturally the most comfortable, because they do not need to run except for using their feet, and it is natural that the player responsible for grabbing the ball will be tired like a dog unless he grabs the ball.

It sounds like a very easy game project, but it actually includes a lot of dark layers to show off the full range of abilities. There is not only a sense of individuality, but also the cooperation between teams. The most important thing is that it still trains the patience of the players.