The 2003/2004 Croatian league season is halfway through.

After 20 league games, Dinamo Zagreb leads the standings with a record of 16-4-0 and becomes the champion of the half-way league.

Lokomotiv Zagreb followed close behind Haiduk.

With the exception of back-to-back defeats to Dinamo Zagreb, these two teams continued to perform extremely well in the rest of their matches.

As for Dinamo Zagreb, after half a season of hard work, many people say that this Croatian hegemon has returned to its previous form, and even more tough.

Suker became the best player of the half-season.

20 league games, 20 goals, 10 assists.

Of the total goals scored by Dinamo Zagreb, Suker contributed half of them including goals and assists.

It can be seen how fierce its firepower is.

Today, Suker is a household name in Croatia, and has even been described as 'Suker's legacy' by the official media of the Croatian News Agency.

Its popularity has even surpassed that of Modric.

Of course, Modric, who has purebred Croatian blood, also performed well, but it was still much worse than Suker's performance, so he couldn't press Suker.

But Modric doesn't care about that, his personality is dictated, and he values team wins more than individual accolades.

After the start of the winter break, the league was suspended.

The players have also gone into holiday mode.

After 20 rounds of league games, I was a little tired.

But for Dinamo Zagreb's players, the youngsters are recovering well and they have been working on fitness from the first day of the winter break.

Fierce shouts rang out from the training ground.

Suke and the others kept sprinting and running in the field.

Running again and again, they could feel the exhaustion of their bodies, their feet heavy as lead, their breathing was not smooth, and their chests were burning.

But even so, they are still gritting their teeth and persevering.

"And the last group! Run! ”

Athletic coach Lo Perridge clapped his hands and shouted loudly.

As a physical trainer, he volunteered to stay and train these players.

Perhaps infected by the fighting spirit of these young people, Lo Perici also thought that he should do something.

Before training, he had already drawn up a complete holiday fitness training plan.

This is a high-intensity interval training.

There are four areas in general, anaerobic endurance, aerobic endurance, gravity training, and stretching to prevent injury.

In the training ground, Suke, who arrived at the bottom line on the side of the court, turned his head and shouted; "The last group! Come on! ”

"Rush!"

"Wow!!"

"Ah!!!h

"I'm going to die!!"

A group of young people screamed and rushed wildly.

Despite the deformation of their movements, the weakness of their running, and the incomparable pain of their bodies, they still persevered.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

Arrive at the finish line.

One by one, they fell directly on their backs, opened their mouths wide, and inhaled as much oxygen as possible, but at the same time, because of the burning sensation in their lungs, they grinned in pain, and even coughed incessantly.

"Ahem, ahem, this. It's only the first day! ”

Srna felt like the world was spinning.

He had never felt so painful about physical training.

Mandzukic poured water into his mouth, choking until he coughed incessantly.

Srna could only get up and pat Mandzukic on the back to help soothe him.

"Where you give, you get what you get!" Suke was also gasping for breath, but instead of sitting down or lying down, he kept standing with perseverance.

"Entering the Champions League, there are strong teams, their skills are better than ours, their experience is better than ours, and they may even be more tacit understanding, if you want to play against these guys, you have to run more! Grab more! ”

Suke took a deep breath and said loudly; "Coordinated pressing training in the afternoon!"

The crowd grinned, but none of them said no.

At first, I may complain, but after entering the training state, I don't have any laziness.

"Rest for three minutes, then do a gravity training, and gather in the equipment room except for Suke!"

Strength and conditioning coach Los Peric shouted.

Su Ke suddenly became a little depressed.

In order to grow taller, he could not do strength training.

Just when everyone was resting.

Srna suddenly shouted, "Why are you back?" “

The crowd turned their heads to look over.

They saw that Vukojevich had gone and returned, this guy had stepped on the train back to his hometown last night, but he didn't expect to come back this morning.

Vukojevich smiled and moved his body.

"My younger siblings were picked up by my parents, and they asked me to come back to train."

Vukojevich asked: "What should we do next?" ”

Duimovich lay on the ground like a dead dog, pointed to the opposite side and said: "Go!" After 20 sets of sprints, switchbacks, talk to me. ”

Not far away, the car was parked on the road inside the training base.

Boban and Davao. Suke sat together, and they turned their heads to look at the hot training ground, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Dujmovic's fitness is really bad! When I was his age, I blew him up! ”

Boban said with a smile.

Davao. Suke: "Why don't you compare to Suker and Modric!" ”

"It's incomparable!"

These two guys are physical monsters.

Teasing for a moment, Davao. Suke asked; "Any news?"

Boban sighed.

"It doesn't seem to be going well." Davao. Su Ke observed the words.

Boban: "Their CV information has been submitted and the club has agreed to send scouts to watch. ”

"You can't do it!" Davao. Suke shouted.

Boban rolled his eyes.

"If it was the former sports director, I could have shoehorned it in!" Boban sighed; "But last season just changed, the club now has no budget to buy people, and Ancelotti has not clearly stated that it needs a certain type of player, so it's not easy to do!"

"It seems that Arsenal is still reliable!" Davao. Suke laughed.

"Arsenal are interested in them?"

"The professor is interested in all young people."

Listen to Davao. Suke's words, Boban said in surprise; "Did it really happen?"

"I'm still interested, but I'm going to London tomorrow to find out what the professor is talking about." Davao. "Munich 1860 is very interested, and is even willing to make a transfer during the winter break, but"

"I still want them to go to a more competitive team!" Boban said.

Davao. Suker: "It's not just competitiveness, in a big club, they can get better and more systematic development, and the manager is more reliable, the most important thing is that the players gathered there decide what kind of player they want to become, the environment can shape a person, of course, the risk will be relatively large, but I have confidence in them. ”

"In La Liga, I'm also in contact with other teams, if Arsenal can't do it, then go to La Liga!"

Boban nodded: "Suker's style is really suitable for La Liga, AC Milan is trying it out to see if I can contact Ancelotti directly." ”

For the whole afternoon, Su Ke and the others were doing some tactical training.

Coordinated pressing, counter-attacking running, etc.

Surprisingly, it was Mandzukic who improved the most in the whole process.

When others fight back, there will always be problems of one kind or another.

Thinking too much!

Run slow!

It's late to observe!

Wait a minute

But Mandzukic doesn't have those problems, this guy relies on muscle memory.

For this reason, every counterattack is like a formula, one board at a glance, almost subconsciously passing the ball in a certain direction, and not even hesitating.

But it is precisely this characteristic that makes Mandzukic perform best in the fast-paced game.

"We're thinking too much!"

"He doesn't want anything!"

Srna pointed at Mandzukic and complained.

Mandzukic reacted; "What do you want to do so much, pass the ball according to the established tactical line, my ball is in place, you guys don't arrive, it's your problem."

Everyone was silent.

Makes sense.

But they did not expect that one day they would be criticized by Mandzukic on tactical issues.

"Lack of execution, lack of discipline!" Suke concluded; "If a team wants to perform, these are the two most critical aspects, execution and discipline, sometimes it can be a bit rigid, but Mario is right, don't think too much!"

Luka Modric: "Don't try to show yourself, we're a team, no matter how fast you run, you can't pass the ball faster, so when you counterattack, you have to pass the ball!" ”

Suke clapped his hands: "Come on, guys, let's get on!" ”

Everyone got up and started training again.

For them, this is the first day of training, and the next month will be repetitive and boring training, and they are mentally prepared for this.

The training ground was lively again, and the sky gradually became dark amid the shouts.

This is the end of the first day of the winter break!

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