super storm

Chapter 1298 Yang Yang's Transformation

With the two Super Cup champions, the outside world's perception of Real Madrid has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Yang Yang once again ushered in a recovery. In two Super Cups and three games, he contributed seven goals and one assist alone. It can be said that Real Madrid won the double crown.

There are rave reviews from the outside, and the team has also regained confidence and morale in the competition for the two championships. Everyone is eagerly waiting for the arrival of the new season, but the Real Madrid coaching staff still dare not be careless.

The day after defeating Athletic Bilbao and winning the Spanish Super Cup, after the afternoon recovery training, the coaching staff held the last pre-season meeting in Valdebebas, and technical director Valdano also made a special trip to attend.

At the meeting, in addition to coach Zidane's summary and analysis of the past summer warm-up games, Yang Yang, as the chief assistant coach, also analyzed the situation of this summer and concluded that there were gains and losses.

I have gained a lot, especially Pintus has made great contributions in terms of physical reserve training and state adjustment, and Hamidou Msaidi has carefully taken care of the physical condition of Real Madrid players, which made Real Madrid's entire pre-season preparations very smooth, and no players even suffered serious injuries, which is very worthy of recognition.

Everyone is very aware of the importance of pre-season preparations, which will even affect the entire long season. As a professional player, Yang Yang believes that he has adjusted well this season and is in place.

"My body is telling me very clearly that it has adjusted step by step from when it started camp, it is ready to compete, and I believe that it is finding its groove."

As a player, Yang Yang's personal statement is undoubtedly very convincing, which is also an affirmation of the work of the coaching staff.

Whether it was Pintus, Hamidou Msaidi, or the rest of the coaching staff, they all expressed their gratitude to Yang Yang for his words, especially Pintus, the physical trainer who conquered Real Madrid players in just one pre-season preparation, is also an exercise fanatic, and he and Yang Yang are very in tune. The two basically meet in the gym every morning.

When mentioning the harvest, Yang Yang would naturally not be polite, and also mentioned the flaws.

A very important problem is that the schedule of pre-season preparations is very bad, which seriously affects the team's work.

"Just now I said that our pre-season preparations have been very effective, but behind this, we also need to see some shortcomings."

"In fact, there is not much time left for us to prepare for the game, and it can even be said that it is insufficient. From Madrid to Australia to China, and then to Germany, this journey is understandable. However, after the Audi Cup in Germany, we flew more than 300 kilometers to Norway just to play a dispensable warm-up match. This is unreasonable."

"After the warm-up match in Norway, we flew more than 3000 kilometers to Georgia, and the round trip was nearly [-] kilometers. This kind of travel was really exhausting for the players, and the players' opinions were also very strong, because we could have avoided such troubles. After the German game, even if we had to arrange a warm-up match, it should be arranged in Eastern Europe instead of the distant Northern Europe." Yang Yang directly pointed the finger at the technical director Valdano.

This is not only his opinion, but also the opinion of the locker room. The coaching staff also have opinions, which must be raised

Fans with a better memory will not forget that Real Madrid's Galacticos collapsed in the first phase, precisely when they traveled long distances to play commercial games around the world, which made their preparations for the entire summer seriously insufficient.

Of course, the superstars of Real Madrid Galaxy Battleship Phase I in those years were all too old, coupled with lack of experience in long-distance commercial competitions, and now Real Madrid is younger and has more preparation experience, but it is not a good thing after all.

Valdano kept nodding, "We have also discussed this issue internally. Although it is limited by commercial contracts, it is really inappropriate and amateurish. We will seriously reflect and summarize to ensure that similar problems will not occur in the future as much as possible."

As early as in Germany, Zidane had already seriously protested once. This time Yang Yang raised the topic again. Obviously, the coaching staff and the locker room have great opinions. As the technical director, Valdano must express his position and pay attention to it.

Yang Yang is not an aggressive person either. Each department of Real Madrid performs its duties, which is not easy and has its own tasks.

"Next I would like to make an opinion, which I also raised at the coaching staff meeting before. I hope that the team can lift the rules of concentration on the eve of the game, so that players can live in their own homes and gather again the next morning."

On the eve of the game, players stay in hotels together. This is almost the practice of most teams. The purpose is naturally to facilitate management and avoid unnecessary problems, such as players staying up late, or players having sex.

Some outrageous ones, such as the World Cup, require players to abstain from sex even from the beginning of the training camp. This is absolutely inhumane and has no scientific basis. It just comes from the management model of the past few decades.

"I recently read a report by an Italian research institution. They believe that proper sexual behavior can help increase testosterone levels, and it will not cause physical fatigue to athletes. Instead, it will help relieve players' body and mind, relax their nerves, and improve their sports performance."

"I don't know if everyone has noticed. Now there are many young players in our team, such as Hazard, Jesse, De Bruyne, Isco, Varane... These young players born in the [-]s have very different ideas from us."

Yang Yang's remarks were unanimously agreed by the coaching staff present, which is indeed very different.

"They live in the Internet era of information explosion. They grew up on mobile phones and the Internet. This is part of their life. They like games. This is a kind of entertainment for them. I think we need to adjust and change the management model of the team appropriately to adapt to this change of young players."

Yangyang University is majoring in business administration, and he has his own views on this aspect.

Regarding this issue, he had also discussed it with Zidane before, but the two failed to reach an agreement, so he asked Yang Yang to bring it up on the spot today and let everyone discuss it together.

"Yang, I agree with your judgment, but you should know that these post-[-]s players are still very young and immature. They need our help, even supervision." Valdano put forward his own ideas.

"I understand what you mean, Jorge." Yang Yang nodded, "But don't you think that allowing players to self-discipline is also a kind of trust for them, whether it is letting them live in a familiar home on the eve of the game, or allowing them to use mobile phones and the Internet more freely, and let them self-discipline, it will help them grow more."

"In theory, this is true, but in reality, they may not be able to control themselves, because you can't ask everyone to be as self-disciplined as you are, isn't it?" Valdano expressed his concerns.

Yang Yang nodded, "If their performance and status are affected because they can't control themselves, then let them lose their position. As long as the team is full of competition, then don't worry."

"Yes, but this will make the young rookies we have high hopes fail to achieve the expected development." Valdano obviously still opposes Yang Yang's changes, and he is still very worried about this aspect.

Yang Yang can also understand this, there is no right or wrong, it is purely a collision between two generations of different ages and full of generation gaps.

"I know there are such risks, but I can't stop making changes because of this. This is a kind of laziness in management. We should actively adjust to adapt to this change of young players. They are becoming more and more independent and have their own ideas. What they need is guidance, not supervision."

Yang Yang still remembers that when he played for the first team of Ajax, he had to stay in a group before each game, and he had to hand in electronic devices such as mobile phones and computers after the time. This phenomenon is unimaginable now.

However, in terms of locker room management, Real Madrid has suffered a lot.

The locker room control in the first phase of the Galaxy Warship was not ideal. Bosque was famous for letting go of the superstars during the period. Although the results were kicked out, the management of the locker room was so bad that there was a huge decline later.

Therefore, no matter in the later period of the first phase of the Galacticos, or during Calderon’s administration, or during the Benitez period of the second phase of the Galacticos, Real Madrid’s control over the locker room is quite strict. In addition, Yang Yang himself is a very self-disciplined person, and the number one superstar plays a leading role.

During Ancelotti's coaching period, although the management of the locker room was relaxed, it was actually still very tight.

Yang Yang is not thinking of himself, but really feels that Real Madrid needs to make changes in the management of the locker room.

First of all, the current group of players are no longer rookies when they joined Real Madrid. They are already superstars who have won honors and championships.

But more important are the young players born in the [-]s.

During his frequent contacts with them, Yang Yang clearly felt that the players born in the [-]s were very different from those around [-], and their self-awareness was obviously stronger.

This is also the main reason why he suggested that Real Madrid adjust the locker room management.

Yang Yang can also understand that Valdano is already 60 years old, and it is impossible to ask a 20-year-old man to understand the temperament of a young player around [-] years old, especially when he has left the coaching line for a long time, so he can only propose changes.

"What do you think?" Valdano looked at Zidane.

Zidane looked at Yang Yang, then looked at other people, pondered for a while, nodded and said: "I agree with Yang Yang's analysis, we should make changes in management."

(End of this chapter)