Chapter 893 The Man Who Dared to Reject the White House
On the opening day of Manchester City's summer training camp, Su Dong arrived at Carrington early.
Construction of a new training base in the centre of Manchester has already begun, but occupancy is still a long way off.
As the captain of the team, there are many things that need to be dealt with, including helping new players integrate into the team.
At yesterday's party, Su Dong introduced the new players to the old players, but this is just the beginning. There is still a lot of work to be done, especially the locker room management.
There is another very important thing on the first day of training, which is the physical examination.
This is actually the biggest headache for all teams and all head coaches.
It is understandable that players need time to relax after a season, but if they relax too much, it will be quite troublesome, especially if some players are not self-disciplined enough and their weight will soar immediately, which may even affect their game and condition.
Therefore, the physical examination on each opening day of camp is particularly important.
Su Dong is the one who needs the least worry, because he still insists on training every day even during holidays.
Although he has been traveling around the country during this period, sometimes even staying in B&Bs in remote areas, this does not prevent him from persisting in training, such as running on mountain roads for a period of time.
After persisting for a long time, his physical condition has remained quite good.
But the real trouble comes during the upcoming summer training camp.
"There was a period last season when his form declined significantly. After research and discussion, we decided to adjust the training program and plan, especially during the summer training camp, which is particularly important."
Nuno Cruz is the head of Su Dong's personal coaching team and has been Su Dong's colleague for many years. He has been monitoring Su Dong's physical condition, condition and performance on the court for a long time, and has compiled a complete set of data and conducted research on these data.
He has always believed that these data can be used to understand the players' athletic performance.
Facts have also proved that in today's European football, more and more teams have begun to pay attention to this aspect, and many universities are also investing in research and teaching. For example, Loughborough University has specially opened a sports analysis major.
Guardiola's team, including Torrent, all respect Nuno Cruz's professionalism.
After all, Su Dong's performance over the years has been obvious to all. Nuno Cruz can almost be said to have single-handedly led the rise of the field of sports science, which also makes the professional circle respect him very much.
While Nuno Cruz, Vito Scala and others were communicating with the Manchester City coaching staff and studying the summer training plan, Su Dong had already completed the coaching staff's physical examination process and concluded that he was very healthy.
All indicators are excellent and very satisfactory.
"Needless to say, I guess you didn't really relax this summer." Nuno Cruz felt helpless when he received the report.
He didn't know whether it was lucky or unfortunate to meet a boss like Su Dong.
Fortunately, Su Dong was always able to execute his plans perfectly, but unfortunately, meeting such a player made it difficult for him not to work hard.
This is not just the feeling of Nuno Cruz alone, but the feeling of the personal coaching team and even many players in the Manchester City team.
He is like a whip, constantly whipping everyone around him, making everyone work hard like him and not dare to slack off. This is one of the reasons why many players perform better when playing next to Su Dong.
"We're almost 27 years old. I think we still need to control our weight and adjust our playing style," Nuno Cruz advised.
"During this break, I took some time to go to Milan and visited many of the big guys in the Milan laboratory. I learned a lot about their research results, including some of the situations of Shevchenko and Kaka during their time in Milan, which are worthy of our vigilance."
Both Shevchenko and Kaka were at a sensitive age, but due to injuries and transfers, their careers plummeted. This is actually worthy of study and for the Soviet Union to be vigilant, because this is not an isolated case.
Research results show that after the age of 26, players' physical fitness begins to decline.
In other words, a player's physical condition reaches its peak at the age of 26, and it is difficult to maintain this peak afterwards. The only difference is the speed of decline.
During this period, players must also adjust their playing style according to their physical condition.
Manchester City built the team around Su Dong as the core, and this summer's signings highlighted this point.
Aguero's arrival is to relieve Su Dong's game pressure and prevent him from playing in some unnecessary games.
The arrival of Hazard and Douglas Costa is to improve the wingers and to relieve the pressure on Su Dong.
Head coach Guardiola is actively adjusting his tactics and wants to adopt a 3-4-3 formation. The purpose is to reduce the pressure on the center forward and allow the wingers and midfielders to take on more tasks.
Su Dong's task is to stay healthy, successfully complete the transformation and extend his career.
According to Begiristain, Manchester City signed Su Dong for a sky-high price not just to use him for two or three years, but because they hope that Su Dong can play for Manchester City until he is 35 years old, or even until he retires.
One good thing about Su Dong is that he respects professionals very much.
He believes in Nuno Cruz's expertise.
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Other players also arrived at Carrington one after another.
As the captain, Su Dong, together with the coaching staff, arranged for the players to go to the medical room for physical examinations.
This is actually a relatively simple test. If the player is found to have any injuries or other problems, further detailed examinations will be conducted, or the player will be sent directly to the hospital for more in-depth testing.
Through the physical examination by the team doctor, the physical condition of all the players is basically clear at a glance.
Like Marcelo, he obviously indulged himself during this period and became a little overweight.
What’s even funnier is that this guy is so close to David Luiz that during the America’s Cup, they even made an appointment to get their hair done together and both got their hair cut into afro.
Now this is really funny.
Damn, seeing these two big afros, everyone in Manchester City is so happy, right? But these two adorable guys are still enjoying it and seem very proud of their afros.
Su Dong could only say: "I respect your unique personality!"
The coaching staff pays special attention to the physical condition of several new players.
Although they underwent detailed physical examinations when they signed the contract, their physical conditions also need to be monitored as they join the team for training. Aguero, Hazard, Douglas Costa, and Javi Martinez are all in good physical condition.
Among them, Douglas Costa's body is really thin, which may affect his performance in the new season, so the coaching staff is quite worried about this and hopes that he can strengthen his physical training.
As for Aguero, although he is not tall, his physical fitness is quite good.
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The first day of the training camp was mainly focused on adjustment and recovery training.
That afternoon, Su Dong asked for leave from the team, personally sent his fiancée to Oxford, and then flew back by himself.
That night, he and everyone else took a special plane from Manchester Airport to Los Angeles, USA.
Manchester City's summer training camp is scheduled to be held in Los Angeles.
The reason why it was arranged in the United States was mainly because Manchester City was invited to participate in a warm-up match called the World Football Challenge.
The tournament was organized by an American company called RS. The first tournament was held in 2009. Four teams, including AC Milan, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Mexico's America, were invited to participate in the round-robin tournament, which was a great success.
The success in 2009 made everyone see the potential of the North American football market. In addition, over the years, major European giants have successively gone to North America to explore the North American market, making major sponsors very optimistic about this event.
Therefore, after the World Cup was suspended in 2010, the second World Football Challenge was held this year.
Unlike the first session, this year's challenge has been comprehensively upgraded, with the number of participating teams increased from four to thirteen, including European giants and strong teams such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus, as well as teams from the United States and Mexico.
The competition is conducted in the format of European teams against North American teams. Except for Sporting Lisbon which is participating in an exhibition match, the other twelve teams will fight against each other. Each team will play three games and will be ranked in the end based on points. If there is a tie, the ranking will be determined by goal difference.
The reason why European teams are willing to participate in this event is actually very simple, that is, the prize money is generous, and they value the North American market. Everyone wants to get a piece of the pie.
Manchester City's North American training camp has attracted attention from the American media, especially Su Dong, who has attracted the attention of the American media.
It is not surprising that the American media is so enthusiastic about Su Dong, because Su Dong has always been one of the most well-known sports stars in the United States. Especially after signing with an American sports brand, his popularity has skyrocketed.
In 2009, when the US President visited Su Dong's homeland, he mentioned that his daughters liked Su Dong very much, but he had no way to arrange for them to meet Su Dong.
This year, when the US President met with the Major League Baseball champion team, he was presented with a No. 9 jersey. Some media reported that this was a special request from the US President because it was Su Dong's jersey number.
"Getting this jersey means that I am at the same level as Su Dong."
Just a few days ago, during the warm-up period of the World Football Challenge, a White House spokesman revealed in an interview with the media that the president's family very much welcomes outstanding football players like Su Dong to visit the White House.
This undoubtedly aroused strong attention from the media.
When Manchester City arrived in Los Angeles, many media were asking Su Dong about this matter, asking him if he would take the time to go to the White House, but Su Dong said he was very sorry because his schedule in the United States was already full.
The team will train in the United States for a few days, and after playing three warm-up matches, they will set off back to Europe. It can be said that they are working non-stop.
This quickly made Su Dong a celebrity in the American media.
The New York Times called him: The man who dared to reject the White House! This did not damage Su Dong's image, but instead made him stand higher in the eyes of the American people.
(End of this chapter)
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