Handsome position is not easy

Chapter 75 Embarking on a New Journey

Unlike Benfica, Leiria does not belong to the club's complete coaching team. This is the wisdom of the small club's desperation. The frequent changes of coaches at the bottom of the team will inevitably lead to waves of replacements. The unstable environment and Salaries below the standard line can not attract capable assistant coaches, and the club is too lazy to spend money to hire newcomers who will probably be abandoned by the coach, so after getting the contract, Mourinho immediately started looking for his own team members.

His favorite chief assistant is still Benfica's old partner Carlos Mozer. The Brazilian knows how to deal with the complicated situation in the locker room and has a strong ability to execute orders from the upper management.

Mourinho made several phone calls to invite him to join, but Leiria couldn't afford the salary that Benfica could offer, and Mozel was unwilling to accept the halved treatment like his old boss. Although it was a pity, but Mourinho can understand the difficulties of the Brazilians. Being far away from his hometown, he needs to take care of his family living in Lisbon. Sometimes money is indeed the most difficult hurdle to overcome.

Mourinho began to worry. He was still young in Portugal and could not find a credible assistant like Mozel, but this problem was resolved before Mourinho turned to Mendes for help.

His wife Mathilde understands his needs. Mourinho is different from older coaches such as Robson and Van Gaal. He is young and energetic enough. Mourinho, who has a strong comprehensive ability, does not need to be supplemented. The shortcoming in leading the team, what he needs is someone who can deal with players and establish prestige.

It just so happened that the old Mourinho knew such a guy when he was coaching. He also traveled across the ocean from Brazil to Portugal. The figure is very intimidating, and there will be no language barriers when communicating with local players and South American players. The most important thing is that Brito has a good relationship with the Mourinho family and is willing to accept the treatment given by Leiria.

With the chief assistant, the remaining things are much simpler. In order to avoid being affected by the bad subordinates of the Benfica medical team, Mourinho also recruited his former colleague, Rui Faria, who Faria, who was born in a discipline class, has unique insights in player status assessment and injury management, and his training philosophy is similar to that of Mourinho. He is a rare good helper.

After the end of the season, Mourinho went to Leiria with a brand new team. Of course, there was Young who came by train from Porto with his luggage.

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Leiria district is almost the midpoint of the connection between Porto and Lisbon. As a city on the west coast of Portugal, Leiria's climate is equally warm and pleasant, even more comfortable than Porto, but it is still a brand new place for Young to get used to. environment.

In order to prepare for the next European Cup to be held in Portugal, the Leiria municipal government has begun to build the large-scale Dr. Pessoa Stadium in advance. The club can only use the Grand Marinha Municipal Stadium as its home court.

It belongs to the same area. Compared with the [-] residents of Leiria City, the population of Greater Marinha is much smaller, and their municipal stadium can only accommodate more than [-] spectators, so Leiria's momentum at the temporary home court is even stronger than some The Portuguese second team is still worse.

Although the distance is very close, some Leiria residents still do not want to drive to Grand Marina to watch the football. It's more grand, but during this blank period, fans just don't want to buy it.

The lack of seats at the Gran Marinha Municipal Stadium has led to a sharp drop in ticket revenue. If it hadn’t been for the 98/99 season, the University of Coimbra hadn’t climbed back after being relegated. The closest and strongest competitor, Lai Fans of Ria might really lose a lot of their pieces.

This is also the reason why Leiria gave up the head coach who led the team to win the league No. 5 times last season. Manuel did not pay attention to the cultivation of new players at all, and the relationship with the diehard fan group Osiris was also very tense. Although the results are good, it can't solve the club's most troublesome financial problem. Leiria's coaching change is to survive the low tide of the construction of the new stadium.

Young stood in the corner of the line, listening to Mourinho's first official speech as manager.

"You may be wondering why Chairman Bartolomeu chose me. It is true that your achievements last season were very brilliant. You beat Benfica to get fifth in the league. Maybe many people think this is Larry. At the peak moment of Asia, many people may think that it will be impossible to surpass this ranking in the future.

I know that the fans of Leiria seldom put pressure on the club and the coach to win the game. They even sit in the stands to cheer for you while listening to the information about the games of those giants. Maybe the unmotivated players will do it for this Please rejoice in this environment, I don't know how many of you are like this, but I will always know.

The purpose of my coming here is to break through the barrier that you think is impossible to overcome, because I know that I will not stay here forever. This is a good opportunity for me to shorten the distance and time to the rich and powerful, and I will take away those guys who deserve a better platform like me.

Don't question what I said, this is the short-term strategy formulated by the club. They didn't give me transfer funds, didn't send me strong new aid, and even a few veterans chose to retire. If you want to get good results, now All I can rely on are you guys.

If anyone wants to get the salary and bonus of the top giants, who wants to be cheered by 4 or [-] people in the largest stadiums in Portugal, who wants to have his name printed on the headlines of L'Equipe and Sporting newspapers, then raise your hand Wake up, I will remember his name, because maybe he will enter the rich before me. "

Leiria's left-back Valente slowly raised his hand with some hesitation, followed by winger Marciel and center Delray, and Young also raised his hand, but he seemed to be in the queue of big men Inconspicuous, because everyone has raised their hands. Mourinho has successfully aroused the ambitions of the Leiria players. Who doesn't want to go to the best platform to show their abilities?
"Now that you agree with me, get ready for training, get ready, I will ask you to the same strict standards that I treat Benfica players, Faria, you take them to warm up."

After Mourinho finished speaking, he greeted the club president who had been standing on the sidelines of the training field. Bartolomeu seemed to have something to say. He thought that his persuasive words had caused the other party's dissatisfaction, so he planned to go to the club. Explain, but Mr. Chairman is all smiles, showing no sign of anger at all.

"Jose, I think what you said is very good. The team should be full of vigor and vigor. It's been a long time since I saw the boys' emotions so high. The club also hopes to have a few famous players in the team.

I discussed with several directors and planned to rent a house in the countryside north of Leiria. You can take your team members there for a morning jog. The environment is good and the air is fresh. "

Mourinho frowned imperceptibly. The last thing he likes is someone intervening in the team's training, which will affect his strictly planned procedures.

"Mr. Chairman, no need. I won't let my players do too much running without the ball. That's what track and field athletes need. They touch the ball more. I plan to increase the amount of training before the season. And it’s all happening on the field.”

Bartolomeu couldn't understand why Mourinho refused, even Manuel accepted the proposal at the time, he spread his hands in confusion and said: "Manuel likes to lead the team to run, He said that if you run around the valley in the morning, everyone's lungs will be comfortable and you can exercise your physical fitness."

"You are right, Mr. Chairman, but that was the practice of the former head coach. Please stop doubting my training methods. As for physical fitness, Faria is a master and he will not let the players have problems. Yes." Mourinho expressed his attitude with a smile, since they are all in Leiria, he will not let people get involved in his own affairs.

Bartolomeu shook his head and walked away. Mourinho turned around and looked at the training ground with complicated emotions. He knew that his actions might bring some bad effects again, and the only way to avoid blame was to win. Ball, win as many balls as possible.

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Yang felt that this assistant coach named Rui Faria was simply terrifying. During the warm-up period alone, he yelled at three or four players with slightly irregular movements. The most wronged person among them even just stepped forward I padded my feet a few more times.

Looking at the poor ghost who was so frightened and fell because of being yelled with his ears attached, he swallowed his saliva and turned his attention back to his feet.From Sporting Lisbon to Porto's youth training experience, the rigorous training has engraved these pattern-forming movements in his mind. Just standing at one end of the field, Young can estimate what frequency should be used based on his own stride. Do a full set of warm-up moves.

Faria was born in a professional class. You can tell at a glance who is serious and who is not serious. Those guys don’t lift their legs enough, they can’t stretch their muscles, and they can’t shake their hips. They will have problems in high-intensity training later. May be injured, professional players must cherish and protect their bodies with the most serious attitude, otherwise how can they get feedback and rewards from their bodies?
To be honest, there are not many Leiria players Faria likes. On the one hand, the attitude is that many of them do not have a youth training experience that meets the standards. This is the biggest gap between the bottom players and the top players. Their solidified bodies can improve very little, and it is difficult for them to quickly adapt to changes in training style.

In the short term, those older players may not be able to participate in all the training programs. Keeping them healthy is the most important thing. Valente and others who are full of energy are worth developing. The physical fitness of these guys He should be able to keep up with his own special physical training, but looking at it this way, it was the unremarkable child in the crowd that attracted Faria's most attention.

"This Yang is a malleable talent, can I include him in the special training list?" Faria turned around and asked Mourinho beside him.

"No, I have to personally evaluate his current ability on the court, and then it will be your turn."

　I will be able to watch the AFC again soon, so happy~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)