Chapter 7: Top Talents to Be Scouted at the Opening
There is a detail that clearly shows Xiao Xi'er's support for Yang Hao.
When Yang Hao finished the meeting with the two captains and made an appointment to go to the training base in Majadahonda in the northwest suburbs of Madrid, it would have been fine if the newly appointed sports director Paulo Futre would go with them, but Hill also wanted to go.
Paul Futre is very familiar with Atletico Madrid and has just retired, so he is still very popular in the team. There is no need for Hill to be in charge at all. Only Yang Hao, a rookie, needs the support of Atletico Madrid's prince.
Yang Hao was well aware of this and gave Xiao Xi'er a grateful look.
If you treat me with your heart today, I will serve you with my whole life tomorrow... uh, no, I will serve you with my whole life.
Starting from the Calderon Stadium, take the M30 north, then turn west onto the A6, passing by an upscale Dabieye residential area.
"This is the La Finca neighborhood, right?"
After getting on the A6 highway, Yang Hao, who was sitting in the back seat, could just see that the community was not yet completed.
"Yes, Florentino's real estate company is also involved." Paul Futre replied in the passenger seat.
The Portuguese were quite surprised. Why did Yang Hao suddenly bring up this?
Little did he know that the name La Finca would become a familiar name to countless Chinese football fans after 2010.
Ronaldo, Kaka, Gareth Bale, Benzema...
These superstars all live in this community.
Zidane, Raul, Casillas and others originally lived in the city center and later moved here.
Oh, and Torres.
"How did Torres from our youth team perform?" Yang Hao suddenly asked.
If he remembered correctly, Torres had been recuperating for a long time due to a fracture before joining the first team, but he was not very clear about the exact time of the fracture, he only remembered that it was around this year.
"Have you heard of this kid too?" Little Hill asked with a smile while driving.
Yang Hao nodded. "I've seen him play football, and I believe he can become the best center forward in the world in the future."
The prerequisite is to create suitable offensive tactics for him to help him play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.
When he said this, Little Hill and Paul Futre were a little surprised, but also very happy.
Torres is the best performing player in Atletico Madrid's youth training camp and is highly expected by countless people.
"He's doing well now, but he's a little young. He just turned 16 and is currently in the U17 team."
Paul Futre knew them all.
After that, the Portuguese added: "The space at our training base is very limited. Only the U17 and above age groups train here. The rest are distributed to various cooperating youth training clubs."
"Then Gabi and Antonio Lopez should be here, right?" Yang Hao asked again.
Paul Futre was surprised, but soon laughed, "It seems you really put in a lot of effort."
He now began to understand why Xiao Xi'er valued Yang Hao so much.
"Gabi is the best player in our youth team with the U17s, Antonio López is the best player in our youth team with the U19s, Manu del Moral, Diego and Nuno Rivas, as well as Jiri Rosicky, are all good players in the youth team."
Yang Hao nodded indifferently. He was not very .
Jiri Rosicky is quite interesting. He has the same name as his father, but he has a younger brother named Tomas Rosicky who currently plays for Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic.
The interesting thing is that, from childhood to adulthood, Jiri Rosicky was more talented and performed better than Tomas Rosicky, so Jiri Rosicky was able to join the then-glorious Atletico Madrid in 1996.
But who would have thought that a few years later, the elder brother was still wasting time in Atletico Madrid's youth training camp, while the younger brother had already become famous in the country.
Many times, choice is more important than ability.
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After passing the area of La Finca, turn south onto the M40 and enter the area of Majadahonda.
Like La Finca, this place is also full of high-end residences.
Atletico Madrid 's training base is surrounded by a residential area of large single-family villas.
The rectangular plot of land is as wide as two standard football fields side by side , and as long as three football fields connected together.
But at the southernmost end there is only a standard stadium with simple stands, which is the competition venue for the youth team. The open space next to it is the team's training building and parking lot.
The facilities are quite simple, which is also the common situation in European football today.
Everyone is living a tight life, where does the money come from to invest in these hardware facilities?
After getting off the bus, a group of people went straight to the coach's office in the training building.
Antic's three visits to the club were quick in coming and going.
The coaching staff of the first team had received the news a long time ago. When they saw Hill Jr. and Paul Futre accompanying Yang Hao, how could they not be sure that the rumors were true?
For a moment, the whole office was talking about it, and everyone felt that the club's decision was too frivolous.
Are you giving up by using a 25-year-old rookie as the head coach?
After Yang Hao entered the room, he has been paying attention to everyone's reactions. It's quite interesting.
For example, the old man with white hair in his fifties should be George Perizzaro.
He will only stay until the end of this season, so he seems to have nothing to do with Atletico Madrid's hiring of Yang Hao.
This Italian goalkeeping coach is no ordinary person. He has served as an assistant to Lippi, Bianchi and Ranieri, and has worked in teams such as Naples, Juventus, Fiorentina and Valencia. His resume is quite impressive.
He has also trained many world-class goalkeepers, such as Buffon, Toldo and Cañizares.
At least, players who have played FM Football Manager will definitely be familiar with him.
But what really excited Yang Hao was the "apprentice" standing next to Perizaro.
Pedro Haro.
Veteran FM Football Manager players will certainly be familiar with him, because he was considered the leader in the coaching world in the classic FM2006. In subsequent generations of games, he was the top talent in Goalkeeper Training 20 and a must-see when opening a new game.
The 37-year-old Pedro Haro retired last summer and is currently preparing for his coaching certification.
It is precisely because Pedro Haro does not have a coaching certificate that the club kept Pellizzaro after firing Ranieri. After all, in official competitions, a certificate is still required.
Yang Hao secretly kept Pedro Haro in mind, determined not to let him go to his arch-rival Real Madrid again.
But he remained calm on the surface and shook hands with everyone one by one.
The biggest difference between European football today and in the next few years is that the division of labor is not so detailed.
The most typical example is the configuration of the coaching staff.
The large coaching staffs that used to consist of more than a dozen, or even twenty or thirty people, basically do not exist now.
Three or five coaching teams, plus some staff, this is basically the configuration .
Among the club staff, there was a physiotherapist who also caught Yang Hao's attention.
Because he was very young, only 20 years old, and his name was José Carlos García Parrales.
As soon as he heard the name, Yang Hao immediately remembered it and wrote it down.
Why?
In Yang Hao's previous life, this person was poached by Real Madrid in 2012, and since then he could be seen in every celebration photo of Real Madrid's championship.
The position of physiotherapist is actually very important. Not only does he travel with the team and be responsible for treatment during the game, but he also serves as a communication bridge between the locker room, coaching staff and medical team, and is responsible for formulating rehabilitation plans for the players.
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When they first met, Yang Hao's assistant had not yet arrived, so he did not get involved in many things and let the team continue to execute according to the original plan.
This made everyone even more disappointed in him.
Many people originally thought that since he was so young and could convince the Atletico Madrid management, he would have some concrete evidence, but in the end, he had nothing.
But Yang Hao still put forward his own request.
Torres, Gabi, Pablo Garcia and Antonio Lopez from the youth team were transferred to the first team and started training with the first team from the afternoon training.
"I want to check their performance."
As soon as he finished speaking, a staff member wrote it down.
Yang Hao also specifically inquired about Kiko's recovery status, because the Atletico Madrid prince performed very poorly after returning from injury. The one who answered him was the young Parales.
Kiko's injury condition is not optimistic and his recovery is not ideal. Parales said that he and the team doctors have tried their best, but it will take a longer time to recover.
As for the team's current injury situation, there is actually no big problem.
As a professional player, who doesn’t have some injuries?
As long as it doesn't affect the game, it's fine.
They are all young people, and the 20-year-old Parales is more likely to accept Yang Hao than others.
Seeing that Yang Hao was very familiar with the team's situation and the players' physical condition, and that young people were easier to command, Yang Hao simply brought him along.
After leaving the coach's office, Yang Hao didn't even look at his own office and went straight to the players' rest area.
Long before them, the two captains had already returned to the training base and told their teammates what had happened to Calderon, and also revealed that Yang Hao would be here soon .
But the players' reactions were negative.
Whether it is Ranieri or Antić, at least they are famous coaches whose names can be pronounced in European football, but who is Yang Hao?
Which stone did it come out of?
Why should he coach Atletico Madrid?
The players were emotional, so when Yang Hao and his group walked in, they ignored him.
It was not until they saw Xiao Hill and Futre appearing at the same time as Yang Hao that they became a little more alert.
The general manager and Futre appeared at the same time, and this treatment is much more important than that of Ranieri and Antić in the past.
Of course, when Antić took office, he was brought in by Blanco, the head of the trusteeship group.
Yang Hao was not surprised at the players' attitude.
If they act enthusiastic, that would be weird.
But what needs to be said still needs to be said, and the attitude that needs to be given still needs to be given.
Yang Hao told everyone very confidently that he would lead Atletico Madrid to win every game from now on.
But he guessed that few people would believe it.
He also called on everyone to cheer up and work together to help the team overcome the difficulties, but the players' response was also lacking interest.
These people are all smart people and won't be easily fooled by a few words.
There was no other way, Yang Hao could only use his trump card.
