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"I thought Tony and the others wouldn't watch the videos, and that was true. Two or three days later, he asked them some questions, and then he realized that many people didn't watch the videos he sent to everyone. Then, Mr. Bielsa called everyone to watch the videos in the tactical class. Everyone had a very good tactical class, and then everyone began to like watching videos, yes, videos made by the coaching staff!" Many years later, Trapani's old servant Barrias talked about this during a program interview.

No one likes to watch videos, and Bielsa's ascetic life made everyone dissatisfied, even some young players.

They resisted the work tasks assigned by Bielsa, and it was natural.

They would rather spend their time in the basketball hall or swimming pool, or practice more on the training ground.

However, as Barrias said, all this changed when Bielsa personally led everyone to watch the videos. It was simple that Bielsa was a character. He was only confirmed as the team's head coach at the end of June, but this man and his assistant worked hard. In just over ten days, they made videos of every member of the first team.

There are a lot of Bielsa's analyses in the video, mainly talking about where each player should improve, what mistakes they have made, and how to correct them!

In short, this is a personal video. If the players are willing, they can get a lot from these videos, a lot of things that can inspire them.

Even if we don't talk about the effect, just saying that Bielsa's spirit makes Hugo sigh. After hearing about this, Hugo's impression of Bielsa has improved a lot. A persistent person can't be too bad, right? !

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"Tell me, how is the team, how is Mr. Bielsa's work?!" A week later, after the training camp ended, Victor returned home for dinner, and Hugo asked about his own.

"It's okay, but it's too tiring!" Victor pouted, but he still admired it in his heart.

Bielsa has been in the team for a few days. According to the schedule, the players are really hard, and many people go to bed early at night. They can't sleep. Everyone wants to sleep after training every day.

"Tell me more details, didn't he bring any changes to you?! Didn't anyone among you oppose him in public?!" Hugo asked.

Victor thought about it, told Hugo about the video, and then specifically about the training. Victor organized it well, and then said: "There are more training with the ball!"

"There are more training with the ball, so doesn't that mean that football training has decreased!" Hugo said.

"Are you stupid? We have more training time this season than ever before, and you are still worried about physical reserves?!" Hugo felt a little embarrassed after hearing what Victor said.

Of course, the time has increased. Bielsa trains three times a day. Every morning Bielsa arranges a ten-kilometer cross-country run for the players. My God, this is ten kilometers.

The players got up very early, finished the run, and then had breakfast. After breakfast, there was a two-hour break. There was also an hour and a half of training in the morning. The afternoon was a relatively relaxed time for everyone, because they could rest until four o'clock in the afternoon, and then have a two-hour training session.

There was no training at night, and Bielsa was not silent during the training. He kept saying that your job is to play football. Since you have chosen such a career, you should devote yourself to it. So you should get up early like those people who go to work and stay in the company until the afternoon.

Hugo and Victor didn't know that Bielsa was actually unwilling to deal with the players in this way. Bielsa would put the blame on the club's top management, because the top management allowed the team to conduct commercial activities. Time was originally tight, and Bielsa had to make time and had to "exploit" the poor players.

The team needs to run in. He is a new coach, and there are new people in the team. He feels the urgency of time even more.

"Gigi, I feel that he is very different from Ranieri!" Victor sighed.

"Tell me, how is it different!" Angelo has been spoiled by Hugo recently. He needs his father to feed him when he eats, and no one else can feed him, so Hugo asked while feeding Angelo.

"I don't think he pays much attention to defensive training! He makes us practice passing every day!" Victor said.

When Ranieri was there, he put a lot of effort into defensive training. All Italian coaches are like this, and they pay great attention to defensive positioning, replacement, position change, etc.

Each player's defensive responsibilities must be clear, but Bielsa emphasizes the role of players in offense rather than defense.

Bielsa's tactical principles talk about the mobility of players, and the mobility of defensive players also needs to be stronger.

Hugo explained it, and Victor nodded repeatedly. Hugo asked: "Will you blame him?! What do you think of his training?!"

The players on the back line may not agree with this idea, so Hugo asked this question.

"Well, I'm not dissatisfied. It's no big deal as long as he can lead the team to win!" Victor said.

"It's good that you can think so! Anyway, I have confidence in him. If possible, he can stay here for a long time." Hugo said with a hum.

"Tsk, you're really good to him! It doesn't matter if he doesn't win the championship?!"

"It doesn't matter if he doesn't win the championship, I firmly believe that the championship will come! I think God will let him win the championship." Hugo said confidently.

I wonder if Bielsa would be moved to tears after hearing Hugo's support? !

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Bielsa did not have no requirements for the transfer. He applied to Seli for a player similar to the attacking midfielder.

Bielsa's request is understandable. He has an idea for the new season. According to his habit, he likes to use a three-back formation, with the center and front court as the focus. However, Trapani has excellent full-backs. The two main players Evra and Maicon have strong ability to run up and down, and have strong assist awareness and assist ability. After all, Evra used to play as a winger.

In a situation like this, there is no need to stick to three defenders. It can be made into four defenders!

At the beginning of modern football, it was typical to be top-heavy, focusing on offense and less on defense. With the development of football, people pay more and more attention to defense, and there are more defenders.

Bielsa's changes can allow Evra and Maicon to take on the duties of defenders and winger, which is also good.

Beckham has already occupied a starting position in the midfield. There is no way. This is Hugo's condition. Bielsa intends to comply with him. Besides, through the observation of the past few days, Beckham has left a deep impression on Bielsa. He is a good player and works hard, but his ability to control the ball is a little poor.

Bielsa is giving him a special treatment. He hopes that Beckham can improve his ability to control the ball at his feet and be able to hold the ball in the defensive midfielder position. Think about it, if you can't hold the ball, how can you control the rhythm? !

There are many people in the midfield position, but specifically for the offensive front midfielder, there is only Ballack, which is obviously not enough. Bielsa wants to increase the front midfielder players and find a qualified substitute for Ballack. It would be better if he has excellent ball control and connection ability.

Schweinsteiger is the recommended transformation object of Barrias, but Bielsa did not make such a judgment. He has not yet seen where Schweinsteiger is good, but he also rejected Seli's request to rent Schweinsteiger because he does not want to introduce a star. If he really lets him choose, he would rather use a young piglet who can endure loneliness.

Not only does Bielsa want to keep Schweinsteiger, he also hopes that the candidate for the attacking midfielder position he requests is also a young person. Bielsa has a clear idea. He does not pursue superstars. He only hopes to bring young and unsatisfied blood to his team. When it comes to training young players, Bielsa not only has a say but also has confidence.