Chapter 215: The demonstration during training

As a professional player, when you come to a new club, a new team, how should you integrate into the team when facing a new group of teammates?

Actually, there is no standard answer.

When he returned to the first team at Preston, Tiger immediately encountered an opportunity to play as a substitute, and then showed his strength in the game. With the support of the new head coach Moyes, Tiger went from a reserve team member to a first team core and went easily and without any pressure - of course, this was also related to the strength he showed at that time and the current situation of the team.

At Manchester United, Tiger had no say in his leaping from a new player to a top giant, while Ferguson gave him a period of cold treatment, allowing him to adapt to Manchester United's offensive environment in the reserve team. At the beginning, he positioned Tiger to enrich the team's substitute lineup. Then, through a series of coincidences such as Scholes' injury, Tiger performed well on the bench, and showed his ability to play well in the forward position, etc., Tiger became the main force of Manchester United, and everything was as if it were natural.

And this time, when we came to Valencia, the situation was very different.

At Preston, Tiger is a member of the reserve team. At Manchester United, Tiger is a player in the League One. He needs to work harder to prove his status. However, this time he came to Valencia. As an English international, Premier League top scorer, second scorer of the Champions League and champion of the Champions League, Tiger's honor has surpassed all Valencia players - Valencia's player with personal honor is the player who won the Spanish Cup last season. Other players basically do not have much personal honor, not to mention the transfer value, Tiger is also Valencia's first. In history, Valencia has never spent so much money to buy a player, and this situation may be rare in the future.

In the world of football, past honors and transfer value are enough to establish a player's position in the team. Just as Ronaldo, after transferring to Inter Milan with the world's first value, he immediately became Inter Milan's number one star. However, this status is both motivation and pressure. If you do not show enough strength, it will become a laughing stock not only in the team, but also in the whole world.

For example, De Nielsen, who transferred to Real Betis last season, refreshed Ronaldo's transfer value, was embarrassed when he participated in Betis' training for the first time - he repeatedly hit the free kick on the wall when he was doing free kick training. After that, Betis' staff lowered the height of the wall and successfully completed the free kick training. This bad start lasted for a season. Betis spent so much money, but his results became worse and worse. You have high value and poor performance. The original players will naturally be dissatisfied. If you don't agree, there will be internal strife, and the team's performance will naturally not be guaranteed.

So when the first day of training began, Valencia's players were observing Tiger's performance intentionally or unintentionally to see if he was as outstanding as the legendary one, and to see if he showed his true form after a season's outstanding performance!

Cooper naturally knew this mentality very well - unfortunately, he was also a new head coach, and he introduced several players. The performance of signings can also determine to a certain extent whether his position is stable or not.

The morning was basically resilience training. In fact, the first week before the pre-season training camp was basically physical and resilience training, allowing the players who had been resting for a summer to adapt to the upcoming intensive schedule. Tactical training often begins after physical training is completed.

Of course, pure physical training is impossible. Appropriate ball training is also necessary to keep the players in a ball sense. Cooper chose another way to stimulate the players' interest and determine their various abilities.

That way is to use the competition method to compete from all aspects - not a one-on-one confrontation, but to show themselves from all aspects. When the new official takes office, Valencia's players will also show their abilities with all their strength.

Dribbling the ball around the ball, sprinting, long shots outside the penalty area, set balls, penalty kicks... Of course, the main thing is to test offensive skills. Every player can show his abilities in all aspects. The defenders should be calm. First, because the competition on Valencia's defense line is not fierce, and second, these confrontations basically test offensive players and have little to do with the defenders.

The first competition is speed.

This competition is not very beneficial to Tiger. He is not good at speed, and Cooper seems to have a different meaning. He asked the players who signed up for the speed competition to sprint in groups, and the team with Tiger is the fastest Argentine striker "Flea" Claudio Lopez in Valencia's team...

Although there is no specific statistics, players who can run into 11 seconds with a speed of 100 meters are all fast horses in football. Lopez is the best among them. His speed of 100 meters can reach 10 seconds and 7 seconds. This speed is already faster than most so-called fast horses. Robert Carlos' speed of 100 meters is only 10 seconds and 6 seconds, Ronaldo's speed of 11 seconds is only 11 seconds, Shepchenko's full 11 seconds, and Irving's speed of 10 seconds is 10 seconds.

Tiger's 100-meter speed? Just a few days ago, the physical examination statistics were 12 seconds, two seconds slower than Lopez...

When Tiger and Lopez were standing at the starting point of the 100-meter track, many Valencia players had a smile on their faces. The gap of two seconds was a big distance in the 100-meter sprint...

However, Tiger did not seem to feel any pressure. He was moving his body at the starting point and laughed at Lopez with joy.

"Flea" was stunned for a moment, and began to mutter in his heart - is this kid very fast at 100 meters? It's impossible, the physical examination data is real...

Thinking of this, Lopez began to take it seriously. He was the first in Valencia's speed and in the entire player circle, Lopez's speed was also top-notch. If he was defeated by such a legendary slow-speed guy, it would be a shameful thing.

The assistant coach confirmed that Tiger and Lopez were ready, then blew the whistle and pressed the stopwatch in his hand at the same time.

Bow, start, sprint!

Tiger and Lopez rushed out from the starting point at the same time, and then the Valencia players watching around exclaimed at the same time!

It was comparable! When the two of them rushed out at the same time, Tiger and Lopez were completely level, and after rushing out for a while, Tiger vaguely surpassed Lopez's position!

"How is this possible!"

Almost all Valencia players were shocked. Lopez's start and sprint were also quite fast. He often threw his opponent away from his position after ten meters. However, he has now run a distance of nearly one-third. Not only did he not be able to get away from Tiger, he seemed to be led by Tiger a little!

Just when Valencia's players were surprised, the situation changed again. After running thirty meters, Tiger's speed began to slow down significantly. Lopez surpassed him almost in an instant, and then threw Tiger away for a distance and arrived at the finish line first.

"Ten seconds eight!"

The assistant coach who was guarding the finish line reported Lopez's results, and Lopez was also very proud. Although his peak 100-meter speed was ten seconds seven, he could not run every time. Ten seconds eight this time was already a pretty good result.

Tiger's score was twelve seconds seven, and was nearly two seconds away by Lopez. However, no Valencia's player had a smile on his face - yes, Tiger was defeated by Lopez in the final 100-meter score, but in the first thirty meters, Tiger's speed was not much worse than Lopez!

The length of the entire stadium is more than 100 meters. Most of the time, is the speed of 100 meters useful? Ronaldo has the highest speed evaluation in previous football games, but his speed of 100 meters is mediocre, relying on his short-distance sprinting ability and explosive power!

It is obvious that Tiger and Lopez's speed are huge in the 100-meter sprint, but in the most common thirty-meter sprint on the football field, his speed is comparable to Lopez - this is enough to prove Tiger's role on the court!

"Ha, Claudio, you're going to be quick." Tiger greeted Lopez easily. Lopez shrugged his shoulders. He no longer dared to underestimate Tiger. At least on the court, Tiger's role in counterattacks will not be much worse than that of him, not to mention that Tiger's ball control skills are excellent, and his speed of forwarding and sprinting are not much different...

A smile appeared on Cooper's face. He was not on the scene during the physical examination. However, the staff in charge of the physical examination mentioned that Tiger's speed was quite fast in the first thirty meters, and it would obviously slow down in the later stage. He also went to find the video to watch it, and then made such a decision to let Tiger and Lopez compete with speed...

Tiger's performance proves one thing - on the football field, the speed of 100 meters is not the most important thing, and the 30-meter sprint and instant start are the most critical factors that determine the speed of the two.

The legendary Tiger's weakest one has already surprised all Valencia players, and there is no much suspense about what follows.

The game after the training the next day was a shooting competition. Each player who participated made ten long shots in the top of the penalty area. He could dribble the ball before and make fake moves to make the goalkeeper's judgment deviate. However, each shot needs to be completed within 30 seconds. The goalkeeper was controlled by Canisales and Palop, and each guarded five times.

Among this kind of long-range shooting confrontation, the best results were the midfielders. Valencia's forward was not good at long-range shooting. However, Farinos, Gerard, Mendeta and others were all very hard, but Tiger also showed his ability in this regard. He scored not the most goals, but his shots made the two goalkeepers the most uncomfortable.

"Angle, rotation, power! And the fake moves before the shot! This guy's shot can't be relaxed for even a second!" Canisales complained a few times after guarding the goal.

Substitute goalkeeper Palop said more directly: "The power and speed of his shooting are not particularly fast, but they are quite cunning. You may be deceived by his fake moves to make a judgment in advance. You may find that you can't save the position after you save it, and even after you hit the ball, you will know that you can't hold the ball at all... No wonder he scored so many goals last season! A goalkeeper who has no experience in shooting may have to suffer a lot of losses in his shooting!"

The third day was the passing.

Long pass, short pass, ground pass, wall-to-wall pass cooperation... As one of the two most important skills to be improved, Tiger's passing attributes have reached 290, which is not much worse than Maradona at his peak in terms of data - and after the passing data exceeds a certain level, it is hard to say who has a better pass - for example, Maradona's passing data is 310, and Platini's passing data is 300, but you can't say that Maradona's passing on the court must be better than Platini.

With the way Tiger trained in the main god space, his pass accuracy has reached an extremely high level, and he basically passes without looking at it, and he can reach a very accurate level - after five sets of passing moves in a row, Tiger completed the shortest time, but the effect is the best...

"Five sets of 100 passes took thirteen minutes and thirty-five seconds, with a success rate of 96%!"

When this data was released, almost all Valencia players were stunned. Mendeta and Farinos, the fastest completed among them, took more than twenty minutes, and the success rate was barely close to 90%...

On the fourth day, the ball control was very simple, it was to take the ball around the pole. Tiger's ball control skills opened everyone's eyes. The ball seemed to stick to his feet, and the whole movement was like flowing water, making people feel refreshed.

"Now, I really found a treasure... Compared with Denilson's 35 million transfer fee, I bought a Tiger for 30 million. It's really cheap!" Cooper couldn't help thinking in his heart.

The header match on the fifth day was the world of defenders, but Tiger's performance was quite standard. In fact, even if he was at the bottom of the skill game on this day, no one would underestimate him anymore. The ability he showed before was enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility of Valencia's offensive core.

Tiger's attitude in training also makes people unable to find any problems. Often, players with excellent skills are prone to being lazy and rely more on their own talents to play football. Tiger is not like this. Since the day of the training camp, Tiger has been the one who is the most serious in training, and his physical condition is also the one who maintains the best after the holiday. He has the ability and a serious attitude, and does not seem too arrogant in training. Gradually, Valencia players are very proud of Tiger's high value and

The negative emotions caused by the legendary highest salary began to slowly disappear - of course, this is also related to the fact that there are no thorn players in Valencia's team, and the two captains Mendeta and Canisales are also players who are very considerate of the overall situation - Canisales is a withdrawn person, and the relationship with Jukic has become so bad that he never speaks off the court. However, "I have a bad relationship with Jukic. We never talk off the court, but on the court, that is another matter."

After this series of similar games, Valencia's players were sure that it was probably a foregone conclusion that Tiger became the core of offense - judging by value, he is already Valencia's number one star, and the ability he showed in training also gave him the ability to become the core of offense. The only thing that cannot be determined is where he will play, whether he will be in the midfield organization or charge on the forward line, whether Valencia's tactics in the new season will be 442 or 451.

This will be a headache for Cooper. During training, Tiger began to gradually become familiar with the characteristics of his teammates. Although Lopez is often the only forward forward on the court, he is more accustomed to breaking on the left or right side. Hrad and Farinos are relatively far behind, but they are not many times ahead. Kili is more used to moving on the sidelines, but he is used to cutting inward rather than crossing. Mendeta is the right forward, but his running range almost covers the entire game...

Getting used to the running of teammates and sending the ball to their most comfortable position is the most basic element of the offensive core - for offensive cores with characteristics like Tiger, passing is the basics, and controlling the ball and breaking through the goal to solve the problem is just the second pick.

When the team started to conduct more tactical exercises, Tiger began to find that he fell in love with the team - there was no major scoring point, but almost all players in the frontcourt had the ability to score. After he got the ball in the frontcourt, he could pass it to any player to cooperate with them. All players had good foot skills to cooperate with him, more balls, and more organization - all of this was very similar to when Preston became the core of the offensive.

The only difference is that when Preston was, his teammates had limited abilities, and Tiger was not as good as he is now. Now, his teammates around him are very good and are willing to make him the core of the organization's offense. He has the team atmosphere at Preston and the team strength close to Manchester United, taking into account both the strengths.

"It's the right time to come to Valencia." Tiger began to have more thoughts in his mind, and this made him look forward to the official start of the new season!

After August, Valencia played two warm-up matches in a row, and the opponents were all local amateur teams. Cooper maintained a lot of rotations in these two games, testing the players' physical condition in the game. Valencia defeated his opponents in these two games, and the physical condition shown by the players has reached the level of being able to play, which also made Cooper quite satisfied.

Before the start of the La Liga, Valencia will have several more important games to play. The first official game after Tiger joins Valencia is about to come.

And this opponent is a very powerful and outstanding opponent.
Chapter completed!