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Holidays are a nightmare period for the physical trainers of football teams. After days of intense control, they lose sight of the players. Everyone leaves with homework so that between beaches, boats and poses of Instagram try to maintain the form, as far as possible. Some are applied and others, not so much. A coach of First not long ago it occurred to give each of his players a small GPS that should be placed every day in their summer exercises. In this way, their work could be monitored even during the summer break. When the template was returned to the pit, the data of a device drew attention to the technical staff. Many kilometers, peaks of speed, many minutes of effort ... When inquiring, the owner ended up confessing: he had placed the device on his dog .

Real Madrid players met in July, at the start of the preseason, a new head of the physical area, Gregory Dupont. 46-year-old Frenchman who replaced another, the charismatic Antonio Pintus , distanced from Zinedine Zidane and his assistants after being the Marseillaise who incorporated him at the beginning of his first stage. The premiere expert, Dupont , arrived with the mission of reviving a locker room that had given severe symptoms of exhaustion last season.

Tiredness and injuries, because the sick leave exceeded thirty. The signing, a member of the bleu team world champion in Russia, has excellent university history, books published on the subject, circuit of scientific conferences and reputation as an innovator.

Its landing is not being easy, in a complicated summer in almost all facets for the white team. Ten injuries have suffered from Zidane in just eight weeks, seven of them muscular . The last one met this Wednesday: Isco Alarcón , with a problem in the right femoral biceps. Before it was James, Hazard, Brahim (twice), Mendy, Rodrygo, Mariano ... Do you blame the Dupont method ?

«It is unfair to point to him. Any system change takes time, ”says Diego García-Germán , a traumatologist at HM Hospitals. The demanding tours, the friendly first level since July, the competition of the players ... «Genetics also influences mental pressure, the obligation to give the maximum from day one to avoid losing the position and predisposition. A muscle injury is not a bone; in the muscles there are scars, ”explains Dr. García-Germán.

Problematic breaks

There are many theories to talk about these plagues that often punish the greats of the League. Atlético accounted for more than 40 mishaps in the previous year . The accumulation of matches, above 70 in some teams, has always been accused as the main reason for the injuries. The more effort, the more risk. However, experts consulted by this newspaper also point to vacations as dangerous periods, when the legs are under the exclusive care of their owners. Between summer and the rest of the year, professional footballers can have 100 days off , more than most elite athletes.

Individual responsibility becomes important then, with players with greater desire to break and others, with less. The physios of the clubs confirm the obvious: who cares more, who pays more attention to his body and diet, better medical curriculum presents. Cristiano Ronaldo , for example. Or in the current Real Madrid: Sergio Ramos, Casemiro, Lucas Vázquez or Toni Kroos , all obsessed with physical training.

Dupont does not spend military modes or gestures for the gallery, like other guild colleagues. «Hates posturing. It is cane but discreet, ”they say from Valdebebas, where they highlight how the new assistant of Zidane preaches with the example. In the preseason, the Frenchman was the first, ahead of the entire squad, in the Cooper test (endurance test that consists of traveling as far as possible in 12 minutes at a constant speed).

The coach insisted on his signing, ahead of other options shuffled by the club. The good work of Javier Vidal in Getafe , the First team with the least muscle problems, was studied. The physical power was the basis of the success of the team of José Bordalas , bordering the classification for the next Champions. As published by EL MUNDO, the Azulón technical team applies an avant-garde system of big data and artificial intelligence to prevent injuries developed by the Israeli company Zone7 . Behind her, computer engineers who worked for Mosad .

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