Las Rozas Luis Enrique's talisman in the Eurocup and testimonial stop on the way to the World Cup
At about 7:00 p.m. on Friday, the 26 chosen by Luis Enrique will step on the grass of the training camp of the
Qatar University
complex , the home, base camp or
general headquarters
, it doesn't matter,
of the Spanish team during its days in the World Cup
.
With effervescent emotions for the majority, for the first time in a date of this caliber.
And, furthermore, with a thermometer and a climate that has nothing to do with the autumn (rather warm) that they have left in Spain.
Much less with the
England or Germany, of course.
we talk about a
first session in Qatar with the mercury around 30 degrees (minimum of 25)
and a thermal sensation somewhat above.
Also, with the strange perception for the footballers that this change of chip generates in the middle of the season.
A
express acclimatization
to the genuine charms of Qatar, which will start just five days before cutting the ribbon against Costa Rica (November 23).
But,
What is the best way to facilitate the process?
«Due to the short time between competitions, practically
a calendar continuation stance is adopted
», points to THE WORLD
Javier Miñano, physical trainer of that Spain world champion in 2010
, under the baton of Vicente del Bosque.
«There is no time to carry out any type of preparation, especially conditional, to be able to see the results.
It is understood that it may be a continuation of the dynamics and type of efforts, since large teams have a high competitive density.
It will be practically the same dynamic that they find during the World Cup”, Miñano abounds, currently
responsible for the development of the Armenian national team
.
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Pol Lorente, coach of Mallorca
, that during his brief period with the Egyptian team, also together with Javier Aguirre, that team, organizer of the 2019 African Cup held in the middle of summer, did not play any friendly outside its borders to achieve the best and fastest adaptation to the environment.
But there are factors, also related to the climate, that can be decisive.
«
In such a short tournament, the training process is just as important as the rest
.
There is barely time to do cargo work.
There is an invisible training of food, rest and recovery processes that can be decisive », she points out, while warning of the role that air conditioners can play;
both in hotels and in the stadiums themselves: "It will be cool there."
Because the climatic reality will have nothing to do with the usual reality of the members of the Spanish team.
«There is a theoretical part that says that
every degree you change temperature, you need a minimum number of days of adaptation
.
But in practice there are players who adapt much better and faster to these conditions, and others who find it difficult and suffer more from that difference in humidity in the environment, "says Javier Miñano.
COLLABORATION WITH THE CLUBS
The
information about the physical state of the players
It usually reaches the national teams served in detail from the clubs of origin.
The Mallorca coaching staff, for example, has sent all the information on Kang-In Lee to the South Korean Federation
about your external load with GPS, body composition, supplementation processes or the last weeks of work.
The collaboration of the clubs, and more so on this date for the World Cup, is essential to face the event with a guarantee.
«One of the many things that the coach will have taken into account, apart from the current performance of each player, is what he considers that the player is going to give him.
What he is used to giving her.
The experience with the coach is important for these championships, where there is hardly any margin for error.
You can't play it.
With such short periods of time, the important thing is that the ideas of the selector prevail
, so that they adapt as quickly as possible to what the coach wants to transfer to them, ”Lorente abounds.
Heading to Qatar, emotions soar.
And the contrasts are sometimes hard to swallow.
For example,
Koke
, at the gates of his third World Cup, will pass in little more than
10 days
of tension for a
Copa del Rey match at the Los Pajaritos stadium in Soria
, before him
warehouse
, to enter the imposing
Al Thumama compound
for that first episode before
Costa Rica
.
The same will happen to
Marcos Llorente
, in his first world championship, and
morata
.
“There are differences in terms of the activity profile of the clubs to the national team.
It increases from a Champions League game, different on an emotional level to a League game, and rises, due to that mental factor, in an event like the World Cup.
The differences will not only come from the new demands of colleagues and system changes, but from the emotional increase of the appointment
», completes Miñano.
And it is that the important thing is not to arrive first in Qatar, but to know how to arrive.
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