Loki
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Of course if the name Deco is dropped here, then only about what he did wrong. No one mentions the good things he implemented like rebuilding the physical staff of the club. One reason Deco didn't love Xavi is, because Xavi didn't want to make any changes to his staff. While Flick only brought his 3 assistants with him and Deco built the physical staff from scratch with absolute cracks:
Julio Tous Barça’s main physical coach, worked for over 10 years under Conte: “I’ve worked for Chelsea, Juve, PSG, and all those teams I’ve worked for, I’ve won the league title and I’ve been able to compete for all the titles simply because I make players horses who don’t get tired of running.”
Pepe Conde new fitness coach, whom Julio Tous wanted, worked at Sevilla and the spanish NT
Rafa Maldonado worked at Sociedad, who were also known for a top physical level
Raul Martinez worked for the national team as well as head of physiotherapy and is the guy, to whom Iniesta, Puyol, Pique went to treatment.
Deco brought all 4 into the club and even after a short Euro summer, we could see the team has improved massively in the physical aspect which allowed Flick to keep playing offensively in the first 2 games after leading with one goal and not being pressed into the own penalty area as it was often with Xavi. Such achievements are not mentioned here of course, but taken for granted.
And I didn't even start to talk about how the club reduced it's wage bill from 750m to around 400m now and has in the moment the youngest squad since ages with only 3 player being over 30 years old and half the team coming from La-Masia. But for some it's still not enough, they keep insulting and insisting for these 3 "grandpas" to be sold, so we can play with the kindergarden for titles. Maybe these people can also give examples about one top team, that plays without over 30 year olds and win titles.
Julio Tous Barça’s main physical coach, worked for over 10 years under Conte: “I’ve worked for Chelsea, Juve, PSG, and all those teams I’ve worked for, I’ve won the league title and I’ve been able to compete for all the titles simply because I make players horses who don’t get tired of running.”
Pepe Conde new fitness coach, whom Julio Tous wanted, worked at Sevilla and the spanish NT
Rafa Maldonado worked at Sociedad, who were also known for a top physical level
Raul Martinez worked for the national team as well as head of physiotherapy and is the guy, to whom Iniesta, Puyol, Pique went to treatment.
Deco brought all 4 into the club and even after a short Euro summer, we could see the team has improved massively in the physical aspect which allowed Flick to keep playing offensively in the first 2 games after leading with one goal and not being pressed into the own penalty area as it was often with Xavi. Such achievements are not mentioned here of course, but taken for granted.
And I didn't even start to talk about how the club reduced it's wage bill from 750m to around 400m now and has in the moment the youngest squad since ages with only 3 player being over 30 years old and half the team coming from La-Masia. But for some it's still not enough, they keep insulting and insisting for these 3 "grandpas" to be sold, so we can play with the kindergarden for titles. Maybe these people can also give examples about one top team, that plays without over 30 year olds and win titles.
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