Sergio Camello, a ‘9’ who applies the Kaizen method

One of the players that will be in the spotlight this Sunday at Vallecas be Sergio Camello. The mattress youth squad will be measured in a Atletico Madrid that he continues to hold his rights as a player even though he is on loan to Ray. The truth is that the man from Madrid is having an amazing campaign, he managed to earn a place in the starting eleven ahead of a myth like falcao and a player who remained at the gates of going to the last Qatar World Cup as Raul de Tomas. He has a lot of merit for a 22-year-old player.

In the current campaign he has played 30 games, 27 in the League and three in the Copa del Rey. In total, 25 of them are owners. Accumulated between the two competitions a total of 2,122 minutes in which he scored six goals and provided four assists. In addition to the great work he brings to the team at the spearhead.

Despite everything, one of the aspects that attracts Sergio’s attention in his interviews is the humility with which he talks about his numbers and how he proves that he tries to learn from all his colleagues. Of course, he is hungry to continue improving every day. The attitude of a footballer with a lot of future. And that method is applied to your everyday kaizen. A Japanese method based on continuous improvement and invented by the Japanese after the Second World War to try to get out of the economic crisis that the country was going through after its destruction.

He was lucky enough to share a dressing room with one of his childhood idols like Radamel Falcao where he assured MD of his time that “the tiger He often talks to me before playing. Although the advice is more than word of mouth see them practice every day. All the details are written how they end, how they are positioned, how they receive, how they play, how they stand out. I am doing a master’s degree in center forward and I am very happy to share it with them”.

Although falcao He’s not the only idol he’s learned from, he also has a masterclass Fernando Torres when he was in the branch of Atletico Madrid. “He was with us for two weeks, and I don’t think I learned as much from anyone as he did. Not only in football, but in managing the pressure, because it was a difficult year in the subsidiary because we came from a very good year of making the play-offs. And the truth is, all his advice… how he takes things. Dealing with someone like him… your football idol becomes more of an idol when you deal with people like him.”

His desire to develop as a striker is unwavering, which is why he has no problem studying other forwards such as Raul Gonzalez White, where more than one compares for some similarity. “It’s true that he’s always where he’s needed. That’s why Raúl has become an idol, and that’s why I paid attention to him. I met him when he was at Castilla, I could talk to him quite a bit. He’s a player who , because of the characteristics that he has, may be a bit like me. That’s why I sometimes watch old videos to notice him “, he explained to MD at the time.

See you this Sunday Morata and in a few months he will return to Atletico Madrid to do the preseason. A striker he acknowledges has a good relationship with and also helps him develop. “Alvaro he writes to me a lot. Every time he scored a goal, he was waiting to congratulate me. These are details that I also appreciate. He is a player who helped me a lot when I got to the first team. He is a player with whom I have a good relationship. They are very close people. Those who don’t know them, see them far away from everyone, because we idolize them but in the end they are just normal people who help you. Then there are details like the messages after the games that they make you feel good, and I’m very happy to keep that relationship and they help me”.