Athletic: Cones, piques and collejas

The Atletico Madrid closed this past Saturday, July 23, two weeks of work at Saint Raphael, Sierra Segovia, where the mattress team completed the most important part of preseason training. For the mattress team’s coaching staff, the 15 days in ‘stage‘ is non-negotiable because this is where the physical, tactical and technical basis for the season comes from.

The coaching staff usually designs a few more preparation peaks so that the players’ peak coincides with the decisive stretch of the season. But now, at this moment, what is being done to San Rafael it is key.

A lot of physical work, a lot of ball work and a lot of tactical work. But to not be too heavy, the coaching staff of Simeonespecially in the figure of Professor Ortegaalways preparing a training game that also has a practical role.

This is seen in one of the team’s final training sessions. In the middle of training, the physical trainer ordered a curious and fun game. Divided into four teams, they have to go out quickly to put a cone on a spike, so that it does not fall to go out quickly in the opposite direction for a ball, make a wall with a box and turn as fast as possible ‘t can. to put the ball in the goalposts.

The exercise was enjoyed by the players as it yielded many things. The problems of witsel either Linen to put the cone on the pike, the ‘sprints’ between partners, the slips, the moans and the comments of Teacher – “The group of Kondogbia it is suspicious, it does not take any point…”-.

Only the one who did everything right, in the fastest way and scoring, added points. The teams saved each other until the last one left to see the loser, which was decided in a final duel between Carrasco Y Riquelmewho chose the Belgian.

in the group of Good, Lemar, Kondogbia, Morata, Riquelme Y manu sanchez they have to pass through the collejas corridor of comrades before the laughter of almost everyone. good environment in Athletic.