The strongest blade in football

Chapter 18 Part-time job during the offseason

"What did you say?" Wang Nuo had actually heard it clearly, and asked again involuntarily.

"I'm not a football coach, but a video analyst for the Standard Liege first team."

"Of course, this is just a general term. Strictly speaking, you can divide me into the standard Liege coaching staff."

"Standard Liege has a match analysis team, and I'm in charge of a part of it." Del Rio spread his hands with an innocent expression on his face, "I thought Witte Ante told you a long time ago."

"Forgive me, Mr. Del Rio." It took Wang Nuo a few seconds to recover, and Del Rio's answer had a great impact on him.

"You mean...our coach...Mr. Witt Ante, sent me...a youth team player who can only play football, to you, the team's video analyst...as an assistant?"

"exactly."

"What about my training? Mr. Del Rio," Wang Nuo asked, "will you help me train?"

"I need to improve. Mr. Witt Ante told me that if you think I have the strength to start the U19, he will put me in the main lineup."

"Sorry, boy, I don't know how to train a football player."

The corners of Del Rio's mouth curled down, his neck fell to one shoulder, and he said sincerely.

"I am only responsible for analyzing players and games. I will analyze a player's characteristics, habits, and state. I will study a series of information such as the game style and tactical points of each game. I don't know how to train."

"That's the field of coaching, and Witt Ante just told me-hey, old man, I know you're busy during the offseason, and I found you an assistant, a free assistant."

"..."

Wang Nuo opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. He felt that Weite Ante had really cheated himself.

"Don't be discouraged, boy," Del Rio saw that Wang Nuo was a little frustrated, "I believe that the promise made by Viteante to you is valid, and the starting game next season should be the salary Viteante paid you."

"Of course, this method is a bit special. Witt Ante's style has always been like this. As long as you earnestly finish the offseason with me, I will let him fulfill your wish."

"Mr. Del Rio, I have never been exposed to the profession of football video analyst before," Wang Nuo expressed his true inner thoughts, "I don't know if I have the ability to be your assistant."

"In addition, if you can't help me train, I have to practice by myself during the offseason, and the time may not meet your requirements."

"Are you rejecting me?" Del Rio asked.

"The teammates around me are very good. I need to work hard to improve. This offseason is very important to me." Wang Nuo said.

After listening to Wang Nuo's answer, Del Rio turned the coffee cup on the table, as if thinking about something.

After a while, he suddenly said: "Have you ever thought about why Veante sent you to me?"

Wang Nuo was taken aback for a moment, calmed down and thought for a while, and immediately understood.

"Our coach thinks my technique is passable, what I think I'm missing is..."

"It seems that you are quite smart," Del Rio laughed. "Would you like to be my assistant now?"

Wang Nuo looked at Del Rio. The eyes of this tired middle-aged man were full of confidence, and he seemed to be able to convince himself from the very beginning.

And now that he did it, Wang Nuo reached out to hold Del Rio and nodded.

"Very well, to be honest, I have a lot of work this offseason, it's great that you can come, come with me, today I will show you where to work next."

Del Rio threw a few banknotes on the table, and drove away with Wang Nuo.

In the car, Del Rio chatted a lot about technical and tactical aspects.

Del Rio told Wang Nuo that two days before the match day of the league period, he or another colleague will hold a meeting with all members of the first-team coaching staff to report the collected information to everyone.

The next day, convey and explain the same to the players.

"Besides the head coach, the person who spends the longest time studying tactics in a team must be our analyst."

"The opponent's, ours, all aspects of research are thorough, leaving no dead ends."

"For example, if the team is going to play an away game, we will go to the away game to watch the game and bring our own machines."

"After watching the game live, go back and watch the videos I recorded several times. No one can escape our eyes."

"We have to study too many things, including the tactics of the opposing team, the movement of the players, the details, and even the expressions of the players on the bench and the coaches on the sidelines."

"Because the broadcast footage covers less than one-tenth of a ball game, we have to go to the scene and make a ten-page report for every game!"

"When encountering a key game, we will formulate more than three sets of tactical plans for the head coach before the game. Of course, the coach will command on the spot."

"He may decide whether to adopt planB or planC according to the situation on the field, or adjust tactics according to his considerations, but our preparation is essential and is one of the key elements of the team's victory."

"So, the team's video analyst team, strictly speaking, is divided into the coaching staff."

Wang Nuo carefully wrote down every word of Del Rio, and he knew that Del Rio was trying to make himself understand the importance of analyst work.

This helps to increase your motivation to work.

Wang Nuo is a player who is good at thinking. He thought about the arrangement of Witt Ante seriously, and soon understood the coach's "a lot of painstaking efforts".

It's far better to send yourself to work under the team's video analyst than to talk about some tactical-level rationale in vain.

The training base of Standard Liege is located seven or eight kilometers southwest of the youth training base. Wang Nuo has never been to the training base of the first team before.

This place is much smaller than expected, there are only two or three training grounds, and other facilities are also a bit outdated compared to the youth training base.

The first team is also on vacation, and the entire training base is empty. Wang Nuo only saw a few security personnel and a documentary team along the way.

The documentary team consisted of three people. Wang Nuo noticed that the three letters PHK were printed on the back of the shirts of these three people.

He knew that this was a well-known fan organization in Standard Liege, its full name was PublikHysterikKaos.

They saw Wang Nuo and Del Rio, came over to say hello enthusiastically, and pointed the camera lens at Wang Nuo, "Hey, buddy, are you the team's summer signing?"

Wang Nuo's bad taste came up, he grinned, "That's right, I'm about to work for the team's coaching staff, and the one standing next to me is..."

"Old drunkard Del Rio, we all know him." They raised their eyebrows at Del Rio as a greeting.

"I seem to know something." Wang Nuo smiled even wider, "It seems that you are very familiar with Mr. Del Rio."

"Of course we often send the unconscious Mr. Del Rio home from the tavern."

Del Rio was not angry at all. After bidding farewell to the documentary team, he even joked about himself on the road, "Those guys just said it was good. After the age of 30, the wine I drink in my stomach can fill the entire Maas River .”

Wang Nuo noticed a trace of sadness hidden in Del Rio's jokes, just like Zoe that afternoon.

But he didn't ask questions. It is impolite to force others to make shallow remarks.

They soon came to Del Rio's office, and Del Rio showed Wang Nuo a tour.

Two large rooms are nested together, which is different from what Wang Nuo expected.

In Wang Nuo's imagination, there would be a mountain of documents and discs piled up on the table, empty beer bottles and pizza boxes would be scattered in a mess next to the computer, the ashtrays would be filled with cigarette butts, and the room would not see sunlight all day long with the curtains drawn.

But the reality is not the case.

The first room is covered with a thick gray carpet, facing the door is a large table, with uniquely shaped chairs engraved with the standard Liege team logo on both sides.

Next to the table, there is a larger table with a computer and some documents neatly placed on it.

On the front wall, there are photos celebrating when the team won the championship last year. Through the bright floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the flat and beautiful training ground outside the building.

The suite inside looks more like a small theater.

A dozen chairs are arranged in an arc on one side, and a huge screen is erected at the end of the other side.

Del Rio told Wang Nuo that this is the place where the coaching staff held a meeting before the game.

"From today until the end of the offseason, you're going to be working here."

Del Rio glanced at Wang Nuo and said meaningfully, "You will find that working under me is no easier than training."

(End of this chapter)