Xinhua News Agency, Doha, November 27-question: Scaffolding, walkie-talkie, scooter and anchor Enrick
Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Shiyao Zhao Jiantong Liu Yi Wang Haoyu
7:0 victory over Costa Rica team, 1:1 Draw the German team, spain is the only team in the “death group” of this World Cup to remain undefeated.
Watching the match of “bullfighting Legion”, there will be a very intuitive feeling that their players can always run to the right position and have an accurate understanding and judgment on the space of the football field. This Spanish team, which is not a superstar, is like a precise transmission and control machine. Coach Louis Enrick built this machine in a special way.
Spain is located in the training ground of Qatar University, which is different from other teams. There is a scaffolding table beside the stadium, which is built according to Enrick’s requirements. This is the habit he has developed since 2013. He likes to stand on a high place for command training, which is convenient to see the position of players more clearly.
In order to welcome the World Cup in Qatar, Enrick also has “new inventions”. Since September this year, he has installed speakers for training vest of the players, and he has used walkie-talkies. The training course of the Spanish team became a unique landscape-Enrick on the scaffolding, picked up the walkie-talkie and communicated with the players with speakers.
Compared with standing on the sidelines and shouting in the past, Enrick thinks that this way of communication is more calm and efficient. “Although I am not used to speaking quietly at such a long distance, I try not to speak too loudly. I can’t talk when training is in progress, because I don’t want the players to feel like I’m staring at them in the back. When the training stops, if I find a problem, I will correct it in time.” Enrick said.
In This World Cup, Spain’s commuting methods are also different. The players all ride electric scooters from the hotel to the training ground. Of course, this was also Enrick’s idea. He said it would save more time on the road than taking the team bus: “This is a simple, comfortable and pleasant way to travel.”
The Spanish players have already seen all kinds of fantastic ideas about the head coach. As the head coach of Spain in 2018, Enrick erected a huge electronic screen at the national team training base in Madrid to play the players’ training performance in real time, especially the wrong demonstration. “We use videos to train longer than on the court.” Enrick said.
Central defender Eric Garcia has played in the world’s top clubs like Manchester City and Barcelona successively. He thinks that Spain has applied more new technologies than the club in training. “Science and technology are making continuous progress and are increasingly applied to the football field. These scientific and technological methods are very effective.”
52-year-old Enrick has always been such a person who likes to try new things. He said, “I bought my first computer at the age of 21 (1991). My teammates told me that you didn’t know how to open it. But I told him, don’t worry, I will learn. I have always liked things related to technology. The first group of people who started to use the internet and send e-mails I am.”
In This World Cup, Enrick himself became the anchor. Every night of non-match day, he would broadcast on time, communicate with Spanish fans online and answer various questions. “There is no arrangement in advance. I hope I can tell you all the truth and help the team establish direct contact with everyone.” Enrick told the fans. On the day of the 18th broadcast, nearly 150000 fans poured into his live broadcast room.
Scaffolding, walkie-talkies, scooters and other means are for players to better train and understand tactical intentions more accurately. When the anchor does live broadcast, fans and media can focus on themselves and reduce the attention and public opinion pressure of the players. Enrick is controlling his team in a unique and proper way.
Last year, the European Championship entered the semi-finals. Enrick led the Spanish team to show the strength of the top teams. This time they obviously had bigger goals. Maybe they can really find a new way of success?
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