He who warns is not a traitor, he is a warning. And that is Imanol Alguacil, who has met this week the ‘threat’ he launched to their players after the victory against Celta last Sunday. “Don’t worry, we’re going to take advantage of these days without playing. Players go to prefer that I have left and not just training sessions, “said the Oriotarra coach. Said and done. At least, that is what has been seen in this Wednesday’s session, the first in a long time open door and with permission for the media to access.
Imanol was very active and plugged in all the training, yelling and giving directions constant to his players, well above each action that was carried out in the different exercises with the ball that he raised. Imanol does not give truce and takes advantage this week to recover the intense workouts and demanding that he likes so much and that he cannot carry out during a large part of the season due to the high load of matches, as Real plays during the week and at the weekend regularly in recent years.
The trainer of the Royal Society screamed, made nods of approval and anger when he didn’t like something, and squeezed and encouraged in equal parts your players. He left a good list of phrases that he uses to correct what his footballers do and to encourage them. “But what is that, Diego? Come on, we have to give the pass at the first touch, because if not they will jump on us easily, come on,” I yell at Diego Rico in an action in which he gave a bad pass intercepted by his marker.
He also had words for Guridi, who sounds to leave yielded in several Primera clubs in this winter market. The Azpeitiarra demanded a lot throughout the session. “Come on Guridi! If you’re going to squeeze, you’re going to steal, If you squeeze, you steal, we are not going half! “, he yelled when he did not press as Imanol wanted. And then he congratulated him because he paid attention to him.”That’s it, if you go, you gon ‘steal, alright“He rewarded him yelling. He also got angry during a moment of training.” What is that? What are we doing? On top of that, we press well, we go in hard, let’s go, “he told his players, whom he squeezed throughout training.
Too had words for players who weren’t able to pass the way he wanted. “Guevara, we give the pass touched, we have to speed up the balln because otherwise the rival sees it and cuts us easily, “Imanol shouted at him.”Faster. Faster. We give speed to that ball, “he repeated several times. And then he also had nicest moments, like when he was injured on the pitch Robin le normand. The Frenchman was slow to get up to work because he was left aching on the floor from a blow to his ankle.
And when he got up and was limping towards the area from the field where they were training the rest, Imanol yelled at him. “What Robin? Are you coming or not?” And the Frenchman began to run visibly limping. There is no pain with Imanol. But it is that to Le Normand himself, at a time when he got confused with Merino in an exercise, he said again: “Robin, go tomorrow you have. Come on, let’s start,” he shouted, causing more than one smile of complicity among his peers. The intensity is not negotiated with Imanol. He has proven it again.