Pintus moment

When there are less than six weeks until the end of the year, Madrid kick off one of its first alpine stages of the season. The whites will play nine games between the League and the Champions League where they will face Granada, Sevilla, Atlético, Athletic de Bilbao (twice, both on Wednesday because they are postponed games), Real Sociedad and Cádiz (in this lack to be officially confirmed if it will be the 18th or December 19) in the League, and the Sheriff (on a long trip) and Inter, in the Champions League. A total of nine games in 32 days. One every three days. Comes the Pintus moment …

Antonio Pintus (59 years) He was in charge of putting the entire physical aspect in order from 2016 to 2019 when Zidane, his former supporter, sat on the white bench. This past summer he was hired as head of the physical preparation of all the white club’s teams, from the first team to those of the lower categories. Their preparation, together with Ancelotti’s decisions, will largely depend on the consolidation of the Whites’ leadership, as well as their access to the next phase of the Champions League.

The return of Pintus to the white team was welcomed notably by all sectors: management, players and fans, whom they consider the element invisible of the white trumps. Nobody forgets the physical review of the Madridistas to Juventus in the 2017 Champions League final. Pintus came with the idea of ​​taking the players to their maximum physical potential and avoiding injuries. With double sessions at the beginning of the preseason, the Whites came out in a whirlwind in the first games of the campaign. Now, after going through a physical valley, they must regain that peak from the beginning of the season.

However, until now failed to stop bleeding from muscle injuries that have plagued whites in the last two seasons. In the current squad they are aware of the demanding calendar that lies ahead, but they are prepared to overcome it. Thanks, among others, to the disciplined Pintus and his methods. The time has come …