Chapter 261 If you don't drive a sports car, you're a fool

Because Jiang Yuan was suspended in the first leg against Manchester City, Chelsea's coaching staff trained him separately from other first-team main players.

When the players have a busy schedule, the time for endurance training will be compressed to an infinitely short time. But it is different for suspended players like Jiang Yuan and the team's perennial substitutes. They have time to recover.

"Fuck!"

When Jiang Yuan heard the news about the endurance training, he cursed out loud.

I challenged Cavani, but not only could he not play in the first round, but even the training was more tiring than others!
"Wow, Jiang, good luck to you!"

Under Zuma's gloating gaze, Jiang Yuan followed Rozovic to the training ground next door.

Rozovic did not start physical training directly, but let Jiang Yuan and several substitutes of the first team play a 60-minute confrontation match to let the players' bodies enter a state of fatigue. Then Rozovic's training began.

The Russian pointed to the 11-a-side court and said, "15 round trips, with a one-minute break in between."

Jiang Yuan touched his head: "Half time?"

"Of course the whole place!"

Rozovic said unhappily, "You are all professional players. What can you learn from 15 turns in the first half? Get ready. It will start in 5 minutes. Everyone run together!"

In this regard, Rozovic also has a special requirement: "Jiang, you must be the first in every return. If you don't come in first, that time will not count."

Jiang Yuan hasn't practiced endurance for half a month, so this time Rozovic is going to increase the intensity.

"what?"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands and took two steps forward: "I always come in first. Are you trying to kill me?"

"There aren't many fast people on our team. If you don't come in first, it means you're being lazy."

Rozovic is right, there are not many fast players in Chelsea, at least in the Premier League average. After all, the Blues players are not good at counterattacks. For Chelsea, ball possession and wing attack are their favorite things.

"oh my god"

Jiang Yuan covered his face with his hands and put on his sneakers with a dead heart.

One and a half hours later.

"yue!"

Jiang Yuan successfully vomited out his lunch. According to Rozovich's requirement, he ranked first 15 times, but Jiang Yuan himself was almost fainting. The feeling of lactic acid rushing to the brain is so uncomfortable that you have to experience it before you know how uncomfortable it is.

"take it"

Rozovic handed over a bottle of mineral water. Jiang Yuan reached out to twist the cap, but because his body was shaking so badly, he was unable to open the cap.

"Haha, let me do it"

Rozovic laughed, helped Jiang Yuan unscrew the bottle of mineral water, and then handed it to him. The latter took the water and poured it into his mouth.

Gurgling.

Gurgling.

"Pooh!"

After rinsing his mouth four or five times, Jiang Yuan finally felt a little more comfortable. However, this comfort was relative. Now he was sitting on the grass, hugging his knees with his hands, and it seemed that he was doubting his life.

Rozovic sat down next to Jiang Yuan and said, "You've worked hard. But you can really run. If I were to ask you, you have the best endurance in the entire Chelsea team. Even many defensive midfielders in the Premier League can't compare to you!"

In response to Rozovich's praise, Jiang Yuan turned his head away and said nothing.

"Hey, come on, don't do this. Endurance training is for your own good. You'll thank me for it."

Rozovic pointed his finger forward and saw more than 10 players in blue training suits rolling on the ground. These were real millions of pounds!
Jiang Yuan tried to stand up from the ground, but failed. In the end, he stood up with the help of Rozovic: "Fuck, Rozovic, are you sure your training is scientific? Why do I feel like I don't have to participate in the next competition after I finish this training?"

Rozovic assured: "Of course it is scientific"

"Rest for half an hour first. We will go to the liquid nitrogen chamber and oxygen therapy chamber later. You can sleep in the oxygen therapy chamber for a while, and you won't feel uncomfortable when you wake up. Let Sean give you a massage tomorrow morning. Rest for a while. I will take you for a physical examination the day after tomorrow."

With the development of sports science, athletes have more means of recovery. Although Jiang Yuan looks weak and unable to walk now, he just needs to do some basic massage and then freeze himself in a liquid nitrogen chamber, and he will be almost fine after coming out.

Because Jiang Yuan is relatively young, Mourinho would often communicate with Rozovic about training and games.

The conclusion is that Chelsea's physical coaching team is capable of ensuring that Jiang Yuan's current training and competition intensity is appropriate and will not cause many hidden dangers.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Jiang Yuan must always stay focused on training, because when athletes are engaged in confrontational sports, once they are distracted, the possibility of physical injury will increase exponentially.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuan is now very enthusiastic about training. Except for shouting a few words when running endurance, he is quite active in other training.

"Physical examination?"

Jiang Yuan blinked his eyes: "Didn't you just have a physical examination last month?"

"This is different. You need to have physical examinations more frequently than others. I need to know the inorganic salt levels in your body. I have to make sure that each of your indicators is within the specified range. You know, if a few substances are missing, your recovery speed will decrease."

Rozovic explained, while helping Jiang Yuan walk to the physiotherapy room. They would go to the physiotherapy room tomorrow morning and after training today. The difference was that tomorrow morning they would have a massage to promote blood circulation, the purpose was to speed up recovery. After training today they would have a massage + fascial release, the purpose was to prevent muscle damage. The difference between the two was quite big.

Before the two of them went in, Sean hurried out with a team of physiotherapists and took Jiang Yuan from Rozovic.

"There are still more than a dozen people lying on the grass. Bring them over here and let them stand for a while, otherwise they will faint later."

……

At noon on April 4th, the head coach's office at Cobham Base.

dong dong!

The door was ajar. Rozovic knocked twice and went in. Mourinho was sitting on a chair, using the mouse to operate the touch screen of his laptop, apparently watching a video of Manchester City's game.

"Rozovich? Please sit down!"

"Hmm... is Jiang's medical examination report out?"

Mourinho put down what he was doing, walked around the desk, went to the sofa, and sat down with Rozovic.

Rozovic handed Mourinho a stack of A4-sized printed paper: "Yes, all indicators are normal, this guy is incredible"

"Oh?"

Mourinho looked surprised and opened the document under the gaze of Rozovic. The first page contained the most basic physical data.

Age: 18
Height：182.5cm
Weight：74kg
“It’s a lot heavier than when I first got here.”

Mourinho nodded. Jiang Yuan gained weight, which could help him better compete with defenders in the penalty area.

Swish swish.

Under the guidance of Rozovic, Mourinho turned to page 4. VO2Max: 57.5ml/kg/min
"Can this thing increase so fast?"

Mourinho raised an eyebrow and looked up some information on his Apple notebook: "When Jiang first came, it was only 55.5. Is it normal to increase so quickly?"

"Um"

Rozovic leaned over to take a look. "Jiang's age is quite special. It's normal for his maximum oxygen uptake to increase quickly. Also, his hemoglobin index is slightly higher than other players, so his endurance will be better."

Rozovic reached out and turned the document in Mourinho's hand to the previous page. Then the Russian coach pointed to a line of data on the document, which recorded Jiang Yuan's hemoglobin index, with comparisons of several players on the side.

145, 7 more than Hazard and 5 more than Fabregas.

Mourinho didn't say anything, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.

"that……"

Rozovic hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered: "Some things must be made clear. Look here, Jiang's HRV (heart rate variability) has decreased, which means he is a little nervous."

As the head of Chelsea's physical training team, Rozovic is very careful. This data may not be noticed by ordinary people. Heart rate variability is reduced. This data can objectively show the subjective mental state.

Rozovic's words made Mourinho nervous: "Oh my God, do I need to let him rest? I just bought a supercar last year, how come it's like this?"

"Jose, don't be nervous."

Rozovic held down Mourinho who was about to stand up: "This is just a one-time data. If he is nervous for a long time, we need to intervene. Generally speaking, the current situation is still good."

Mourinho lowered his head and thought: "You know, we have to avoid unexpected situations as much as possible"

"That would be the best, I will remind him to hire a private doctor."

Rozovic took out a USB flash drive and transferred Jiang Yuan's physical examination data to Mourinho's computer.

“And a psychologist, that’s also very important.”

Mourinho added.

……

At the afternoon training ground, Jiang Yuan participated in the team's training.

【You have achieved cell regeneration】

A familiar mechanical sound rang out, and Jiang Yuan's body suddenly felt comfortable.

According to the current training intensity, he can trigger cell regeneration once every 9-10 days, and get a small reward from the system once every 15 days. The frequency has become a little slow, but it's still okay.

Refreshing his condition every 10 days, with concentrated attention and well-rested muscle cells, is the guarantee for Jiang Yuan's outstanding performance in the competition.

"Hey, Jiang!"

Zuma dribbled the ball over slowly, shouted and kicked the ball to Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan kicked the ball twice with his thighs and then transferred the ball to his feet.

"Kurt, you have a competition tomorrow, why don't you look nervous at all?"

Jiang Yuan put the ball on the grass and kicked it into the basket in the distance.

“Wow, awesome!”

Zouma clapped his hands: "Tomorrow we play Manchester City, those guys are not easy to deal with, and you can't play, which will make us very uncomfortable"

"I shouldn't have argued with Cavani"

Jiang Yuan felt a little guilty. If he hadn't received the yellow card, he could have fought alongside his teammates tomorrow. But unfortunately, there is no if.

Zuma showed his shining white teeth: "It's okay, we can still win without you!"

"Beep!"

Jiang Yuan was about to answer when Brown's whistle sounded in the distance.

set!

"Is everyone here?"

Mourinho looked around, confirmed that everyone was present, and began to emphasize tomorrow's game: "Tomorrow's knockout match against Manchester City, you all sit down, I will announce the starting lineup first"

"..."

"Midfield: Oscar, Cesc, Mikel, you three"

“Then the striker”

At this point, Mourinho glanced in the direction of Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan, who was sitting on the grass, felt a little embarrassed. He moved his butt back, trying to get as far away from Mourinho as possible.

"Eden, Zlatan, Willian"

Falcao strained his quadriceps and Kennedy's level was not enough to support the Champions League, so Mourinho simply let Oss play in William's position, and William returned to the right side that originally belonged to him.

This is the first time Chelsea has used such a lineup this season, and the first time was in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The pressure is really great.

Mourinho must be the most nervous now. If one player performs badly, the fans will criticize the player, but if the whole team performs badly, the audience will definitely shout "XXX fired". Mourinho's decision to use this lineup tomorrow is a helpless move, but also a desperate move.

Afterwards, Mourinho analyzed the situation of Manchester City to the players. Sterling and David Silva, two absolute main players, were injured, which was considered a courtesy to Chelsea. Manchester City is stronger than Chelsea in overall strength, but this strength is not enough to help the team secure victory.

"I should have told you that our opponent tomorrow, Manchester City, will try every means to control the ball in our half. Remember! We must not attack them in the middle, find a way to get the ball to the side... the left side."

Ibrahimovic is unlikely to be able to press very well due to his age, and because William has been moved to the right, Chelsea will definitely suffer if they want to attack Manchester City in the middle. The only way is to rely on Hazard and squeeze the 7500 million euros of personal ability as much as possible.

Mourinho glanced at Brown, who stepped forward and said, "Well, what I want to say here is to emphasize the issue of defense. Manchester City may let the defenders play as forwards tomorrow. We don't need to worry about this. Just do your job in your respective positions. Then there are corner kicks. Aguero, Mangala, and Otamendi, these three people you need to pay attention to and defend. Manchester City only has these three players with excellent heading ability, and the others are very average. Okay, that's all I have to say."

After Brown finished speaking, he stepped back, leaving the center position to Mourinho.

clap clap clap!
Mourinho used applause to mobilize the players' emotions: "Well, our opponents are very strong, they are very good at using their personal abilities to score points, but what I want to tell you is that you are stronger than them."

"Manchester City has players with excellent individual abilities, and we at Chelsea also have them. Um... although we have an excellent player who can't play, that's not the point. The point is that we will have a win at Stamford Bridge tomorrow."

"woww!"

"Clap clap clap!"

The players stood up one after another. Ibrahimovic was inspired by Mourinho's words and unconsciously hugged his teammates beside him: "Guys, shout with me!"

Chelsea

"go ahead!"

……

(End of this chapter)