“It’s like preparing for a marathon.”
“Coach Enzi Postecoglou intentionally made athletes tired. This is similar to the process of preparing for a marathon,” the British football team Football London said on Wednesday.
Tottenham Hotspur visited Korea via Incheon International Airport on April 28. It will be their second visit to Korea following 2022. Tottenham’s coaching staff, led by coach Engie Postecoglou, forced their players to undergo intensive training.
In addition to training, Tottenham faced the team K-League on July 31 and Bayern Munich on the 3rd at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. The team K-League match, played in the first game of the Coupang Play Series, won 4-3, but lost the second game against Bayern Munich 1-2, realizing the difference in weight class.
In late July and early August, Korea will become the wettest and hottest country in the world. On the day of the team’s K-League match on July 31, the weather in Seoul was 35°C and the humidity reached 88 percent. August 3 was no different. The temperature felt as high as 37°C and the humidity exceeded 71 percent. It is a day when you can feel suffocated and sweat dripping down just by standing still.
Tottenham stopped by Japan before visiting Korea. The weather in Japan is not much different from that in Korea. Despite this, Postecoglou continued intensive training.
Is there a reason? Alesdare Gold, a Tottenham reporter from Football London, came to Korea for Tottenham’s visit. And he felt Korea’s weather with his own skin.
“The weather in Japan and Korea was very humid and Tottenham had a rough two weeks. They maintained temperature above 30℃ even at night. Why did the coach present such fatigue to the players?” he said.
“It is similar to the process of preparing for a marathon. It is intensive training to prepare for a game. It is to make it easier for him to play for more than 95 minutes in the Premier League,” he said.
“Hyundai’s pre-season tour is primarily designed to expand its global fan base and cater to Asian fans. It is aimed at generating revenue. However, 먹튀검증 Postecoglou took this opportunity to improve players’ physical stamina,” he said.
Postecoglou, who hosted an IFC press conference at IFC Financial Road in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, on Sunday before the match against Bayern Munich, said, “I knew the difficulties. I think it is an opportunity for players to train in unfamiliar environments and arm themselves,” adding, “I can strengthen the mental part of players in extreme situations.”
He added, “I can build up my physical strength well. I have shown that I can play well even in this weather.”
Postecoglou continued, “London is cool. When I return home after training, I expect to have good physical strength in the game. If I show such performance and mentally armed in hot weather, it will be of great help in preparing for the season.”