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04-06-2014, 03:22 PM
"It’s quite amazing because football is like a fast train on the evolution side, which forces the players to adapt to the evolution.
"Some players can cope with that and some cannot. Those who cannot cope get off the train and stay in the station and the train goes on without them. We are in a period now where in the last five or six years the physical evolution has been absolutely tremendous.
"When evolution comes in, it always forces the players to adapt and to find the response to the new situation. The response to a higher physical level is of course a higher technical level, because you have to respond to more pressure with more technical ability.
Does he conceed most top teams are now fitter than us and we cannot repsond by achieving similar fitness levels? Instead we need to be technically so superiour that we can make up for physical deficiency.
Is that what he means? Otherwise this quote makes no sense at all...
"Some players can cope with that and some cannot. Those who cannot cope get off the train and stay in the station and the train goes on without them. We are in a period now where in the last five or six years the physical evolution has been absolutely tremendous.
"When evolution comes in, it always forces the players to adapt and to find the response to the new situation. The response to a higher physical level is of course a higher technical level, because you have to respond to more pressure with more technical ability.
Does he conceed most top teams are now fitter than us and we cannot repsond by achieving similar fitness levels? Instead we need to be technically so superiour that we can make up for physical deficiency.
Is that what he means? Otherwise this quote makes no sense at all...