The athletic trainer Da Lozzo and the triumphs of the Imoco: “The difference was made by the muscular load on the close matches”
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Also for Marco Da Lozzo, who has been athletic trainer of Imoco Conegliano for three years, the enthusiasm for the victory in the Champions League is still very lively, the crowning of an extraordinary season. “I’m happy with how things went. Beyond the results, because the finals can also be lost, the girls were always at their best when they needed to be ».
From the middle of last July, the date of the meeting, to the last match, the 46th in eight months, according to Da Lozzo it is the choral value that emerged. «We were like an orchestra, in which even the most insignificant instrument, the triangle comes to mind, is fundamental if it plays its part well at the right moment. No one was spared and many of us also sacrificed their days off to contribute to the recovery or preparation of the athletes. I want to mention my assistant Matteo Sfriso, one of the many people who work behind the scenes throughout the year, without whom it would not be possible to achieve the results we have collected ».
The most critical situation was that of Folie.
«Her absence and her presences have all been well planned: half of the credit goes to her and to her will. But it was not the only situation to manage, even if it may not always have been noticed ».
The last three matches of the Scudetto and Champions League final lasted a total of more than 7 hours.
«I was not worried about this because the very high intensity of our training helped us in terms of endurance, even if we didn’t have the opportunity to show it on the pitch during the year. The difference was made by the muscular load on close matches: in game 1 (see Scandicci in the Champions League or Novara in the final) we struggled, in game 2 things always went better. Against the Vakifbank we went out at a distance: we grew, they fell ».
In the approach to the final the athletic aspect is weighed as much as the psychological one.
«The last game of the year always has a greater significance than a final played in the current season. To the girls I told the girls not to worry, because the Vakif had made the same effort as us during the year and that we would leave as equals ».
The upcoming summer will be very different from the past one: Vnl in a few days, Olympics at the end of July, Europeans at the end of August and immediately after the new season, which should start with the Super Cup against Novara, and will have the prestigious and demanding interlude of the World Cup in China in mid-December.
«It will be heavy for us and it will not be easy to restart immediately at the top, also because the post-Olympic season is historically the one with the most injuries. But we are already working on this too ».
The advance on deadlines is due to a reason …
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