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“We always told each other everything. I have known Simeone since 2003. We had a little problem at the beginning, we didn’t talk for two or three days and he came looking for me. Always with respect, but if we didn’t agree with something, we told each other. We have always had a very good closeness, we are very similar emotionally. I go well with Cholo.” The one who says this in Cope’s “El Partidaso” about his relationship with Cholo is Oscar Ortega, known as “El Profe”, a shadow in the physical training of Atlético Madrid and Simeone, with the one they have shared for the last 17 years. Now they have broken up, Ortega is leaving him. “He’s energetic, he texts you at all times, he’s a very perfectionist and that’s one of his big things.”he continues.

The most media-friendly physical coach and one of the most demanding in La Liga is leaving the competition, pointing to the media as the culprit for his importance, which is unusual for his professional colleagues in other teams. “I may have been involved in logistics, gardeners, graphic artists, hotels… and that’s why it will be like this,” he says, referring to this media profile.

776 games as a physical coach is an accumulation of anecdotes that are difficult to collate. The professor, who sees his future in education, conversation and excellence, noted the football players who were with him with higher performance in their various abilities. “The players have different conditions. Godin caught my attention., no one pays attention, but it was very coordinated. Levels the resistance that drives Kokewho ran 17.5 km with Madrid, just amazing. Torres’ speed was impressivecould become a 400 meter athlete. Marcos Llorente, of course, is a miracle, Savic too.. In force, Arda (Turan), which moved very large loads at force levels. AND the most complete in its entire composition is Griezmann“, specific.

“I don’t like fat people, even though they are cute.”“,” he laughs, referring to how little he likes the fat in the professional locker room, before detailing his focus eating plan. The professor told Juanma Castaño that Atlético had dinner at 9:30 p.m., but according to the method he learned in Colombia, trays of juices, various drinks and food were delivered to the rooms at 11:30 p.m. “We’ve beefed up the hydrates,” he noted, although he also discovered that this was a tactic to control players being in rooms at certain times. “The minibar is empty for all players”reveals itself.

While delivering food, Ortega talks about the problem many employees are having with the video game console in their rooms. “We are trying to regulate this. I don’t know if they bring their own clothes or suitcase with the show when they arrive. I tell them that until a certain time in the performance, I never liked to prohibit anything, I believe more out of conviction. , but I like that they are responsible,” he says of the gaming console.

One day we were walking along the corridor (hallway) to bring them food. And we heard a loud scream in room 412. Some opponent was playing, Madrid or Barça, I don’t remember.. “We thought that Madrid had lost a goal, that Barcelona was losing,” he said with intrigue, clarifying that on that day the possible defeats of their opponents were especially beneficial for them, so they were glad of the tension with which they experienced these matches. in the players’ rooms. “It turns out they were shouting because number 412 scored a goal against 420 in Play.” Then you You will learnin the morning when they tell you“– he discovered amid the laughter of the journalists who interviewed him.

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