Girona has taken advantage of the stoppage of selections for work thoroughly on the trust of the group. The season started in mid-August with the squad still under construction and it’s only been 19 days since the team has been decided. Now, Míchel pursues the goal of making a pineapple so that all the players, both new and those who were already there, get to know and understand each other perfectly. According to the technician, this is the only way to get the idea rolling and the best way to achieve this is by spending many hours together. That is why the white-and-red team has been concentrated since yesterday afternoon in Les Preses, where until Friday there is a stage at the Royalverd facilities (as he already did during the preseason). Bearing in mind that there is no League this weekend, the coaching staff has prepared several activities, apart from training, to create maximum complicity between all.
Míchel explained in an interview with Girona newspaper, which will be published tomorrow, that “the stage is solely and exclusively to get to know the player better and for them to get to know each other as well”. “They all have certain characteristics about the idea, but if we are one of the teams that lose the fewest balls when they make five passes, we need a constant relationship between the players. We are a team that needs players to trust each other. Why does Oriol Romeu pass the ball many times now? Because the teammate sees him training and knows that he doesn’t lose it, then in the matches he decides to give it to him. It’s insurance. Santi, for example, feels safe giving it to Oriol. This commitment and synergy can only be achieved by spending hours together because this way you know how each one thinks, acts, works or is. When there is a good relationship within the same idea, everything flows. Today I put the video of the Spanish national basketball team for what Scariolo said: “We are not the best team in terms of big data, but we have a plus which is the commitment and the collective mentality.” No one counts on that. It is important that we grow from here,” he insisted.
