Napoli-Juve is Conte against Motta: philosophies and thesis of Coverciano in comparison

There is a photo of March 2016 (above) In which Thiago Motta, 33 -year -old midfielder of PSG, is in conversation with the CT Antonio Conte. The green lawn is that of Coverciano and from there to three months the second would have delivered to the first the number 10 shirt of Italy with which the European championship of that summer in which (almost) everything seemed possible. At least up to the quarterfinals against Germany. Indeed, to the penalties of that game that Thiago did not play for disqualification. A closed circle and a AUF Wiedershen With the same flavor, bitter. Who knows how many times Conte will have made that manta given to Fabregas again to Motta at 87 ‘of the eighth won against Spain – a game that is not memorable for the midfielder – who cost him the admonition that Germany denied him in the quarterfinals.

“No excuses”. The videos and unit of the group at the base

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In the changing room of Conte, from CT, in England, Turin, in Naples, everywhere, the video is an inseparable partner of the sessions. Or rather “the didactic use of the video”, to cite a part of the title of the thesis with which he concluded the course as a coach in 2006 in Coverciano. Seeing and reviewing the errors helps to understand them and the images become the certainty of the coach who is dealing with players who “struggle to accept the criticism and therefore in front of the image of the error they have committed cannot find excuses “. But do not deceive the tone, contiano in its most rough meaning. Never forget that “different personalities” are high in a team. A good or bad example manages to improve anyone, from those who make mistakes to those who observe. Because in the end, for Conte, the unity of the team is everything, from the defense, that “must never think about individual level”, the “shield” in front of this which can be nothing but a “player of great tactical intelligence”, al Unpredictable “fingerprinting and which determines the play times” until the first “physical force” tip “.

The ball as “emotional object”

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Heart, fulcrum, engine and undisputed protagonist of Motta’s thesis instead is the ball. More than simple resource Whatrather an “emotional object” and “work tool” useful for reading football. Just put at the center of everything. Keep it, enhance it with possession. But technique and tactics are aside when resilience and psychology come into play. In Motta’s writing the concept of “coping” comes out. “It refers to the ways in which people try to manage traumatic events or stressful daily situations – he explained to Corriere Francesco Riccardo, a psychologist mentioned in the thesis -. He fully enters the” ball “, as the sporting performance is strongly linked to the personality of each footballer, and on the basis of this the individual can resort to more or less functional coping strategies, and therefore able to interfere with the performance, positively or negatively “. In short, the ball develops emotional intelligence according to Thiago who in his thesis also comes to mention Einstein: “If the logic brings from a point a to a point B, the imagination leads everywhere”. The important thing is that there is also the ball.