Inverting The Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson

Author:Jonathan Wilson [Wilson, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Published: 2011-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

Everything, from sleep to training to diet to the courses of oxygen players were given the night before each game, was strictly regulated. The English forward Gerry Hitchens described leaving Herrera’s Inter as being ‘like coming out of the bloody army’, and told the story of how he, Suárez and Mario Corso were once left behind at the training ground by the team bus after lagging on a cross-country run and had to make the six-mile journey back into town themselves. Even Sandro Mazzola, the great star of the side, admitted there were times when Herrera’s obsession with preparation became too much. ‘After beating Vasas in the European Cup [in 1966-67],’ he said, ‘we were in the showers chatting about the chance of a couple of days off because we literally lived in our camp. Unfortunately he was listening. He said to me: “No matter how successful you think you are, you always have to keep you feet on the ground.” Nobody said a thing and we all returned to the Appiano Gentile.’

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