Di Matteo’s first training session
I pulled up at the training ground which is called
Juventus center for the first time and as soon as I entered I was hit with the history of the club that was all around me with pictures on the walls of past and present players that have represented the club.
I headed into my new office that was painted black and white and I sat down in my new chair. As I turned around I could see the players already warming up and training didn’t start for 30 minutes. I was pleased as I could see the enthusiasm in the team and that they wanted to succeed.
After half an hour I headed onto the pitch. Last time at Chelsea I had some big egos to deal with but this time I had some even bigger egos. I took my first glance at the squad and I was took off my feet by how good it was. There were players like
Buffon, Pirlo, Marchisio and a world class player in
Bendtner. Of course my new signing
Jovetic was there and he looked ready to train. I then told them to split into 4 groups. Goalkeeper, Defence, Midfield and attack. I then took them onto the pitch and asked them to stand in their favourite position and their best position so I could work out where they wanted to play.
After a good 2 hours on the pitch I let the lads go home early but I noticed 2 legends still out there.
Buffon and Pirlo were still training and trying to get even better. I couldn’t believe it I mean Buffon is 34 and Pirlo is 33. They then went into the gym to do more work to try and extend their career. I was very impressed.
