I’ve just read The Italian Job: A journey to the heart of two footballing cultures by Gianluca Vialli, his book about the football in Italy and England. Which I would, on the whole, recommend. My full review is here.
I’ve just read The Italian Job: A journey to the heart of two footballing cultures by Gianluca Vialli, his book about the football in Italy and England. Which I would, on the whole, recommend. My full review is here.
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Great review. What did you make of his idea that wind speed in the UK is higher than on continental Europe, lowering the ambient outside temperature and reducing the scope for halting training sessions to work through problems or practice certain skills? I’ve not been able to obtain wind speed figures to compare e.g. Holland and the UK, or Germany and the UK, but note that if it were the case, there’s been little interest over here in finding a solution.
I can imagine that windy weather makes life more difficult, but if the will was there, if people really believed that it was important to do lots of skills training, you’d think they’d find ways of doing it. Starting with warmer clothes.