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?? Guardiola tells players he is off | Today?s Football Daily
?I just thought it was fake news,? says the Bournemouth defender James Hill, casting his mind back to the time Barcelona sent a scout to watch him play for Fleetwood. The game in question was a League One defeat by Burton and although the then 19-year-old was highly regarded, there were a few double-takes when the request to attend landed. ??No, that can?t be right.? And then afterwards someone told me they did come to the game: ?Oh, incredible.??
At that point Hill, who at the age of 16 became Fleetwood?s youngest player, was fresh from making his England Under-20 debut and a couple of months later an under-21 call-up followed, though a knee injury prevented him from joining Marc Gu?hi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Cole Palmer and co. ?I remember being on the phone to Lee Carsley,? he says. ??I?m sorry, but I?m in the scanner at the moment, I don?t think I?m going to be able to make it judging from the pain I?m in.??
They don?t let you breathe. When a team is so intense, always when fatigue comes due to the amount of games, they can reduce this tempo a little bit, but with 10 days to prepare, I expect an intense team.
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?? Guardiola tells players he is off | Today?s Football Daily
?I just thought it was fake news,? says the Bournemouth defender James Hill, casting his mind back to the time Barcelona sent a scout to watch him play for Fleetwood. The game in question was a League One defeat by Burton and although the then 19-year-old was highly regarded, there were a few double-takes when the request to attend landed. ??No, that can?t be right.? And then afterwards someone told me they did come to the game: ?Oh, incredible.??
At that point Hill, who at the age of 16 became Fleetwood?s youngest player, was fresh from making his England Under-20 debut and a couple of months later an under-21 call-up followed, though a knee injury prevented him from joining Marc Gu?hi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Cole Palmer and co. ?I remember being on the phone to Lee Carsley,? he says. ??I?m sorry, but I?m in the scanner at the moment, I don?t think I?m going to be able to make it judging from the pain I?m in.??
They don?t let you breathe. When a team is so intense, always when fatigue comes due to the amount of games, they can reduce this tempo a little bit, but with 10 days to prepare, I expect an intense team.
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