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Journalist
Passionate about football since a young age, becoming a sports journalist quickly became obvious to Hugo. He would later discover a love for the NBA, before exploring other horizons such as Formula 1 and the NFL.
Before he arrived at OM last summer, Roberto De Zerbi's reputation already preceded him and his new players were quickly able to experience the demands of the Italian technician. While he hadn't met them yet and knew he had a lot of work ahead of him, he sent everyone a short video montage of his playing principles.
Known for his very specific ideas of play and his ball releases, Roberto De Zerbi wasted no time in transmitting his precepts to theABOUT. The 45-year-old Italian is also a hard worker and almost only lives for football. “ He lives for football and there is nothing more important to him except his family and his cigarettes “, confided one of his relatives to The Team.
A huge project awaited De Zerbi at OM
The players of theABOUT quickly discovered the rigor of their new coach even though they had not yet returned to training. As indicated by The Team, Roberto DeZerbi knew that there was a lot of work ahead of him and that it would take time for his group to integrate his ideas, and so took the lead.
A personalized montage sent to each player
Indeed, with the idea that theABOUT can play at the top of Ligue 1 this season, its staff has prepared a short personalized video montage for each of the players. The latter then received images of players playing in the same position, sometimes in former teams. Roberto DeZerbiin order to have an overview of what awaited them, whether in terms of the instructions, the system or the reflexes to take.
