Farioli: “Thiago Silva sees the game 3 or 4 seconds ahead” | OneFootball

How do you deal with the stress of being a leader? Do you have to manage your own feelings, those of the team, and those of the fans? “As for stress, it’s complicated. My Whoop ring is ‘on fire’ every day! At the training ground alone, there are 80 people directly involved, on top of the players. My role is to create connections; you can’t do anything alone. I’m not the kind of leader who bangs his hand on the table, although sometimes I have to, but I prefer to lead by example. If you have the answer to stress, send me an email! There have been very difficult moments outside football, such as the loss of Jorge [Costa], Borja [Sainz]’s and Thiago [Silva]’s mother, and three years ago, at Nice, I had a player who wanted to take his own life. In those moments, there is no coaching manual that can help. We prepare for 100 scenarios and the 101st appears. That’s where the human side comes in, where there is no plan or strategy, and we return to the spirit of being a student of philosophy: acting according to what we feel and believe. We may not be perfect, but at least we are ourselves.”

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