Farioli: “Silva may not be the quickest, but sees it 3 or 4 secs early” | 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? “When it comes to stress, it’s complicated. My Whoop ring is “on fire” every day! At the training ground alone, there are 80 people directly involved, besides the players. My role is to make connections easier; you can’t do anything alone. I’m not the kind of leader who bangs his fist 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, in Nice, I had a player who wanted to kill himself. At those times, there’s no coaching manual that helps. We prepare for 100 scenarios and then the 101st appears. That’s when 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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