“We dream of getting a giant half within the Olympic Video games. We’re going to compete in opposition to 5 international locations which are forward of us. It’s clear that we’re working to enhance ourselves and with give attention to the place he must be,” mentioned Guillermo Milano, coach of the Argentine males’s handball workforce, “Los Gladiadores”, to Web page 12 from Montpellier, France, the place the workforce is coaching within the final weeks earlier than the beginning of the Video games.
Milano, 51 years outdated and from Morón, Buenos Aires province, took the place of Spain’s Manuel Cadenas, who joined the Argentine workforce in 2017, and left the publish after the Tokyo Olympics.
In Japan, Argentina completed final in Group A with out factors after dropping consecutively to France (33-27), Germany (33-25), Norway (27-23), Brazil (25-23) and Spain with (36 -). 27), so she was sidelined earlier than the ultimate stage of the competitors. So the Gladiators closed their third Olympic expertise with a classification worse than the tenth place obtained in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.
Milano was a member of the Cadenas teaching workers and beforehand a member of Eduardo “Dady” Gallardo, coach on the London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Video games; and within the ecumenical tournaments of Qatar 2015 and France 2017 (he was an assistant).
Final November, the Gladiators defeated Brazil 32 to 25 within the remaining of the Pan American Video games, received the gold medal, and certified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games.
– How do you describe the Argentine workforce that may compete in Paris? What are its traits and what are its best strengths and weaknesses?
-We now have a preventing group with clear concepts about enhancing ourselves in every coaching session and in every aim. The most important attributes are that they offer the best stage in each activity and as a gaggle they work very nicely. They’re proud of their selection. Some faults could possibly be moments of tactical indiscipline, however that’s getting higher day-after-day. After all, to hit one of the best stage all the pieces needs to be nearly good.
-The Gladiators certified for Paris, of their fourth participation within the Olympic Video games by successful the gold medal on the Pan American Video games in Chile final yr. Primarily based on this efficiency, is it proper to say that the workforce achieved a stage that enables us to dream of a very good efficiency in Paris?
-Profitable the Santiago Video games doesn’t imply that it ensures us a very good lead to Paris. However it’s true that we dream of constructing a giant contribution. We’re going to compete in opposition to 5 international locations which are above us. What is evident is that we’re working to enhance ourselves and specializing in the place it must be.
-Earlier than the 2023 Pan American Video games you mentioned: “Our aim is to proceed as an Olympian. They did it. And now?
-The primary aim of our course of was achieved. Now we’re going to attempt to enhance Argentina’s participation within the Olympic Video games. It’s not straightforward. However now we’re getting ready nicely to convey out our greatest model and dream.
– How a lot enthusiasm do you discover and really feel within the workforce’s day by day coaching classes?
– The most effective they might give. We’re coaching laborious. Two journeys per day and extra actions that add to the group. The union we’ve got is inspiring, the respect and can always makes us transfer ahead and consider that we are able to enhance.
-Do you assume they may have the ability to surpass the historic greatest place of The Gladiators on the Olympic Video games?
-The most effective historic place is tenth place in Rio 2016. After all we are able to enhance it. Though, of the 4 that is probably the most troublesome Olympic sport of all of them. With 9 European groups and with the champion (Denmark) and France, in second place on this planet and within the Olympics and in Europe, in our group.
-Give an idea of Norway, the workforce with which they may seem in Paris; Hungary; Denmark, France and Egypt.
– Norway is a technological excellence; Hungary is a workforce with bodily energy that’s rising underneath the steering of Chema Rodríguez, their Spanish coach who’s giving them a unique, extra organized sport. Denmark and France are one step above everybody else: tactical order and bodily energy at their greatest. Egypt is placing itself right into a sport the place the usage of areas is used nicely and with the power to have bodily robust gamers. As well as they’ve the most effective coaches on this planet.
-On a private stage, Paris, that is your first Olympics main the workforce. How do you face this problem?
– That is my fourth Olympic Video games. And already in Tokyo he was very concerned in Manolo (NdR: the Spanish coach Cádenas). Emotionally it will likely be one of the best of my sporting life, however I’m going to face these video games with the best dedication and duty that this place wants. I am doing nothing however desirous about this. I do not do anything that takes me out of focus. I solely take into consideration work.
-What was the function of Diego Simonet on this preparation of the workforce that he mentioned as “one of the best within the historical past of the nationwide workforce” in this system “First Handball” and what does his determine characterize in France, the place along with his membership, Montpellier, he disputed hegemony with Paris Saint Germain nearly ten years in the past?
– Diego’s function was decisive. With out your contribution this may not be potential. Every thing is working effective. The folks he obtained collectively are doing issues in a tremendous means, solely he, who’s our ambassador on this planet of handball, can obtain that.
– As a preparation they did work that ends on different topics. Are you able to develop on that?
– We’re doing different actions. To start with as a result of you will need to get out of the same old routine. By coming 30 days earlier than and doing one other collection of outside actions on the seashore or judo, biking, and so forth., the routine shall be totally different. We by no means cease competing or engaged on bodily, psychological and coordination points. Every thing is supervised by our bodily coach and the workforce physician. Day-after-day that passes is loved and improved.
-Does the earlier collection of friendlies with Spain and Denmark simply give the workforce a sense or to search for extra particular points?
-These pleasant video games are helpful for a lot of issues. Preparation with excessive stage groups is excellent as a result of within the matches we’ll play with one of the best. Every match provides us knowledge, on which we consider and draw conclusions. It provides us content material for coaching. We additionally gather info with GPS and thus management the a great deal of the gamers. We work on artistic points and take a look at new issues. We’ll regularly change what is critical to get nearer to the elite groups.
