Constantin Gâlcă (53 years old), the coach the rapid, spoke exclusively with Gazeta Sporturilor about the collaboration with Mauro Pederzoli, the secret of his calmness and the players' involvement in additional training.
Costel Gâlcă emphasized the importance of daily communication with Rapid's sporting director, Mauro Pederzoli. The coach said he doesn't consult with anyone other than his staff.
VIDEO. Costel Gâlcă, about the collaboration with Mauro Pederzoli: “It is fluid and daily”
“Mauro Pederzoli is on the field every day, we talk constantly, we talk about the problems that are or what we have to do, the management of the team, of course, many things, training, the upcoming matches and it is a very good and very fluid one. Apart from my staff, I can't say that I consult with anyone else from football”, Costel Gâlcă said.
Mauro Pederzoli, sports director of Rapid / PHOTO: Ionuț Iordache
4 months after signing with Rapid, Gâlcă was impressed by one aspect: “This makes me very happy!”
Regarding the players, Gâlcă stated that many of them stay after training to do additional exercises. During training, he often stops them from working too hard on the finish so as not to overload them.
“Most of the players stay after training, go to the gym under the supervision of the physical trainer, and that makes me very happy. Of course we work a lot of ball hitting techniques in practice and sometimes I have to stop them because they stay too long to finish.
Sometimes I ban them because they are hard workouts and that really makes me happy. This is a constant improvement for them, both on the field and to stay after training”, says the coach of the Rapid.
How Costel Gâlcă, Rapid's coach, copes with stress: “This helps me a lot”
As for his calmness, Gâlcă explained that this calmness is transmitted to the team. The technician believes that if he was also stressed, it would affect the whole team, and sports help him manage his stress and negative energy.
“I have to convey this because it is important for the group. Especially during the match or during the breaks or before the match, we have to be focused. All the players know that they are tense, they have the pressure of the game and then I have to convey to them this calmness, this calmness and confidence that they have to have in the match.
If I was tense too, then things wouldn't work. It helps me a lot that I do sports and then I release all the negative energy and all the stress I have“, said the coach of Rapid.
