COMPETITION DOESN’T START ON MATCHDAY

Competition begins the moment we wake up and continues until we go to sleep.

For me, competition is not an event that begins with the referee’s whistle. It is a way of living and working. It appears in our decisions, our preparation, our recovery and the standards we choose to maintain when nobody is watching.

THE DAILY PROCESS

Training is where we practise the behaviours we expect to see in matches. The quality of our attention, our reactions to setbacks and our willingness to improve become part of the team’s identity.

If we wait until matchday to start competing, we are already too late. Matchday reveals the habits we have built together.

Draft prepared for review by José Mataix before publication.