Germán “el Mono” Burgos, during a league match against Villarreal at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, on February 23, 2020. (REUTERS / Susana Vera).
He is an endearing character in football. Is about Germán “Mono” Burgos, who made a journey of his career and how he is preparing to be able to direct with his own coaching staff. In dialogue with Super Deportivo Radio by Radio Villa Trinidad, the former assistant of Diego Simeone He is looking forward to his first head coaching experience.
He also compared to Bielsa with a hero of our country and revealed an anecdote at his side, after the 2002 World Cup. In addition, he left a piece of advice to the footballers and mentioned a hilarious anecdote in the Vatican. Finally, he defined his relationship with Simeone. “We are still friends. I had lunch and dinner with him more times than with my family.”
His teachers.
“When I was 16 I left home and I was lucky enough to be surrounded by tutors like Carlos Griguol and Carlos Aimar that were generating in me: honesty, trust, responsibility, professionalism and work. Griguol He always told us: do you think I prepared you to play in the Primera de Ferro? There was silence …. My success will be when they go to a big team from Argentina, then to Europe and play for the Argentine National Team. That will be my success as a coach ”. Other teachers I had are Marcelo Bielsa, Américo Gallego and Luis Aragonés “.
Goals for footballers
“You have to generate in the footballer a desire to win, a desire to take things forward, a desire to work. How do you convince him? at all times, all day, all hours. You don’t just have to convince the players. To the masseurs, props, doctors, the people who work in the club. Then you have to convince as the objectives vary according to each club ”.
The motivations.
“I think that conquering the heart of the player is achieved by transmitting honesty. From the first day you arrive at the Club you have to be honest with the player: if you are going to have him or not. With the “Cholo” we made the player feel at Atlético Madrid that in all training sessions they played finals. Put the necessary pressure on them so that they can withstand the competition later and not wait for the game.
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Burgos hopes to start with its own coaching staff in Spain (REUTERS / Juan Medina).
Griezmann.
“Players have moments and adaptations. He’s a great kid. It is going to achieve it because it has its capabilities. Then there are the interests and when you have to face it, you want it not to go well (laughs) ”.
Advice.
“There are players who know 3 or 4 languages. The player trains two hours a day, when he has no preseason. So that you prepare something to have a tool that helps you communicate. If as a player you have 22 free hours per day, take advantage of them: I learned something. That is the theme get ready for life after football”.
Bielsa, a hero.
“I compare it with San Martín, I do not have doubts. He had to go abroad to be recognized. There are many similarities. In the beginning he had many problems, but later he proved that his work was worth it. Today it is recognized worldwide. In addition, he is a creator of trainers, starting with “Tata” Martino. Bielsa is the coach university. Bielsa’s are genius rather than madness. Today we are working on exercises that we did with him in 2000 ″.
Bielsa anecdote
“I remember one day we were practicing free throws. They were Verón, Batistuta, Gallardo and Aimar. We put up the iron barrier. They kicked and shoved it. They didn’t give me time to move. We ran the barrier and they kept scoring me goals. I would say “Good guys”, they were all goals. Suddenly, Bielsa appears to me and says: ‘Listen, Germán, because he’s not trying to do anything other than enlarge the ego of his teammates, heh’. He was right! you wanted me to answer. Sure, I used to say Good Bati! Great Witch! haha. That answer was a genius, it leaves you speechless “.
Elimination in the 2002 World Cup
“After the elimination something strange happened in that dressing room. Marcelo (Bielsa) when a competition is over, whether in clubs or national teams, makes a final meeting in the dressing room. Bielsa always looks for a third time, like in rugby, but without soda and food. Just after the game with Sweden, he tried to do that meeting with the players, but he couldn’t, he wanted to talk and he started crying. I got up, went to hug him and the teacher Bonini and left. That’s it, after the meeting didn’t take place, we were all so sad that it was impossible. I was able to hug him, because one recognizes his honesty”.
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Marcelo Bielsa takes a photo of German el Mono Burgos in 2000 (Fotobaires).
Dirigir a River.
“In me is the idea of going through River, because it is simply my home. Now there is a friend like Gallardo, too Francescolli. Football stories are long and I am sure that one day it will happen, because it is my dream. That is precisely what I say to young people, do not stop pursuing their dreams. I am a dream chaser and River is one of my dreams as the Argentine National Team”.
Relationship with Simeone.
“We are always in contact. We have been friends for a long time. I had lunch and dinner more times with him than with my family. It’s true, I had 8 years in the Argentine National Team, 4 years in Atlético Madrid and another 10 years as his assistant ”.
Start as a solo coach
“I am clear that my first opportunity is going to be in Spain. My first dream is to train in Spain. It has to be here, because I have the credit earned to start. I already had offers but I had to decline. With all this coronavirus, everything is like it was paralyzed. The clubs that have come to find me I had to say no, because I had given the floor to finish the Champions League and then start alone ”.
Anecdote in the Vatican.
“Ugh it was terrible! you saw the Swiss guards. They had been there for a lifetime. We had gone with Atlético Madrid. When the guards entered, we were all sitting there, waiting for the Pope, and it occurred to me to say to those who accompanied me “This one plays with jokers, for the guards” and they cracked us, because we started to laugh, two guys appeared and took us through a side door. I couldn’t see the Pope. They took me outside and I dragged him to the teacher, everyone who started laughing, everyone outside. And of course what happens, I told him, this one plays with wild cards! “
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Celebration with Juan Francisco Torres. Behind him Simeone appears, with whom he claims he had more dinners and lunches than his family (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno / Getty Images).
More phrases from Mono Burgos.
“I am not afraid of anything. I was always a fighter. Overcoming cancer gave me many lessons. You always have to give people hope “
“You can have many ideas as a coach, I can write whatever you want, but then you have to have the players to do it. In addition, the genetics and history of the teams come into play. First, before your ideas as a coach, you have to know what the club you are working for needs”
“Billiards always tells incredible things. They see everything, they are advanced. With Simeone, it was amazing. He always says that he was struck by Simeone, being a very young boy, got into an escalator first before an older player. Those situations are important. What Bilardo de Simeone saw are situations that are later transferred to the field. We experience life situations relating them to football “
“I would like that as a coach the players will talk about me sometime, like I talked about what I have learned”
“Gallardo is a motivator, he is an extraordinary coach. It turned into the history of River, it took it to the top of the world and it will continue to do so ”.
“I am a football, work guy. In my life I tried to balance everything. Balancing to establish ties, that is the important thing in life and in football.
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