"You have a veteran of Quanxing, and I have a foreign coach from Barcelona!" Deyang team showed new ideas for "Sichuan Super League" to compete for dominance

Wenxiao Cover News reporter Wu Yong

The countdown to the start of the "Shu River Super League" league, and the competitive atmosphere in Bashu football has been full. When many teams held high the banner of "Quanxing sentiment" and attracted attention with the appeal of retired veterans, Deyang team threw out a hard-core response: "You have Quanxing veterans, I have Barcelona's foreign coach!" On September 11, a cover news reporter learned that the famous Spanish coach Nino Lema, who has La Liga player career and Barcelona scouting experience, will be in charge of Deyang team as a technical consultant, and with international professional confidence and deep local foundation, it will launch an attack on the "Sichuan Super League" heroes.

"Football development requires advanced concepts that are in line with the world." A relevant person in charge of Deyang team said that the joining of Nino Lema will bring professional support to the team in all dimensions such as tactical design, talent analysis, and training system.

Unlike the foreign consultants temporarily hired by other teams, Nino and Deyang have long formed a deep bond beyond their work. In 2021, after being recommended by the physical coach to come into contact with the Deyang Youth Football Project, he was moved by the city's football vision: "I like the planning of this project, not to pursue achievements in quick success or instant benefits, but to truly take root in youth training and develop steadily." Over the past four years, he has not only led the Deyang Youth Team to achieve outstanding results in the Provincial Games, but also completely settled his "home" in Deyang. "I like the city of Deyang very much. I live here very comfortably and the people of Deyang are also very friendly. In recent years, I have received help from many people." Nino admitted that Deyang gave him a strong sense of belonging.

Now he is starting again as the technical consultant of the Deyang team of "Sichuan Super League". Nino is no longer a "foreign monk", but a "person" who is familiar with Deyang football context and integrates into urban life.

It is reported that he took the initiative to communicate in-depth with the team's head coach and promised to "dedicate all the experience of the three identities of players, coaches, and scouts", and provide all-round technical support from opponent analysis and tactic adjustment to player status management. This dual advantage of "localization + internationalization" makes his professional value more practical and makes the Deyang team more cohesive.

Nino is full of expectations for the upcoming "Sichuan Super League" League: "The attention of this game is very high, which makes me feel that the football atmosphere here is getting better and better. I believe that our football culture will be getting better and better."

After observing the Deyang team's lineup at close range, he is more confident in the team's potential: "At present, among the players of the Deyang team of the "Sichuan Super League", I have seen some very potential players, hoping that they can calm down and polish their skills in training and dare to do so in the game. To show itself, it has continuously broken through the limits through the platform of "Chuan Super League" and has become a new force in Deyang football."

The relevant person in charge of Deyang Municipal Sports Bureau said that with the start of the "Chuan Super League" League, the development model guided by the Deyang team's international professional power has not only injected fresh blood into the diversified development of Sichuan football, but also through the implementation experience of "bringing in and sinking", it has provided a valuable reference for more local teams to cultivate and transport talents to explore professional and international development paths.