The "Raúl Method" that triumphs at Castilla and could lead him to the first team: "Out with Vuitton backpacks"

  • By:karen-millen

04

11/2022

Real Madrid Castilla beat Talavera last Sunday (2-4) and earned a place in the play-offs for promotion to LaLiga SmartBank. A team of youngsters whose most prominent names have had to lend a hand to the first team in the most delicate moments. And they have done it with personality and a good face. Blanco, Miguel Gutiérrez (today with Zidane for the match against Sevilla) or Arribas are the most prominent names. But above them appears the name of Raúl, the team's coach and the best placed if Zidane decides to leave the team this summer. Nobody knows what goes through the head of the Frenchman, who goes long and long.

Raúl is Madrid's number seven forever. When he retired from football he returned to the club to train the youth ranks and then joined Castilla. No one was surprised. It was almost natural. Last year with the juniors he won the Youth League and with the base of that team he has managed to play the playoff for promotion to LaLiga SmartBank. that will be held in Extremadura and that will start next weekend. To ascend to the silver category of Spanish football, a place that the first white subsidiary has not set foot in since the 2013/2014 season, they must win two games. In the draw that was held yesterday Monday, Castilla was paired with UD Ibiza, group 3 champion.

But Raúl's success has a secret: an iron discipline based on humility to prevent them from losing their heads. These are some of the points of Raúl's demanding method:

1. "You cannot go to play in Las Rozas with 600-euro Louis Vuitton backpacks"

The “Raúl Method” that triumphs in Castilla and could take him to the first team: “Out with Vuitton backpacks”

Everyone must wear the clothes provided by the club. Including slippers, ”he told them in a meeting. In addition, Real Madrid Castilla footballers are not allowed to wear large headphones, which often exceed even the interprofessional minimum wage, unnecessarily expensive bags and toiletries, or jewelry. High-end cars are also frowned upon by the coach.

2. Punctuality: They had to arrive an hour and a quarter before, "but if you are not there an hour and a half before, for me it is as if you were late," she warned them.

3. Demanding work sessions: Among Raúl's routines is also forcing his players to do extra physical work, such as making them run and go around the training field when he sees that his pupils do not make an adequate effort, or simply the losing team of friendly matches during the week.

4. Double sessions: Although he made some parentheses with this rule, since he saw that the injuries increased, Raúl recovered it again. Generally on Wednesdays, the Madrid team works in double sessions.