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Fernandinho:
"Near the end of the year we were eighth, and on New Year’s Eve we had this training session. It was not a good session. The attitude, the body language, the effort from some players, it was just obvious."
"Near the end of the year we were eighth, and on New Year’s Eve we had this training session. It was not a good session. The attitude, the body language, the effort from some players, it was just obvious."
Fernandinho:
"You know exactly the kind of session I’m talking about, right? Misplaced passes, players not tracking back, not running, not looking interested. This was not us. This was not the team that had won two titles in a row, or that had set a record points total."
"You know exactly the kind of session I’m talking about, right? Misplaced passes, players not tracking back, not running, not looking interested. This was not us. This was not the team that had won two titles in a row, or that had set a record points total."
Fernandinho:
"After that session, Pep came and spoke to me as captain, as the leader of the team. He was blunt. He told me that not everyone was at 100%. And, in this team, when you come to train, you do it at 100%, or you stay home."
"After that session, Pep came and spoke to me as captain, as the leader of the team. He was blunt. He told me that not everyone was at 100%. And, in this team, when you come to train, you do it at 100%, or you stay home."
Fernandinho:
"Once you enter the pitch, there is no conversation, no negotiation. He was right. And he made it clear that the responsibility for keeping those standards rested with me."
"Once you enter the pitch, there is no conversation, no negotiation. He was right. And he made it clear that the responsibility for keeping those standards rested with me."
Fernandinho:
"At the start of this season, after David Silva left, I was voted to be club captain. It’s a huge honour. All the players and the staff vote, you know? It’s not just Pep. The role of captain in England is quite different from what it is in other countries."
"At the start of this season, after David Silva left, I was voted to be club captain. It’s a huge honour. All the players and the staff vote, you know? It’s not just Pep. The role of captain in England is quite different from what it is in other countries."
Fernandinho:
"I have a lot of new responsibilities now. So many things related to scheduling and discipline. You have no idea! I’m now responsible for the club fines, like when someone uses their phone in physical therapy, for example."
"I have a lot of new responsibilities now. So many things related to scheduling and discipline. You have no idea! I’m now responsible for the club fines, like when someone uses their phone in physical therapy, for example."
Fernandinho:
"But it’s a really cool job and an incredible honour at a club like #ManCity, where the standards are so high, and not one I take lightly."
"But it’s a really cool job and an incredible honour at a club like #ManCity, where the standards are so high, and not one I take lightly."
Fernandinho:
"After that session, I went home to be with my family for the celebrations, but I couldn’t get that conversation with Pep out of my head, you know? Even on New Year’s Eve watching fireworks with my family I was thinking about my duty as captain to #ManCity."
"After that session, I went home to be with my family for the celebrations, but I couldn’t get that conversation with Pep out of my head, you know? Even on New Year’s Eve watching fireworks with my family I was thinking about my duty as captain to #ManCity."
Fernandinho:
"The next day, at 7 a.m. on January 1, 2021, I sent a message to our team manager and told him, ‘Set up a meeting with the players. We need to talk.’"
"The next day, at 7 a.m. on January 1, 2021, I sent a message to our team manager and told him, ‘Set up a meeting with the players. We need to talk.’"
Fernandinho:
"I arrived at the ground in the morning ahead of training, and I said, ‘Tell Pep we’ll start training a little later today.’ It was an emergency."
"I arrived at the ground in the morning ahead of training, and I said, ‘Tell Pep we’ll start training a little later today.’ It was an emergency."
Fernandinho:
"Once we got everyone together, I spoke openly to them. I spoke as captain, you know? I told them what Pep had told me, that some things are inexcusable. I told them that what you do in training reflects back at you later on in the game."
"Once we got everyone together, I spoke openly to them. I spoke as captain, you know? I told them what Pep had told me, that some things are inexcusable. I told them that what you do in training reflects back at you later on in the game."
Fernandinho:
"It was very frank, very honest. After me, all the others spoke their minds too. Everyone already knew we needed to change, but we needed to hear it said. We needed to be shaken. And it was important that we talked."
"It was very frank, very honest. After me, all the others spoke their minds too. Everyone already knew we needed to change, but we needed to hear it said. We needed to be shaken. And it was important that we talked."
Fernandinho:
"We were still at a point in the campaign where we could turn things around. Or we could passively watch it slide away."
"We were still at a point in the campaign where we could turn things around. Or we could passively watch it slide away."
Fernandinho:
"Our next game was away at Chelsea, who were flying in the league at the time. Before the match, I thought to myself, ‘If these guys don’t run here, that’s it, I’m done!’ I was ready to lose all morale."
"Our next game was away at Chelsea, who were flying in the league at the time. Before the match, I thought to myself, ‘If these guys don’t run here, that’s it, I’m done!’ I was ready to lose all morale."
Fernandinho:
"But, of course, we won. We won well. By halftime we were 3–0 up. We ran almost too much! Thank God, since then we’ve been on an amazing, record-breaking run. We got back into the hurricane."
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"But, of course, we won. We won well. By halftime we were 3–0 up. We ran almost too much! Thank God, since then we’ve been on an amazing, record-breaking run. We got back into the hurricane."
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