“10% more” – Newcastle star reveals extra work to have ‘advantage’ over opponent, wants ‘to be ahead’

As already covered by Sport Witness today, Newcastle United star Bruno Guimarães had a quite interesting interview with Youtube channel 3 na Área.

In a first set of quotes, we saw the player talking about the huge affection from Magpies’ fans, claiming he feels like a ‘mayor’ in the city, despite all the struggle to understand the Geordie accent.

It turns out Bruno Guimarães also had a word about his routine at Newcastle, especially regarding the work he does out of the club to improve his performances.

The midfielder brought a few details of the personal staff he has, claiming they are in constant contact with people from the Magpies so he can do some complimentary work at home.

“I have my physical therapist, I have my personal trainer. I study outside,” Bruno Guimarães told 3 na Área.

“That’s all I have on the outside. I already talked to the club, the club got in touch with my physical therapist and my personal trainer too, to say what I do on a daily basis, so I don’t repeat my homework. But for example, if at the club I’m going to work out my legs, I’ll get home and work out my arms. And if at the club I’m going to work out my arms, I’ll get here and work out a little leg. So it’s a job that we can manage well.”

Regarding his tactical preparation for games, Bruno Guimarães also claimed he does study some information from the upcoming adversaries, making it clear he always want to be ahead of their opponents once they get to the pitch.

“I study, I have my analysis staff too. The guys who bring to me what I did right, my actions in the game, what I did wrong, I study the other opponents. I think that today, playing in this madness that is the intensity of football today, playing Sunday, Wednesday, Sunday, the more information I can have, a little more rested, 10% more than my opponent, I already have an advantage over him. So I believe that’s all part of it.

“It’s something I really believe in for my career. Whatever I can get ahead of others, I’ll want to be ahead, I’ll never want to start out at a disadvantage. I think it’s a path, I believe that football nowadays is for those who study and for those who play. It’s no use doing just one or the other. You have to know how to reconcile the two and that’s what I believe.”

Prior to the World Cup break, Newcastle and Bruno have two more challenges ahead: that’s a League Cup tie against Crystal Palace on Wednesday and a Premier League clash versus Chelsea on Saturday.