Dani Rodríguez Granados
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Contents 4 PAY PAL INTERVIEW: ANTE 8 AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT BUDIMIR RELIVED 10 EATING HEALTHY WITH NURIA 12 THE INTERVIEW: DANI RODRÍGUEZ GRANADOS 16 RESERVED FOR LEGENDS: 18 RECONNECTING HOME AND AWAY ÁNGEL LIZOAIN VIDONDO 2 RCDMAGAZINE APRIL 8-14, 2020 Pay Pal Interview: Ante Budimir “I want to thank all the workers who are on the front line” t’s an old footballing step in front of the Ivorian, yet looking forward to that.” other things such as mental cliché to say forwards are suppressing individualistic preparation, visualisation and “You can do Iremembered for the goals desires, drags his marker away With training and fixtures other things. You can watch they score, yet in particular to receive the later through ball. suspended for the foreseeable and analyse your past games, other things cases, such sentiment naturally It comes as little surprise the future due to government and see what was good, what progresses to the extent a strike 28-year-old is level for most regulations in place to help wasn’t and what can be better. like mental itself becomes an embodiment assists in the side with Salva combat the spread of Covid-19, This can supplement what you preparation and of the scorer. There are Sevilla, Take Kubo, Aleix Febas that hasn’t stopped Budimir don’t have. We can’t work on the perhaps few better examples and Dani Rodriguez all having from finding innovative ways pitch on certain things, but you review games of this manifestation than created three goals each. to improve: “You have to work can work on other aspects and Ante Budimir’s brace against and you have to be sharp,” he try to keep it as high as possible. played so far” Valencia CF in an eventual 4-1 In an exclusive interview added. “You have to work and This is something I’m doing and victory at Son Moix, just two with Play Red, it’s clear the it’s easier when you’re healthy I try to work on that too. dressing room, Budimir has months prior to Spain entering a frontman’s approach on the and everything is normal on been impressed with how state of emergency in response pitch mirrors his outlook off it. the pitch. Now you can do Much like the togetherness in society has united in the face of to the Covid-19 outbreak. “You miss your “We got into this sport because Although the first of his double people and it’s a team sport,” he told Play on the afternoon is rightly team-mates. Red. “You miss the people and overshadowed by the quality you miss your colleagues. I’m of goals which then followed, I like to spend doing a lot of individual work, it does allude to a man who time with them” so I’m enjoying things right makes the most out of the little now, but I miss my guys. I miss he has – an outstretched leg spending time with them - this is deflected Dani Rodriguez’s low probably why I didn’t choose to cross wayward past Jaume play tennis! I like being in a group Doménech. It was his second, “This is a global and this interaction we have. however, which truly depicts a situation and Now we have that interaction player who places the collective through group training sessions above the individual. The it’s much bigger via an online app. We feel closer clever exchange between Salva than football” to our goal and being together. Sevilla and Lago Junior is what I miss football, but I’m aware ultimately earns the effort a this is a global situation and it’s place among our contenders of his nine strikes so far this much bigger than football. This for goal of the season, yet the term. There’s a brief moment, is our life, and when we come Croatian’s patience, movement often missed by the naked eye, out onto the pitch in front of a and reliance on his team- before Lago Junior tees Salva full stadium with our support mates gave him the time and Sevilla’s defence-splitting pass, from the fans, I think it will space to register the eighth where Budimir shapes up to be hugely emotional and I’m 4 RCDMAGAZINE 5 APRIL 8-14, 2020 a global pandemic: “The people the instructions and remain who are the most responsible disciplined. For our fans, I would in this situation and the people “We’re doing like to say: up until the break, who are on the frontline, I want everything we they’ve been our 12th man. to give them a big hug and Now here in Spain, they can rest huge thanks because it’s a can to keep fit assured we’re doing the best to time when they’re not thinking and ready when keep ourselves in good shape about themselves but of others. so we’re ready for when the It’s a disease which is killing La Liga returns” season starts again.” people, so they’re putting their lives at risk for us and for the health of the community. This and everyone appreciates. I’m is something I really appreciate calling on every body to follow 6 RCDMAGAZINE 7 APRIL 8-14, 2020 AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT RELIVED any fans would have had last weekend’s fixture circled in red on the calendar: a visit to the Santiago Bernabéu to take on Real MMadrid for the first time in seven years. Although suspension to La Liga fixtures for the foreseeable future due to the Covid-19 crisis means fans will have to wait a little longer for a trip to the capital, our new video-streaming platform Mallorca+ and official YouTube channel are broadcasting a replay of our 1-0 win over Los Blancos from the home fixture earlier this season. Relive an unforgettable night at Son Moix as a side containing six players who had been playing in Segunda B just two years prior held off the most successful team in Spanish football following Lago Junior’s goal in the sixth minute. Head to our website for more information on how you can watch the historic clash. 8 RCDMAGAZINE 9 APRIL 8-14, 2020 already know what to eat more or less and the amount of protein or carbohydrates necessary - now it’s about making it fun. By sharing their “We cook with them EATING HEALTHY WITH NURIA recipes with me I can calibrate them, and then with through video calls” the software I have, I can enter the ingredients and quantities so they know exactly how much protein GRANADOS and carbohydrates they’re eating. In addition to that, if a serving exceeds 50% of the recommended we can get a lot of this time spent in lockdown and minerals or vitamins per day, I then add if it’s rich in really learn about what we’re eating.” magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin E and so on. I think “Players already know how to eat healthy but I want them to have fun with the food they’re making” any weeks have passed since the state of emergency in Spain introduced a “An athlete’s nutrition is Mnationwide lockdown confining staff and based on the quality of players alike to their homes, although that has not stopped those responsible for the team from the raw material and it’s sourcing alternative methods to keep the squad in peak physical condition. Remote workouts not processed food either” implemented via video calls between players and coaching staff Nuria’s work consists have seen living rooms, of compiling data, balconies and gardens documenting recipes become the venues for and maintaining regular exercise sessions, yet dialogue with players in as club nutritionist Nuria order to tailor diets to Granados explains in individual needs while conversation with Play keeping meal plans Red, it’s the kitchen fresh: “A big part of it is where a difference can about losing the fear of truly be made: “This is being more elaborative something that has to with our meals because come from within us,” it’s not complicated. she explained. “At the An athlete’s nutrition is beginning we calculated based on the quality of each of their needs and the raw material. It’s not quantities, and now processed food either, we’ve gone even further quite the contrary. I send with that. The players them videos of myself share what they eat for breakfast, what they eat cooking at home so they can see it’s easy while for lunch, what they eat for dinner, their recipes, we call players individually.” where they buy ingredients and comment on whether it has been a good experience or not. Fulfilling such duties while working remotely during It’s really a matter of sharing. As a team, working a global pandemic certainly provides its challenges, together on what we’re eating is something we’re but our nutritionist believes encouraging players excited about. It’s important players don’t lose to try new recipes and enjoy their food is at the that discipline and become lazy when we cook, foundation of her approach to work: ““The idea therefore we maintain contact online.” behind it all is that they are excited, have fun and take ideas from each other,” she continued. “They 10 RCDMAGAZINE 11 APRIL 8-14, 2020 where they’re practising and watching football team-mates or on the pitch. I can’t do that now. all the time - you certainly fall into that second Sometimes I take the ball to get a few touches in, category of players.