Javier Vidal, physical trainer of Valencia, has taken command in the training of the first team, replacing Jose Bordalás, after the outbreak of positive cases that affects the coaching staff of the black and white team. In fact, it will be Javier Vidal the one who sits on the bench this Thursday at the game of Copa del Rey in front of Arenteiro taking into account that neither José Bordalás nor the assistant Patri Moreno they will be able to do it when they meet isolated in their respective homes following the Health protocols in these cases.
It is possible that Vidal, with the title of national coach level 3, will also have to sit on the bench at the derby against Levante Monday December 20th. Although in this case, the Health protocol in the case of people vaccinated with full guideline -like Bordalás and Moreno- prescribes ten days of isolation social, although with the possibility of receiving medical discharge in case of two negative PCRs within that period.
This Tuesday, the session has already been directed by the physical trainer from Elche, helped by the former player Edu Albacar, which this year opens as an assistant to the coaching staff.
The race of Javier Vidal (1973, Elche), has been practically linked to that of José Bordalás since his beginnings on the benches, in Alicante in 2005. In these 16 years, the Alicante coach hasstate always accompanied by the physical trainer Vidal, something that has not happened, for example, with Nacho Fernandez that, after separating his road in 2019 to trainhe Atlético subsidiary, has returned this course to Valencia.
Vidal -recognizable in any game for being the only one who goes in short sleeve and sometimes also in shorts no matter how cold it is- it is a inseparable figure of Bordalás for its special methods for the physical preparation of soccer teams.
The physical trainer has incorporated this season in Valencia, Zone7 technology, Founded by Tal Brown and Eyal Eliakim two former members of the Mosad, intelligence and security agency of the Government of Israel, which is based on extracted data through the artificial intelligence, that measure up to 200 physical parameters different players.
Bordalás delegates to Vidal everything related to the physical section, for the good performance it offers him, and because he knows that he is as strict as he himself in the technical or tactical section. But in this case, it is the preparer himself who is in cpermanent contact with the coach, who is the one who is directing the sessions by telephone as well as proposals, calls and decisions in the parties.
