Football: My AI System Provides Max-Level Predictions

Here, he constructed a small gym just for himself.

Unable to sleep anyway, Toure simply got up to do some physical training.

It seemed that only by doing this, by moving and working hard, could he ease his anxiety caused by Tang Long's outstanding performance.

...

Toure, who usually sleeps until 7:30, woke up at 6:30.

Under his wife's surprised gaze, he quickly finished breakfast and drove to the training base.

When he arrived at the base, it was not yet eight o'clock.

The old guard was also surprised and greeted him: "Hey, why are you here so early today?"

"Oh, it's because I have to take the kid to school, so I came early."

Toure concealed his intention of wanting to train for an extra hour early.

Manchester City's morning training starts at 9:30 and lasts for an hour and a half.

Usually, players would gradually arrive at the training ground around 9 o'clock.

Toure came an hour early, intending to go to the gym for extra training.

At 32 years old, he was very clear: wanting to improve now, the key isn't football IQ or skills.

In that area, he was already world-class.

The key is to maintain his physical fitness, enhance his stamina, and stabilize his muscle strength.

Looking at the quiet Manchester City training ground, Toure took a deep breath of fresh air and suddenly felt a surge of pride: "Haha, some of you are probably just waking up, while I have already come early to the training ground for extra practice. The early bird catches the worm, God will surely favor hard workers like me!"

After changing his clothes, Toure headed straight to the club gym.

Although Toure had a small gym at home, it couldn't compare in terms of equipment variety or comfort to the gym at Manchester City Club, which was built with a huge investment as the best club gym in England.

It was said that the Manchester City Club invested 15 million British Pounds into this gym, and all the equipment was the best in the world.

It also included an ultra-low temperature cryotherapy chamber, which could lower the temperature to minus 100 degrees or below!

The extreme cold could constrict the blood vessels of athletes briefly exposed in it (usually for a maximum of 3 minutes), slowing blood flow and metabolism, which helps in reducing pain, swelling, and inflammation in athletes.

But as soon as Toure entered, he heard a sound of "clang" — the sound of a barbell being mounted.

Looking around, there was another person inside, surprisingly it was Delph.

"Delph, why are you here so early?" Toure suddenly felt surprised.

He didn't expect that arriving an hour early at the training base, he would find a teammate already training.

Manchester City players never had the consciousness to train early; many players would arrive just in time for the training ground.

At this moment, Delph was already dripping with sweat.

Toure guessed he had at least done two sets of bench presses.

Seeing the team's old brother Toure arrive, Delph hurriedly got up from the bench press rack, wiped his sweat with a towel, and said awkwardly:

"Alas, there's no choice, I haven't been able to play in the team recently. I was dropped from the latest England European Cup qualifying squad, and if this continues, next year's European Cup will be ruined!"

"Oh, then you really need to work hard," Toure said with a veteran's tone, "for young players like you, the European Cup is a big stage to showcase yourself and increase your worth. Playing and not playing makes a big difference!"

Delph pursed his lips, looking rather dejected.

"Young? I'm already 26 this year. If I can't play in this European Cup, I'll be over 30 by the next one. And there's the World Cup in 2018; if I can't play in next year's European Cup, I think my national team career might be over."

In the vast gym with only them present, Delph also opened up to Toure and began to complain about Tang Long.

"Toure bro, though both of us are defensive midfielders, to be honest, when I transferred from Aston Villa to Manchester City this summer, it was because the club told me I could rotate in the defensive midfield position."

"But what I didn't expect was that Pellegrini would rather pull Tang from an attacking midfielder to play as a defensive midfielder than let me, a proper defensive midfielder, come on!"

"Alas, it's been nearly two months since I joined the team and I've only come off the bench once. If this keeps up, next year's European Cup will definitely be out of the question."

"Why is Tang so annoying?"

The more Delph spoke, the angrier he became, his chest heaving dramatically!

"He can play three positions: attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder, forward, isn't he taking away everyone else's jobs? Toure bro, when will I finally be able to become the main defensive midfielder like you? I feel like there's no hope in sight!"

On hearing this, Toure suddenly felt a bit unhappy.

With a veteran's tone, he began to coach Delph.

"How can you think like this? You're only 26, which is the prime age for a player. If you can't play, find the reasons within yourself, train harder! Don't blame Tang Long; he has the ability, so he can play!"

"Look at me playing as a main player for Manchester City now, when I played for Barça years ago, the team was full of superstars, and Guardiola liked to field a midfield with Harvey, Iniesta, and Busquets, I got pushed out to play center-back. Everyone has been through this!"

"Keep pushing, young man!"

Toure and Delph gave each other a heavy high-five, "You came an hour early to train today, which shows you're not lying down and you still have ambition! Keep training hard."

Toure stepped onto an elliptical machine to loosen up his muscles and prepare.

But he heard Delph suddenly speak from behind:

"Toure bro, did you come early to train because you're also afraid Tang Long might take your spot?"

Toure was stunned, instantly blushing, and quickly said:

"No, no such thing! Just practice, don't worry so much about other things. I just have lots of energy today, woke up early, and came to move about!"