Giovanni Simeone: The Art of Football Analysis and Personal Strategy

"I have an app where all the football data and statistics are, during the week I start to watch the opposing team we are facing. When I watch, I think of a space that is there or a play to make and I note it down. Before the match, in my notebook I note down all the things I have thought of during the week. I like being a little coach of myself," These are the words of Giovanni Simeone, the Argentine striker featured in the format "Drive&Talk" at the microphones of the blue club: "For example, a forward must study the goalkeeper very well, there are few forwards who do it. You need to know his positions and how he prepares for the shot. Not everyone behaves in the same way, there are goalkeepers who stand still or jump or put their arms behind. Last year in Napoli-Roma, when I score, I had noted that gesture. I had said: if I have to shoot from afar it's better to shoot low, if I'm close to the area I have to shoot high. I thought it and it worked out, it seems a stupid thing but it helped me a lot." "As a child, my father always told me to always watch the ball while I kicked and not the goal, it's always there and it doesn't move. By constantly training and playing you eventually know where the goal is when you shoot," continued Cholito "Being a son of art, not being in football, is hard. Even at school I didn't have many friends because everyone wanted to be my friend for interest and because my father was famous and they said I had money.