China national team boss wants his players to slim down

voldemort · 12-11-2007, 09:46 AM

The Middle Kingdom will take on Australia, Qatar and first opponents Iraq in Group One in a campaign that starts in February.
At the team’s recent training camp in Guangzhou, a physical test showed that nine of the 22 players were carrying too much fat.
"The excessive fat will seriously affect their mobility and speed," Petrovic told China's Titan newspaper.
"I hope they reduce it as quickly as they can," added the Serbian.
Petrovic is leading the team under the supervision of the Olympic coach and compatriot Ratomir Dujkovic who will take the lead after the end of the Beijing 2008 games.
"I have discussed with Dujkovic that we should send our best squad to the World Cup qualifiers...the premise is they must be strong enough," Petrovic said.
"If we get through the 'group of death', I think it will be tears rather than smiles ... it will be too exciting for me."

source:goal.com

12-11-2007, 09:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
voldemort Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 9,158	China national team boss wants his players to slim down The Middle Kingdom will take on Australia, Qatar and first opponents Iraq in Group One in a campaign that starts in February. At the team’s recent training camp in Guangzhou, a physical test showed that nine of the 22 players were carrying too much fat. "The excessive fat will seriously affect their mobility and speed," Petrovic told China's Titan newspaper. "I hope they reduce it as quickly as they can," added the Serbian. Petrovic is leading the team under the supervision of the Olympic coach and compatriot Ratomir Dujkovic who will take the lead after the end of the Beijing 2008 games. "I have discussed with Dujkovic that we should send our best squad to the World Cup qualifiers...the premise is they must be strong enough," Petrovic said. "If we get through the 'group of death', I think it will be tears rather than smiles ... it will be too exciting for me." source:goal.com