LOS CAMPOS NEWSLETTER
LAS NOTICIAS
Welcome back to the Los Campos newsletter
With German football sucessfully returning on the weekend, things are looking up in other countries around Europe, including the UK...
In this week's newsletter:
* The latest news on the proposed return of the Premier League
* While you wait - we help you choose a German team to support in the meantime
* The Los Campos Challenge Winner
* The New Los Campos Challenge
* This week's player profile
and more....
“This week Los Campos would like to thank all the people who work in delivery services. Whether it be for food, exercise equipment, or tools and DIY, they have ensured we spend our time in quarentine as productively, or unproductively, as we please.
Delivery drivers and staff,
Los Campos salutes you!!”
A special thanks once again to the Amazing NHS
Project Restart
On Monday morning, a Premier League video conference involving all 20 clubs, came to the agreement that team training with no contact can resume from 19th May.
Mid June is still thought of as the earliest date that Premier League matches can resume, should all go well between now and then.
Those matches will be behind closed doors, although the government has backed a proposal that 3pm games be free to air (across different platforms), to encourage people to stay away from the stadiums on matchday.
Another take-away from the meeting is that the league plans to test players for COVID-19 at least twice a week.
German Bundesliga
While we patiently wait for football to return in this country, the German Bundesliga must have had record TV audiences this week. Welcome news for the hardcores who stuck with the Belasusian league just to get a hit of football - there are now some more familiar teams and players on show!
A report on how the Bundesliga handled the return is below, and perhaps lessons we can learn is below:
Football is back, albeit of the German persuasion...But who to support??!
If you haven't chosen a German team to adopt yet, we've got you covered!!
Follow the link below for a breakdown of how the league stands:
But we thought we'd do things a little differently - choosing you favouite team by their nickname - some traditional, some familiar, and some absolute pearlers!!
Challengers for the title:
Bayern Munich - 'FC Hollywood'
World-renowned players, a rich history, and a quirky nickname, they tick all the boxes
Borussia Dortmund - 'BVB', or 'The Black and Yellows'
Famous for their alternative fans and exciting attacking playing style, the same cannot be said for their nickname
Borussia Monchengladbach - The Foals (young horses)
A bit of a mouthful, this is why nicknames were created in the first place!
Named the foals due to historically being a young, energetic, and agressively attacking team
RB Leipzig - The Red Bulls
They are roundly hated by many in Germany due to being the only club not majoritively fan-owned, boasting their company name at the forefront, and only having been formed in 2009. If this wasn't reason enough to support them, RB Leipzig are definitely a team to watch, with some very exciting youngsters. They take their nickname from their sponsor.
Europa League positions:
Bayer Leverkusen - 'The Eleven' (of the company), or 'The Factory Eleven'
Bayer have unddergone a bit of a resurgence in recent years and are once again a regular in European competition, with some very exciting young players. The nickname refers to 11 people from the Bayer, the pharmaceutical company, who started the team.
Wolfsburg - 'Wolves'
Our word 'wolf', having come from the German word and having the same meaning, this was an obvious one.
Another team who boast some good young talent.
Fun fact: they were once managed by a manager called Wolfgang Wolf. A marketing dream.
Some other interesting nicknames:
- 1. FC Koln - 'The Billy Goats'
- 1.FSV Mainz 05 - 'The O-fives'
- FC Augsburg - 'The residents of Fugger city'
- SC Freiburg - The Brasilians of Breisgau'
- Hertha Berlin - 'The Old Lady'
- 1 FC Union Berlin - 'The Iron Ones'
Lower down the leagues:
- Alemannia Aachen - 'Potato Beetles'
- Eintracht Franfurt - 'The Eagles', or, 'Temperamental Diva'
- FC Ingolstadt 04 - 'The Fortress Guards'
- FC St. Pauli - 'The Pirates'
- Hamburger SC - 'The Dinosaurs'
Let your imaginations run wild on how each club got it's nickname...
We might well revisit this topic, as there are some absolute blinders across Europe...
This week's Challenge winner
This week's challenge winner is Louis Miller from the U11s squad!!
Well done to Louis, who showed great technique and coordination in his own fitness training!!
“The Los Campos Putting Challenge”
Pass a ball over a short-medium distance, and get it to stay inside a dustpan, or the training square
Tips for creativity:
Use different approaches-
*Weak foot
*Outside of the foot
*Rabona
Use obstacles -
*Rebound off a door, or chip over an obstacle
The best video this week will win a prize of a £10 voucher of your choice, plus pride of place on the Los Campos Instagram account
To be in with a chance to win next week's prize, send in your videos to your respective team's Whatsapp group (please specify if you would NOT like your video uploaded to our Instagram page).
You can send in videos of this week's challenges, past challenges, fitness workouts, outtakes, and any other related videos for a chance to win
Weekly Fitness Sessions with Nadeem.
A reminder that there is a live training session for all age groups, hosted by Coach Nadeem, every Wednesday afternoon:
30-minute training sessions via the Zoom app.
Sessions will be on Wednesday afternoon/evening:
U8-U11 - 17:15 - 17:50pm
U12-U17 - 18:15 - 18:50pm
Nadeem will send a Zoom invite out, and you just need to click on it to join the class.
Guess Who?
can you name this footballer?
Player Profile
This week we meet one of our coach's own flesh and blood, the U16's Mr Frankie Kealy!!
Name: Frankie Kealy
Age: 16
Team: Southend/Los Campos U16s
Best position: 'Right back'
Left or right footed?: 'Right'
Ambition in life: 'To be the most successful athlete to ever live in my family'
Favourite team: 'Arsenal'
Favourite player: 'Pele'
Favourite colour: 'Green'
Favourite vegetable: 'Carrot'
Fruit or chocolate?: 'Fruit'
Last meal ever: 'Pasta bake'
Messi or Ronaldo?: 'Messi, all day'
Best player you've played with: 'My dad'
Will Los Campos win the league this year?: 'Yes. Because we are the greatest team to ever play on the marsh.'
Best moment in Los Campos life: 'Going to Holland'
Why?: 'Different styles of football'
If you could have any superpower, what would it be?: 'To absorb all powers'
Why?: 'I'll be the greatest ever'
If you could be any animal, what would it be? 'Bald eagle'
Why?: 'King of the sky'
Best day ever: 'When we beat Stokie in the cup final in front of my mum who never watched me play before'
What would you improve about Los Campos?: 'Need to train for longer, prioritise senior teams'
Will Liverpool ever win the Premier League? 'Yeah, if I played for them!!'
Weekly Skills
Quotes from the Greats
:
“Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win.”
Gary Lineker
WEEKLY IBRAHIMOVIC QUOTES
ICONIC FOOTBALL MOMENTS.
Darren Bent's shot hits a beach ball, thrown onto the pitch by a Liverpool fan, and deflects into the Liverpool goal.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic leaps and scores an unbelievable bicycle kick from 27 yards out, against England..
ANOTHER ICONIC AND MEMORABLE NIKE ADVERT FEATURING SOME TRUE FOOTBALL LEGENDS!
OTHER NEWS!
The Premier League's most clinical assist and goalscorer combinations (so far) have been revealed, throwing up some stellar names from the past, as well as some still playing today:
For those of you thinking about how time is slipping away while we wait on country to return to normality, take a moment to look at these Premier League players improving in the years when history tells us they should be on the decline:
Some good news to finish with!
European giants Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Inter Milan have teamed up to organise a friendly cup competition called the European Solidarity Cup. It will be played in 2021, with all proceeds going towards helping to purchase healthcare resources in Italy and Spain, in light of the affect of COVID-19 has had on both nations.
Read the article here:
