Weekly Training Work of José Mourinho

1. Microcycle – FC Barcelona – 2 Weekly Games
Microcycle – SL Benfica – 1 Weekly Game

2. Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Active Recovery
Active Recovery
Positional Games:
Positional Games: - Offensive and
- Offensive and Pass exercise Defensive low
Defensive low rhythm;
rhythm; Ball Possession - high recovery
- high recovery with transitions time;
time; Tactical Work - short spaces;
Tactical Work
- short spaces; Sectorial - 1’30’’ to 3’
- 1’30’’ to 3’ effort exercises: Positional Work effort time;
Positional Work
time; -Finalization to - Tactical /
- Tactical / attackers; Offensive Technical
Offensive Tactical
GAME Technical - Play from Gk Tactical GAME regimen.
Combinations GAME
regimen. to the 4 Combinations
defenders and Players who not
Defensive
Players who not the defensive Defensive play:
Organization –
play: midfield. Organization – -Technical
Pressure
-Technical Pressure Strength Circuit:
Strength Circuit: Technical - jumps, change
- jumps, change of Strength to the of direction,
direction, stops – players who stops –
associated to play Saturday associated to
technical moves technical moves
(finalization, passe (finalization,
s, …). passes, …).

3. Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
MORNING
Players who played:
Active Recovery - Low intensity
exercise;
1st Part of - Ball Possession.
Training: Players who not
- Low intensity played:
continuous run - Strength Transfer
Tactical Training
and stretching; (high intensity Pass Games
- Coordination exercise / reduce
11v11 with
exercises; playing areas / 3v3 Pass exercise in System Positional Games
adversary
- Abdominal with finalization; of Play context with all team in
simulation
work. - Technical Strength very short areas
exercises (3m sprints / Finalization in
Principles of the
2nd Part of jumps / change of Tactical/Technical Semi-active
GAME Training: OFF direction / maximal context
Game training
opposition GAME
- Positional intensities 3 to 5’’);
4x10’ and in the
Games; - 4 teams in 4 goals. Finalization without 20x20m / 11v11 /
final set a lot of
- Ball Possession context, gesture 3 sets of 3’
Set Plays training
(6+1x3) / 3 sets AFTERNOON repetition
of 2’ each 3 Tactical Training (a lot 15’ Tactical Work
Pass exercises in
players; of stops to think and - 11v0 in all field
Positional context
- Stretching; communicate, Big
Principles of the Game
Pass exercise in
Tactical Pass exercises in
/Technical Positional context (in
context the morning and in
the afternoon)