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Estoril Praia assistant coach Jacobo Ramallo: I am not a slave to a particular coaching style

Estoril (Portugal), Oct 2 (EFE), (Camera: Paula Fernández).- With experience as an assistant coach in the Adelaide United Football Club (Australia), the Odisha Football Club (India) and now in the Portuguese Estoril Praia, Jacobo Ramallo can be considered an international coach not only because of the countries he has been worked in but also due to his open-minded coaching style.SOUNDBITES OF JACOBO RAMALLO, ESTORIL PRAIA'S ASSISTANT COACH DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE AT THE ANTÓNIO COIMBRA DA MOTA STADIUM:"Apart from what we can't control, the preseason went well, according to plan, there was no conflict. It's been an equal treatment for all of us, players and colleagues from the coaching team.""Above any individuality, I see a very compact and homogenous group. When someone new arrives he has a clear idea of what he has to do, there are no ups and downs and maybe that is one of our secrets, the fact that we are a family.""I am not a slave to a particular coaching style. I understand some coaches work very well following a particular style, for example, (the coach of) LaLiga leader —which is not Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atlético de Madrid, but Getafe—I think they play really well in a completely opposite way than Barcelona does. And it is possible to play well both ways."