After eliminating Bayern, Real Madrid reached the Champions League final for the 18th time and hit the 15th Champions League trophy in the team's history. During the team's celebration, the 61-year-old Pintus donned a special T-shirt:
冲刺第15冠(go for the 15)。 光头大师平图斯，笑容格外灿烂。
In the Real Madrid dressing room, Modric, who is about to be 39 years old, hugged Pintus for a long time to express his gratitude and love for the Italians.
Pintus has once again become the object of praise from fans and the media. Turin Sport wrote: Real Madrid's secret to victory? It's Carlo Ancelotti and it's Pintus.
Just looking at Pintus' Champions League resume, it's amazing enough:
At Juventus, they reached the Champions League final three times in 1996, 1997 and 1998; in Monaco, reached the Champions League final in 2004; In Real Madrid, 5 Champions League finals in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024! Witnessing the Champions League final 9 times, Pintus is really a god!
How important is Pintus to Real Madrid? Real Madrid players, Real Madrid fans, know best. As a devil's physical trainer, Pintus single-handedly practiced Real Madrid's style of "running without dying", and the more he played to the end, the more Real Madrid could run. Real Madrid reversed Bayern 2-1, and when Bayern ran out of ammunition, Real Madrid could still rush and play, "We still have energy", Ancelotti revealed.
Marca praised Pintus: Real Madrid's secret 12th man.
In March, Real Madrid entered the sprint stage of La Liga and the Champions League, and the players' bodies were tired, and Pintus made a ruthless move: using hypoxic masks to improve running and sprinting ability. This kind of devilish training is very torturous, and the players will be tired to the point of doubting life, but it has a real improvement in fitness, endurance and speed.
Real Madrid's devil training results played a decisive role in the Champions League quarterfinals and semifinals. When two armies meet, the one who can run wins, this is the philosophy of Pintus. Bayern wanted to defend and withstand the last 10 minutes, Real Madrid's stormy attack, which made Bayern feel the power of "running to death".
Pintus, 61, has always led by example. Every morning, Pintus runs nine kilometers along the streets of Madrid, Real Madrid's training base. Pintus is running, and the Real Madrid players are gritting their teeth and having to keep up. Training is boring, abrasive and exhausting, Real Madrid players are sometimes afraid of Pintus, but when they lift the trophy, they love Pintus.
In the field of physical training for footballers, Pintus is a hardcore boss who is unmatched.
In 1986, at the age of 24, Pintus became a strength and conditioning coach. For more than 30 years, Pintus has assisted Lippi, Deschamps, Conte, Zidane, Ancelotti 5 famous coaches, among them, Juventus in the Lippi era entered the Champions League final 3 times, Deschamps' Monaco 1 Champions League final, Conte's Inter won the Serie A championship, and Real Madrid in the era of Zizu was basically Pintus responsible for physical training.