champion godfather

Chapter 1025
Balotelli feels his place in the squad should be brighter now that he has been relocated up front and scored Forest's only goal in that loss.He thought he was the best performer in Nottingham Forest in that game. Of course, the media disagreed.Many different media scored the game with the same result-George Wood was Nottingham Forest's best player.

He admitted that Wood's performance is not bad, but when it comes to the best of the team, he does his part.

And more importantly, he believes that this ball made the new head coach see his value clearly.That was a wonderful goal scored by breaking through the defense of two players!
Just when he was thinking this way, Tang En called him to stop after the training.

"Do you have time, Mario. I want to talk to you alone."

Looking at the smiling expression of the head coach, Balotelli became more certain of his thoughts.He hesitated on purpose, not to let himself appear too excited.Then slowly nodded: "Okay..."

"Come to my office." Tang En turned and walked away.

Balotelli was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the head coach to turn around so resolutely and walk away so quickly.Somewhat dissatisfied, he dawdled behind and followed.

In fact, Tang En just turned around and walked away alone. He didn't want to put on airs for Balotelli to see. Now his mind is full of how to start this conversation with Balotelli, and how to make the two of them have a good relationship. The conversation was as harmonious as possible, and finally got the result he wanted.

The result he wants must not be a loss for both sides, but to maximize Balotelli's ability to help the team.

This incident caused him to die a lot of brain cells, and he couldn't pay attention to other details.

Balotelli, on the other hand, felt slighted, and guessed along this line of thought—the conversation between the coach and himself must not have been a pleasant experience.

Apart from the two of them, there was no one else in the head coach's office.

Dunn motioned for Balotelli to sit down, and then asked him if he wanted to drink something.

Balotelli shook his head, not interested in these.

Tang En didn't expect the other party to reject him so simply, and he was a little embarrassed.At this time, he noticed a problem-compared with the time when he was in Inter Milan, Balotelli is much fatter now...

No wonder his state fluctuated.

Tang En decided to start with the goal. As a striker, all he cares about is the goal: "Mario, that goal you scored in the last round of the league was wonderful."

Hearing what the coach said, Balotelli was secretly happy.He finally realized his worth!

"But..." But Shi Tang En changed the topic, "Can you score such a goal often?"

Balotelli was taken aback by this question.

Under the double-teaming of two people, he can flexibly dodge the space, and then hit the football from between the legs of a defender, and then through the goalkeeper's crotch.He really can't score goals like this often...

Dunn didn't give Balotelli a chance to answer. In fact, he didn't expect Balotelli to answer this question. He just asked out of habit.

He throws another question: "Do you prefer a right-winger or a striker?"

This time Balotelli said without hesitation: "Forward."

Tang En laughed, it was exactly the same as the answer he predicted in his heart. "Can you tell me your opinion on the current situation of the team?"

Balotelli's answer didn't surprise Dunn too much: "I think I should be the core. With me as the core, the team can score a lot of goals, and winning the game is not a problem."

Tang En nodded slightly, and seemed to agree with Balotelli's words, but after listening to him, he said: "But I have never had the habit of putting forwards as the core..."

He is telling the truth. Since he became a professional head coach, he has never regarded the striker as the core of the team.Whether it is Anelka, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Eastwood, or Mitchell, he is not the core of the team, and the team's tactics will definitely not be developed around these forwards.How can a head coach who prefers defense make forwards the core?All offenses come from the backcourt, and the midfielder is naturally the best candidate for the core.

But Balotelli didn't understand. Hearing that the head coach poured cold water on himself, his face immediately turned from sunny to cloudy.

How could this change in his expression escape Tang En's eyes?Of course, this conversation is to make good use of Balotelli's talent, but if Balotelli makes too much demands, it will not work.Like now...

When the core?
Do not make jokes!Letting a striker be the core is tantamount to completely negating my tactics.Now how can I have so much time to re-establish tactics and re-establish the core?Let the whole team re-adapt to the new tactics and new core?What I lack most now is time. How can I have the time to dawdle with you on issues that have long been settled?
Besides, you are a person whose state is not stable at all, why let me take you as the core.The core must be stable. If you sleepwalk in that game, won't the whole team suffer?
I don't do such stupid things!
Although he thought so in his heart, Tang En couldn't say it in his mouth.He thought about it again, the concept of the core of the striker and the core of the midfielder are not exactly the same. If he is allowed to score more goals, then he can barely be called the "core"...

Since it is necessary to maximize the effect of squeezing Balotelli, then this is also a way...

So he immediately changed his face: "But you know, Mario. Our tactic is to stagger the two strikers one after the other..." He made a staggered gesture, and Balotelli nodded. understood. "I asked you to play forward, not to be the center forward at the top."

Balotelli also understands that to be a center forward is to be embedded in the opponent's penalty area. At that time, the enemy's defenders were all around. Let alone scoring a goal, it is good to be able to hold the ball.

"Your position is the second striker." Dunn grabbed a piece of paper, wrote and drew on it, and handed it to Balotelli.

On the picture, Balotelli's position is cruising near the penalty area line. It seems to be a little far away from the penalty area, but it is a position suitable for Balotelli's style. Here, he is more free than in the penalty area.

Seeing this picture, Balotelli's view of the head coach is gradually changing.It seems that this boss is different from the previous ones. He came up with this method after really studying his own characteristics.
"Your position is more flexible..." Dunn pointed to the picture and explained to Balotelli.He didn't even think that the conversation would become a tactical discussion, but it was pretty good, instead of talking nonsense, it would be better to get straight to the point.

"Mitchell will attract the opponent's defender's attention from the front, but you need to connect the forward line with the forward line. He pushes the opponent's backline up, leaving you with this space..." Dunn said in the restricted area Draw a circle at the front, "Shoot or pass here is up to you."

Hearing this, the first thought in Balotelli's mind was to shoot, but Dunn seemed to know what he was thinking. "Of course, if you keep forcing shots, I'm going to have to rethink your position..."

In fact, Balotelli is not a particularly unique striker, otherwise he would not be a right forward in his most accustomed position, and he would pass to his teammates many times in the game, especially when he was in Inter Milan. protrude.It's just that after coming to the Forest team, because he was the most valuable player in the team at that time (George Wood has never been transferred, so the exact value is unknown, so no comparison is made), so he is somewhat arrogant and always wants to let his teammates give it to him. Pass the ball yourself instead of cooperating with your teammates.

Twain now has to show both kindness and strength, so that Balotelli can regain his cooperative heart.He doesn't need a striker who can only focus on shooting goals, because his team's tactics are collective, and no one can be a lone hero under him. If there is such a number one person, it can only show that he is the head coach incompetent.

"As a second striker, a person who can score goals by himself, cooperate with his teammates, and assist his teammates is obviously better than a person who only knows how to keep kicking and shooting. I hope you can understand what I said, Mario .”

In any case, Twain is also the head coach who has won the club and national team's Grand Slam honors. No matter how arrogant Balotelli is, he has to restrain himself from the stern-faced Twain.

In fact, the players' minds are very simple. If the head coach is a person with a brilliant resume, then no matter how big the star is, he can be overwhelmed.One of the reasons for Balotelli's previous rebelliousness was that the coaches who came to coach him were a bit inferior in his eyes...

"So when do you shoot yourself and when do you pass?" Balotelli asked a question that he later found stupid.

Sure enough, Tang En looked at him with a smile: "You are a genius, Mario. Don't you know this question?"

Balotelli was teased by Tang En, and he felt a little embarrassed: "I know, of course I know!" He answered Tang En's question loudly, as if his voice was low and he lacked confidence.

Tang En also didn't want to embarrass him too much.For these extremely talented players, the management methods cannot be too extreme. At the age of 50, he is no longer the self in his 30s. At that time, in order to maintain his authority, he could firmly press Anelka on the bench.He can't do such a thing.Maybe it's because I'm getting older, or maybe it's because I've experienced too many things, and now it's just a fleeting moment.He didn't have much aversion to Balotelli's deliberate arrogance.

That's why he was thinking about how to use Balotelli instead of how to drive Balotelli away.

Of course, the authority of the head coach needs to be maintained, but it is not reflected by catching up with a certain talented player in his prime.Didn't Ferguson say harshly to Cristiano Ronaldo, who wanted to go to Real Madrid, "I'd rather rot him in the stands than sell him to Real Madrid"?But did he really do that?No.Not only did he not, he still let Ronaldo be the core of Manchester United, and even sacrificed Rooney for this.This is the mind and wrist that a godfather-level head coach should have-everything is based on the interests of the team.

Tony Twain, who is over half a century old, has really matured, but it's a pity that he will only be the head coach until the end of this season.If there is no problem with his heart and his body is healthy, I really don't know what kind of brilliant achievements he can create in this position...

So, is his retirement luck or misfortune in world football?

For the next time, Twain was discussing with Balotelli the specific technical and tactical strategies on the court.The atmosphere between the two people is very harmonious, which is really something Tang En and Balotelli did not expect from each other before.In Twain's view, Balotelli, a 28-year-old Italian kid, is indeed qualified to be arrogant, because he is really a genius, and his tactical intentions don't need to be emphasized too much.In Balotelli's eyes, this head coach who has created countless brilliance is not just relying on lip service and good luck as the media say. He really understands football and himself. Go allegiance to the "boss".

When he was at Inter Milan, there was such a person who made him feel similar, and then that person went to Manchester United.For four years at Nottingham Forest, he always clamored to go to Manchester United, in fact, just to follow that person.But now he found that there was no need to do that.

Originally, they only planned to talk for more than ten minutes alone, but by the time Tang En and Balotelli realized it, it was almost two o'clock...

After Balotelli discovered this dilemma, he laughed heartlessly, as if this kind of thing happened to a champion godfather is a very funny thing.

Tang En didn't care about the way the players looked at him. He touched his belly and said to Balotelli, "Let's go, I'm treating you today."

After more than an hour of communication, the relationship between the two parties has become very harmonious, and Dunn's words will not make Balotelli feel awkward.

"Whatever, I don't have anything in particular to eat. Actually, I'm not hungry..."

"That can't be done. There is still a training session in the afternoon. Do you think you can handle my training session with an empty stomach? If you can't hold on because of lack of energy, I won't let go of this punishment. Your chance. You should know how much I want something to go wrong in the team right now..."

The way Dunn said these words with a straight face really shocked Balotelli - he was sure that the boss was serious.

Look at how he treats Bell, a veteran of the team, in training, right?Just because there was a set of switchbacks that he didn't run seriously, he asked Bell to redo [-] sets in the hot sun.

He is the king of Wilford, and no one dares to disobey his will here.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, boss..."

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During the training interval on the second day, everyone suddenly discovered that Balotelli was chatting with his fellow Italian Fiorillo, which is not a common thing.Even Fiorillo himself was surprised, and couldn't keep up with Balotelli's topic.

Both Chris Lark and Eastwood turned their questioning eyes to Dun En, wanting to know what he said to the Italian.

"Just do what you like." Tang En shrugged. "He longs for attention, so give him attention. Believe him, I don't think we will be too disappointed..."

(End of this chapter)