Beast King Costa

Chapter 85 Diego's Mission

After the preparation meeting, Jesualdo Ferreira deliberately left Joao Thomas and Diego Costa, two strikers who will start together in the 28th round.

Since Jesúaldo Ferreira was sorting out the materials at the moment, only Diego and Joao Thomas were left sitting below.

When Diego entered the first team, Joao Thomas happened to be injured in the away game against Naval. After that, Joao Thomas basically received rehabilitation treatment in the recuperation room, so there were very few opportunities for Diego to communicate with Joao Thomas. .

At this moment, Joao Thomas is looking at Diego with great interest.

Of course, there was no malice in this kind of scrutiny, and it was more of a favor for Diego.

Diego was also looked quite embarrassed, and even had goosebumps on his back.

But fortunately, Joao Thomas broke the silence in front of him: "Mr. Mendez's vision is really unique. Diego, the potential you have shown is beyond all of our expectations."

"what……"

Diego looked a little embarrassed. He scratched his head, nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you, Boss Joao, for exaggerating."

"This is really not a compliment, at least when I was 17 years old, I really couldn't do it like you, galloping all over the game to press the opponent's defenders."

I saw Joao Thomas shook his head quite emotionally: "To be honest, if I could have the positive attitude you have on the field when I was 17 years old, then I would not be judged by the media as a 'late bloomer'. After all , haven’t grasped the best youthful years yet.”

"Hey, that means being responsible for your own future."

Ok……

Diego didn't know how to respond to Joao Thomas' emotion.

After all, Diego is not a Brazilian in the true sense, and does not have the bohemian nature that Brazilian players have had since childhood.

Since I received compulsory education since I was a child, there are a lot of homework piled up like a mountain. Various subjects and various levels of examinations also mean whether I can step into a higher threshold in the future.

Therefore, under the torment of homework and exams in the compulsory education stage, Diego has gotten used to this kind of life rhythm of being responsible for his own future since childhood.

Even if there is no Real Ball King system to help him with the devil's special training, then Diego will try his best to do more training to improve his basic skills.

Of course, if you explore by yourself, the efficiency will be much lower.

"That's right! It is with this attitude of being responsible to yourself that your future stage will be higher and wider!"

I saw Joao Thomas shook his head with a little sadness and said: "I have no chance to go to a higher stage. The Portuguese Super League may be the last glory of my career. After that, I will consider going to Asia to earn more money." A lot of money. Plan for life after retirement in the future.”

"what……"

Diego also did not expect that Joao Thomas would speak so directly, which caught Diego off guard again.

After holding back for a long time, Diego finally said: "Boss João, you can actually go to university for further studies! Learning something like sports management or rehabilitation will also help you transition after retirement."

"It's fine to study..."

Joao Thomas shrugged helplessly: "I didn't like reading since I was a child, so I chose to play football. I have played this game for almost 17 years. After retiring, I don't want to engage in football-related industries. I will consider Let’s do some business related to international trade.”

"Joao, then you have to reserve my share!"

At this moment, Jesúaldo Ferreira had sorted out the materials and sat next to Joao Thomas.

Jesúaldo Ferreira smiled and said, "João, when you retire, it's time for me to retire too. When the time comes, let's work on international trade together?"

"Haha! Coach Ferreira, you'd better take care of yourself. I'll take care of the business, and I'll leave a share for you to invest in."

"That's a deal?!"

"Of course! When have I ever lied to you?"

"Hahahahaha!"

Diego, who was seated opposite, saw it in his eyes and envied him in his heart—the relationship between Joao Thomas and Jesúaldo Ferreira seemed more like a close friend with a big age gap than between a coach and a player. Simple, and this kind of relationship is often the most comfortable.

Diego is also looking forward to meeting a head coach who can socialize like a buddy in the future!

Jesúaldo Ferreira returned to the topic of preparations after chatting with João Tomás.

I saw Jesúaldo Ferreira looking at Diego seriously: "Right now, Joao can only perform at 11000% of the level. Therefore, it is quite unrealistic for Joao to continue to run an average of 7500 meters per game. Yes. Optimistically, Joao’s running distance in the next race will not exceed [-] meters. So, Diego, your task is to make up for Joao’s running distance!”

"make up???"

"That's right! I know that your game attitude is very positive. If the running distance in each game is converted into 90 minutes, it is basically more than 12000 meters. For young players, especially for the striker position, this is a very Amazing stats. I need your positive attitude for the next game!"

Jesúaldo Ferreira said firmly: "João will stay in the frontcourt, interfere with Benfica's defense, and prevent Benfica's defense from easily passing the ball to the frontcourt. As for you! You need to be on the defensive side Sometimes, retreat more to the midfield and participate in the pressing of the midfield! And your goal is only one person-Nuno Gomez!"

"This is possible!"

Diego's eyes lit up immediately.

I am planning to withdraw more in the next game. When Nuno Gomez withdraws and participates in the organization, I will seek more physical confrontation with him.

Unexpectedly, Jesúaldo Ferreira's tactical arrangements coincided with his own ideas!

"Of course! You also need to pay attention to physical distribution. I am going to let you play for 90 minutes in this game! Also, I will keep Wende, Sessin, and Matthaus as backup players. Therefore, the backcourt When launching a counterattack, there are only two offensive players left in the frontcourt, you and Joao. At the moment when you launch a counterattack in the backcourt, you need to go forward with all your strength to assist Joao and complete the attack!"

"what???"

Diego was immediately dumbfounded: "Boss Wende, Sessions, and Matthaus won't start?"

"That's right! I will let Constan Helia continue to start, and partner with Van Dinho and Andres Madrid to form a three-back midfielder... Oh! Andres Madrid will also participate in the forward offensive task, But his role belongs to the second point of outflanking, so! The end of the defensive counter attack mainly depends on you and Joao."

Diego nodded and said, "Then I understand! It's actually a 5-3-2 formation with three midfielders."

"Well, this is indeed our position on the surface. It's just that you, a big center, need to share more defensive tasks."

After all, Jesúaldo Ferreira smiled kindly at Diego: "How is it? Is the young man confident to be the 'Mr. Key' at both ends of the offense and defense?"

Diego nodded affirmatively, "Of course!"

"Row!"

Looking at Diego's firm and confident face, coach Ferreira's frown that had been wrinkled for more than a week finally eased a little.

"In the next week's training session, we will have a good run-in with Joao and cultivate a tacit understanding in the frontcourt."

Having said that, Jesúaldo Ferreira also showed his ambition: "If you can score three points at the Stadium of Light! That would be even better!"

(End of this chapter)