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Chapter 88: Ferrando's Request

Now at the last moment, Mark's key goal saved Atletico Madrid, allowing Atletico Madrid to escape from the terrifying Westfalen Stadium, but after the game, head coach Ferlando still saw a lot of problems that need to be improved.

The first thing is the problem with the team's lineup. The old midfielder Simeone's condition has declined very quickly at the beginning of this season. Ferlando was planning to help these players of the team teach him some of his years of game experience, especially hoping that he can help new players like Mark on the court, but now it seems that Simeone doesn't meet Ferlando's requirements.

"Should I have a consultation with the club and then introduce a midfielder?" Ferlando thought in his mind.

After Ferlando negotiated his idea with General Manager Hill, Hill said at the time that the club's signings this season had ended and there was no extra money to invest in the current later stage, so Ferlando asked him to use the current personnel to arrange troops.

After getting the answer, Ferlando had no choice. Most of the players at Atletico Madrid are new players, and they can only increase the team's running-in as soon as possible, and then look forward to the players being able to perform well in future games. Ferlando, who originally wanted to get Simeone away, had to temporarily include Simeone in his tactical plan.

In fact, fortunately, Ferlando has not had a conversation with Simeone now. Otherwise, I believe that even if Simeone can stay in the club in the future, she will definitely have some differences with Ferlando.

"Mark, you performed very well in the last game, but I don't think your position should be limited to the midfielder. You have abundant physical fitness. I think you have the ability to become a free agent and use your active running to drive the rhythm of offense and defense conversion in the whole game, what do you think?" Ferlando called Mark over now and said, he was preparing to make a major adjustment to Mark's position.

"I understand, there is no fixed position, and then it can appear in any position, right?" Mark understood what Ferrando meant as soon as he heard it. In fact, it was like the position of the freeman Mark had served in Ajax before, so he was not unfamiliar with such a position.

"Mark, your offensive talent is innate. Don't let him waste it. If you have the chance, you should attack more." Ferlando also found that Mark's offensive talent is indeed extraordinary in these games. Mark's running route is very clear, unlike ordinary players running around. Moreover, Mark's point-grabbing ability is also very outstanding, not inferior to any striker of Atletico Madrid, including Torres.

"By the way, coach, now I'm worried that the defense line will not be very protective after I get the assist." Mark's meaning was very clear that the midfield defense is very weak now, so Mark was worried that if he went to the court to attack, the midfield defense would weaken.

You should know that Atletico Madrid's double-middle formation has no stronger defense point except Mark. Simeone is older, and her physical fitness and speed are very slow. Lusin's running is indeed very active now, but the defense often loses position. For example, Uruguay's midfielder Marcelo Sousa did not impress the performance of head coach Ferlando. Ferlando now wants to introduce a powerful interception midfielder, but it is obvious that the club will not provide him with funds now, and now he does not use his coaching ability to make the club determined to increase investment.

However, just when Ferlando is now worried about the midfielder, a man has come to Ferlando to bother him again. Mark and Ferlando are chatting together, but the knock on the door interrupts the conversation between the two.

"Dongdongdongdongdong" There was a knock on the door outside Ferlando's room now. Ferlando didn't know who it was and said directly: "Come in."

"Coach, I have something to discuss with you." The team's old captain Simeone came in. He saw Mark here only after he walked in. He stopped what he was saying.

In fact, this is normal, because what a player wants to say to the head coach is a very private matter. Of course, he doesn't want more people to know, so Simeone did not continue to talk about his purpose.

Ferlando didn't expect that Simeone would come to him on his own initiative. He could probably guess what Simeone is now meaning, either for the main position or for the transfer.

"Do you have something to do? Let's sit down?" Ferlando asked Simeone to sit down and then said to Mark: "Marc, I have some things now. As for what problems are there now, let's talk about it later. You can go first."

As a coach, Ferlando also knew that there was no third person in the end of the conversation with Simeone, so he asked Mark to go out first.

"Okay, coach, I'll go out first. Diego (Diego Simeone) and you chat slowly." Mark said hello to the head coach and Simeone and left Ferlando's office.

Mark left Ferlando's office and returned to the team's medical room. Today is the day for physical therapy, so the players did not train, which is also a process for the team to recover from these tired players.

Ferlando was not in a good mood after talking to Simeone, because Simeone is indeed preparing to leave the team now. He is preparing to return to Argentina. He is preparing to choose a good destination for his career. Now the domestic clubs in Argentina have contacted him, and the Argentine Athletics team has the best sincerity.

Although Simeone now decided to play for Ferlando's retention, it is obvious that if Simeone cannot play more games, Simeone will make a transfer again. Simeone's current game experience is what Atletico Madrid lacks this season, so Ferlando must try his best to keep him.

Ferlando is also very depressed now. The club has given him so many new players at once, so he will definitely have a big lack of teamwork this season. This is all something that takes time. After qualifying for the International Toto Cup last season, Atletico Madrid's management set a goal for Ferlando this season to enter the Champions League.

In fact, the management's expectations are understandable. After all, the club has invested a lot of money this season just to be able to compete for the Champions League qualifying match. According to the club's idea, it is definitely unlikely to win the championship, but judging from the current club's staffing configuration, there is obviously a certain gap with Barcelona and Real Madrid.

However, the gap between Valencia and La Coruña is not very big, so winning the fourth place in the league is obviously not an excessive requirement.

But the actual situation is that although Atletico Madrid's team lineup looks gorgeous, if compared with Valencia and La Coruña, which has super Laco, there is a big gap in terms of the team's formation running-in and the familiarity of the players.

Ferlando is now worried that the current board of directors will not give him enough time to complete the team's running-in work. You must know that the team's running-in takes at least ten games to slowly show the effect.

The current trusted chairman of Atletico Madrid's board of trust is obviously a new official. He is planning to do a big fight to restore the glory of Atletico Madrid's dominance of La Liga, so he spent money to achieve a breakthrough in performance. However, it is obvious that a large number of the players he brought in are players with no ability above. These players may be barely enough as rotation players, but as the main players, their abilities are obviously not enough.

Moreover, the stability of the team that was finally needed was not reflected at Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid has almost wiped out more than half of its players in the past two seasons, so the atmosphere of the team is not very good. This is almost a rebuilding year by year. Without a stable team goal, how can we talk about the combat effectiveness that comes from.

"It seems that the future game will not be very simple." Ferlando thought to himself after sending Simeone away.

Now let’s see Mark being massaged with the help of a physiotherapist. This is a way to help players relieve fatigue. Many clubs use massage methods to help players without injuries relieve muscle aches. Although Mark has no injuries now, Mark is still very cooperative in order not to make people see his specialness.

It is obviously not normal for Mark to think that he is never tired. He cannot treat himself as a monster. Obviously, Mark is unwilling to let everyone see him like this, so Mark had to do these physical therapy with everyone.

"Mark, you performed well in the last game. It seems that your good form has continued in the summer. Don't you feel tired?" Van der Fate is now chatting with Mark while doing a massage.

Van der Fate is the best friend of Mark in Ajax. Now that he is at Atletico Madrid, he naturally has to chat with Mark due to language barriers.

"It's okay, I'm very tired, too," Mark said haha.

"Why didn't I see that you were full of energy on the court and didn't think you were tired at all. It's like I was just half of the game in the last game, and my body was already a little overwhelmed," Van der Fate said now, looking at me as if I didn't believe it.

"Why don't you believe an honest person like me?" Mark said with a smile now, looking at his expression, it didn't look like he was telling the truth at all.

Van der Fate was used to Mark's appearance. He knew that Mark liked to joke and did not take ordinary things seriously. Now Van der Fate has changed the subject and continued to chat with Mark. As he talked, the two of them talked about the team's formation position.

"Mark, do you think the team will sign up this season? The current lineup is not strong enough in the last game. The left winger seems to be missing an excellent player." Van der Fate said.

"Raphael, I think the key position of the team is still in the forward position. Fernando is alone on the front line and lacks players to cooperate with him. The current team's wingers are not the most in short supply, and I can also play as a winger." Mark expressed his opinion.

"I know your omnipotence. You seem to be able to play anywhere in the frontcourt now, but there are very few players like you after all, so I think if the club wants to do more now, it must strengthen the recruitment efforts. Look at what kind of offensive players our opponents in the same city are." Van der Fate means that the attack line of Atletico Madrid's city rival Real Madrid is so powerful that everyone is envious. Being able to be with such a superstar is undoubtedly a thing that makes all players excited.

"But will we have a position in such a lineup? You must know that although you are a talented star in the Netherlands, you cannot compete with Zidane in Real Madrid's lineup." Mark heard the envy in Van der Fate's eyes and comforted him and said: "And although we are not playing for Real Madrid now, Atletico Madrid is also a big club, and we are also in the heart of Madrid. As long as we can play here, we are afraid that we will not get enough attractive and honor?"

"What you said is indeed very good. As long as we perform well, we can make people realize ours. Now we must use our performance to make the people around us better, so that we can reflect our value." As an organizer, Van der Fate, is still very confident that we can change the offensive appearance of this team.

Now Ferlando is walking towards the board of directors of Atletico Madrid again. This time he is preparing to contact Atletico Madrid's chairman Cerrezo, who is preparing to buy a strong midfielder to replace Simeone who is about to leave.

But it is obvious that Cerezo's meaning is exactly the same as Hill, which means that it is not money. I think the club has invested a huge amount of money this season. Moreover, Cerezo has not clearly told Ferlando what he is saying is that he doesn't care about the current club's performance, but he hopes that the club can become a giant club like Real Madrid.

So Cerrezzo has done a lot of things in this regard. First, he introduced some practical players, then replaced the blood to increase the club's combat ability, and then introduced one or two star players to increase the current star atmosphere of the club.

The star players introduced this season are naturally Van der Fate. Mark is the kind of potential stock that can have appreciation potential. Now all European experts are optimistic about Mark's appreciation potential. Although many giants are optimistic about Mark's potential, Mark has only played in the Eredivisie game for more than half a season, so those European giants are also observing Mark's performance. They are not sure whether Mark is a real genius or a flash in the pan. Only Atletico Madrid took action in advance to sign Mark, which can also reflect Cerrezo's vision. Although he is a gambler's vision, buying people sometimes is like gambling.

Ferlando is not in a good mood now because he is not very satisfied with the players on the team now, but the current chairman and manager are obviously wearing pairs of pants, so he has no choice.

In fact, Ferlando now doesn't understand at all. Although the manager of Atletico Madrid is Hill, he is the club's largest shareholder. Cerezo is the chairman and second largest shareholder. The weight of these two people speaking on the board of directors is naturally very important. Moreover, Cerrezo and Hill must have communicated some things, otherwise there would be no way to work within Atletico Madrid now.

"It seems that there is really no hope. Let's see how the team's performance is. I hope to take advantage of the opportunity that many players are tired after the European Cup. Try to get as many points as possible. If the team's ranking is stabilized in the top four before the winter transfer, there may be some opportunities." Ferlando now has to throw the idea of ​​signing behind his mind. He is not a coach with personality, but rather a gentle coach. The reason why Atletico Madrid allows him to continue to serve as the head coach is because he is obedient.

But being a coach is like winning the game, it is easy to get it, and Ferlando is no exception, so he decided to make a breakthrough in domestic cups and league cups. It is obviously difficult for him to win the league in the league. Even the club does not intend to win the league championship in a short time. What the club now needs is football with viewing and then get a good ranking that the club considers. That is enough.

First of all, it is the viewing, and then the results. Although the club stipulates the results in the top four in the league, if you can play attractive football, even if you are ranked sixth, the club obviously doesn't care much.

But it is obvious that Ferlando doesn't know this. His football philosophy is to conservative football. From his four, two and three one formation, it can be seen how conservative he is. What he needs is two midfielders with super defensive abilities to stabilize the situation and then equip some wingers who can break through the pass to cross the ball. So Ferlando, who had not achieved his wish, had to explore in the team.
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