Balotelli felt that his position in the team should be bright, because he was re-arranged as a forward and scored the only goal of the Forest in that game. He considered himself the best performer in the entire Nottingham Forest in that game, and of course, the media did not agree. The results of the scores by many different media outlets were a little the same - George Wood was the best performer in Nottingham Forest.

He admitted that Wood's performance was pretty good, but when it comes to the best team, he was the only one.

And more importantly, he believed that this ball allowed the new head coach to see his value clearly. It was a wonderful goal scored by breaking through and hitting the two players!

Just as he was thinking this way, Tang En stopped him after the training.

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

Looking at the head coach's smiling expression, Balotelli became more sure of his thoughts. He deliberately hesitated for a moment to prevent himself from being too excited. Then he nodded slowly: "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 so firmly and walk so quickly. He was a little dissatisfied and followed him slowly.

In fact, Tang En turned around and walked away alone, not to show off his airs. Now his mind is full of how to start this conversation with Balotelli, and how to make the conversation between them as harmonious as possible and finally achieve the results he wants.

The result he wants is not to lose both sides, but to be able to maximize Balotelli's ability and thus help the team.

This incident killed him a lot of brain cells and could not pay attention to other details.

Balotelli felt that he was being looked down upon and followed this line of thought - this conversation between the head coach and himself must not be a pleasant experience.

There was no one else in the head coach's office except the two of them.

Donn signaled Balotelli to sit down and asked if he wanted to drink something.

Balotelli shook his head, not interested in these things.

Don 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 when he was in Inter Milan, Balotelli is much fatter now...

No wonder his condition is ups and downs.

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

When Balotelli heard the head coach say this, he was secretly happy. He finally realized his value!

"But..." But Tang En changed his mind. "Can you score a ball like this often?"

This question stunned Balotelli.

Under the double-team of two people, he can also flexibly flash out the space, then hit the football between a defender's legs, and then penetrate the goalkeeper's crotch. He really can't score such goals often...

Donn did not give Balotelli a chance to answer this question. In fact, he did not expect Balotelli to answer this question. He was just asking questions in a habitual manner.

He raised another question: "Do you like the right forward or the forward?"

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 what you think about the current situation of the team?”

Balotelli's answer was not too unexpected to Don En's expectations: "I think I should be the core. With me as the core, the team can score a lot of goals. Winning the game is not a problem."

Tang En nodded slightly, as if he agreed with Balotelli's words, but after hearing this, he said: "But I have never used the striker as the core..."

He is telling the truth. Since he became a professional head coach, he has never regarded the forward as the core of the team. Whether it is Anelka, Van Nistruy, Eastwood, or Mitchel, he is not the core of the team under him, and the team's tactics will never be formulated around these forwards. How can a head coach who prefers defense make the forward the core? All offense comes from the backcourt. The back midfielder is naturally the best candidate for the core.

But Balotelli didn't understand. When he heard that the head coach actually poured a basin of cold water on his head, his face immediately turned from sunny to dark.

How could his expression change escape Done's eyes? Of course, this conversation was to make good use of Balotelli's talents, but if Balotelli made too much demand, it would not work. For example, now...

Be the core?

Don't joke! Letting a striker be the core is equivalent to completely denying my tactics. Now I don't have so much time to re-form tactics and re-establish the core? Then let the whole team adapt to the new tactics and new core? What I lack the most now is time. How can I have time to rush with you on issues that have already been concluded?

Besides, you are a person with a completely unstable state. Why do you want me to treat you as the core? The core must be stable. If you sleepwalking in that game, will the whole team suffer?

I won’t do such a stupid thing!

Although he thought so in his heart, Tang En couldn't say that. He thought about it again that the core of the striker and the core concept of the midfield are not exactly the same. If he was asked to score more goals, he could barely be called the "core"...

Since we want to maximize the effect of squeezing Balotelli, this is also a way...

So he immediately changed his face: "But you know. Mario. Our tactics are two forwards staggered one in front and one behind..." He made a staggered gesture. Balotelli nodded to show that he understood. "I asked you to play the forward, not to let you stand in front and be the center."

Balotelli also understands this. Being a center requires embedding into the opponent's penalty area. At that time, there were enemy defenders around. Not to mention scoring, it would be nice to be able to hold the ball.

"Your position is the second striker." Tang En pulled a piece of paper and wrote and painted it on it. Then he handed it to Balotelli to see.

In 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 that suits Balotelli's style. Here you can be more free than taking it 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 few. He has really studied his own characteristics before he came up with this method.

"Your position is more flexible..." Don En pointed to the picture and explained to Balotelli. He himself did not expect that the conversation would become a tactical discussion, but it was also good. Instead of saying some nonsense, it would be better to get straight to the topic.

"Mitcher will attract the attention of the opponent's defender in front, and you need to connect the forward line and the forward line. He tops the opponent's back line and leaves you with this space..." Tang En drew a circle at the front of the penalty area, "It's up to you to shoot or pass here."

Hearing this, Balotelli's first thought was shooting, but Don Eun seemed to know what he was thinking. "Of course, if you always force shots, I'll have to rethink your position..."

In fact, Balotelli is not the kind of very unique striker, otherwise he would not have a right forward in the position he is most used to. He would also pass it to his teammates many times during the game, which is particularly prominent when Inter Milan.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Don Eun now has to be kind and do his best to get Balotelli back to his cooperation. He doesn't need a striker who can only shoot and score, because his team's tactics are collective, and no one can be a lone hero under him. If there is such a person, it only means that he is incompetent as the head coach.

"As a second striker, a person who can score both by himself and cooperate with his teammates.  The person who assists his teammates is obviously better than a person who only knows how to keep shooting.   I hope you can understand my words, Mario."

No matter what, Tang En is also the head coach who has won the Grand Slam of the Club and the National Team. No matter how arrogant Balotelli is, he has to restrain himself from the stern Don En.

In fact, the players' minds are very simple. If the head coach is a person with a brilliant resume, no matter how big the star he is, he can be suppressed. Balotelli's previous rebelliousness. One reason is that those head coaches who come to coach are a little unclassified in his eyes...

"When should I shoot by myself and when should I pass the ball?" Balotelli asked a question that he thought was stupid afterwards.

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 was a little embarrassed: "I know, of course I know!" He answered Tang En's question loudly, as if he had no confidence and confidence when his voice was low.

Tang En didn't want to embarrass him too much. For these very talented players, management methods cannot be too extreme. He is no longer in his thirties at the age of fifty. At that time, in order to maintain his authority, he could hold Anelka firmly on the bench. He could not do such things. Maybe it was because of his age, maybe it was because he had experienced too many things, but now it was just a passing cloud. He did not have much disgust with the arrogance Balotelli deliberately showed.

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 a player who is in his year of playing and has a very talented person to the stands. Didn’t Ferguson fight against Cristiano, who was determined to go to Real Madrid. Didn’t Ronaldo also make a harsh statement, “I would rather ruin him in the stands than sell him to Real Madrid”? But did he really do that? No. Not only that, he still let Ronaldo be the core of Manchester United, and even sacrificed Rooney for this. This is the mind and skills that a godfather-level head coach should have - everything is put to the interests of the team first.

Tony Don, who is over 50 years old, has really matured, but it's a pity that he will only work as the head coach until the end of this season. If there is no problem with his heart and good health, I really don't know what kind of brilliant results he can create in this position...

Speaking of this, is his retirement a lucky or unfortunate in the world football world?

In the following time, Donne discussed the specific technical and tactical strategies with Balotelli on the court. The atmosphere between the two was very harmonious, which was something that Donne and Balotelli had never expected before. In Donne's opinion, Balotelli, a 28-year-old Italian boy, is indeed qualified to be arrogant because he is really a genius and his tactical intentions do not need to be emphasized too much. He can be clear after saying it. In Balotelli's eyes, this head coach who created countless glory is not just relying on words and encouragement as the media legend says. He is really understanding football and himself. He is a "head" who deserves his allegiance to do his best.

When he was in Inter Milan, there was a person who made him feel similar, and later that person went to Manchester United. For four years in Nottingham Forest, he always yelled to go to Manchester United, in fact, just to follow that person. But now he found that he didn't need to do that.

It was just about to talk alone for more than ten minutes, but when Donn and Balotelli reacted, 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.

Don Eun didn't care about the way the players looked at him, touched his belly and said to Balotelli: "Let's go, I'll treat you today."

After more than an hour of exchange, the relationship between the two sides became very harmonious, and Don't say such words would make Balotelli feel abrupt.

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

"That's not possible. There is still a training class in the afternoon. Do you think my training class can be handled by you when you are hungry? If you can't hold on because you are physically exhausted, I will not miss this opportunity to punish you. You should know how much I hope something goes wrong in the team now..."

The way that Tang En said these words with a stern face really scared Balotelli - he was sure that the boss was serious.

Look at how he treated Bale, an old member of the team during training? Just because there was a set of back-running exercises that did not run seriously, he asked Bale to rework twenty sets under the scorching sun.

He is the king of Vilford, and here no one dares to rebel against his will.

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

During the training interval the next day, everyone suddenly found that Balotelli was actually holding his Italian fellow Fiorillo and chatting. This is an unusual thing. Even Fiorillo himself was surprised and could not keep up with Balotelli's topic.

Both Chris Lark and Eastwood turned their inquiring eyes to Donn, wondering what he said to the Italian.
Chapter completed!