The Genius of Effort

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  That morning, in the president's office, a springy Della Valle chatted with coach Virchowald and manager Giovanni Galli.

  The team's recent performances have pleased Della Valle enough to praise the duo hard.

  The team's home attendance is guaranteed and the media coverage is growing. Della Valle didn't expect investing in soccer to be so easy to make money, and thought it would take a long time to burn through the money and a couple of years to get better.

  "Yesterday, the Football Gazette reported on Arthur's performances, claiming that he will be the next Batistuta. Giovanni, are we going to give him a pay rise after this season?"

  "He's super physical and has a strong style of play, he's already on the radar of many scouts, and if you want to keep him you'll have to trade contracts for a raise." Garry nodded and smiled.

  The team is solidly upgraded this season and Arthur's yearly salary doesn't match his performance anymore, not to mention he's the centerpiece of the team?

  For super prospects, team management is generous, lest the player becomes disgruntled. Once the player is dissatisfied, even if there are still two years of contract, the team is still in trouble.

  As soon as a player gets excited "I'm not fucking playing well", the team gets hurt.

  Management has to blame the players for none of it, the players have a reason to swing for the fences. "I'll sign a youth player contract and perform at the same level as a youth player, what's the problem?"

  It really comes down to this, then the player will have to transfer. If you send away the core of the team, and then try to find someone of similar strength, you may not spend less money than the last guy, and you still have to spend time with your teammates to gel.

  "Then change the contract, he's doing so well, a raise in salary is in order." Della Valle is not short of money and has the desire to make the team rise quickly.

  Galli said, "Rigano has to stay as well, they both have the advantage of playing in Serie B when paired up in the forward line. Quagliarella can be sent back, he doesn't want to stay himself."

  Viljovod said lightly, "It's really not that I don't give him a chance, he simply doesn't put his heart into it. If he was strong, Torino wouldn't have loaned him out to work out. What he wants to practice is still individual ability, not tactical coordination."

  Quagliarella's main problem is that he has no sense of belonging to the Fiorentina team and likes to play blindly when he takes the field. He also doesn't want to change his style of play for the team, and keeps thinking of himself as a Torino guy yet.

  He took a total of 25 shots at Fiorentina, scoring only one goal, and was unhappy to be here.

  He couldn't express his displeasure yet, Viljovod doesn't spoil anyone and just sprayed him. Fiorentina's young signings are doing well, so what's the reason to help the Torino team practice their newcomers?

  The team is scheduling two forwards, not many fast breaks, but fewer turnovers. Arthur and Rigano are both forwards who can guard the ball to find their teammates and be the fulcrum.

  Also, the 442 formation suits Di Livio's play. Viljovod tried the popular 352 formation with poor results. Bookla

  DiLivio's ball control and short-range wobbling skills are not bad, but there is a physical bottleneck limiting his mid-range man-marking. He's not fast and often gets caught up even when he passes people, so independent lay-offs are on the low side, and 45-degree starts are plentiful, with accurate timing and landing.

  His strengths are good underneath passing skills, great stamina, and still running at 36.

  Otherwise he's a bit more middle of the road, can play fullback and forward on the right, isn't very good offensively and is good defensively. His brilliance was partnering Torricelli on the right, after Zambrotta went to Juve and Torricelli left, he became more of a liability in a 352 formation.

  Having been teammates with Di Livio at Juve, Viljovod knows the ropes and knows exactly how to play the veteran to be comfortable.

  Garry asked Virchowald, "What heights do you think Arthur can reach in the future? How long can we keep him?"

  "He means it when he says he wants to help Fiorentina get promoted, I've talked to him more than once over dinner. But he clearly has a clear plan for the future and will go to the giants sooner rather than later." Viljovod is certain.

  Delavallee smiled and asked, "It seems you and he are really close, eating together often?"

  "Yeah, genius isn't scary, what's scary is a genius who works hard. He usually likes to find young players to practice extra fundamentals, and he also asked me to teach him how to shovel, and Rigano to teach him how to protect the ball and turn and shoot. He's very ambitious, and as long as he doesn't get injured, he'll definitely become a superstar in the future."

  Arthur never hid his ambitions, and there were some things he didn't say that others could guess.

  The young players are envious of Arthur's popularity and the large number of female fans he has. But many beautiful women gave Arthur phone numbers he refused, making it clear that he had a girlfriend.

  It was clear to everyone that Arthur's girlfriend had gone back to England, and he had plenty of free time but chose to practice and drink.

  How can such a person not succeed? He's too hard on himself.

  Would a young player choose to stay at Fiorentina if they had the chance to play for a big club? That's not loyalty, it's douchebag behavior. What did Batistuta get out of Fiorentina? The answer is an injury-riddled career before joining Roma to win the only league title of his career.

  Garry nodded. "I know, let's hope he does become a star and sells for a good price when he leaves."

  Della Valle didn't see anything wrong with it, he's a businessman and buying and selling players is a business as far as he's concerned. Arthur did right by everyone by playing well and helping the team get promoted while he was at Fiorentina.

  Viljoward has been very complacent lately, not realizing that his fate has been changed.

  If Arthur hadn't joined Fiorentina, Viljovod would have been sacked for his poor start to the season, and he returned to the pitch to coach Triesteina in September 2005, before being sacked in December of the same year, and hasn't worked as a soccer coach since.

  Parallel World's Viljovod is really not a good coach, not only lacks experience, but also lacks the ability to read people. He couldn't see past Rigano and let Quagliarella and a couple of wingbacks run amok and the team had problems in offense and defense.

  After embracing Arthur's thighs, Viljovod was firm on the idea of playing a defensive counterattack, trusting Arthur to score goals on his individual ability. For better defensive results, the team system was more like a 4-3-1-2.

  In this system, the three backs erect a barrier in front of the backline and protect the top of the box and the two ribs in turn. The core element of the tactic is the contraction of the defense and the spring unfolding to create a counter-attacking surface.

  As for poor fielding and few tactics, Virchowald can explain it away by saying that he's not incapable, but that he doesn't have the time.

  He and the players had all just arrived recently and were not familiar with the players' technical characteristics, so how could he arrange tactics that suited everyone's play? He was adamant that he would just attack with Arthur as the core, and that was the way to win.

  Arthur is playing well, the team is on a winning streak, and Viljovod's temper has been tempered, a virtuous cycle.

  A guy on the sidelines can be expected to say "holy shit" from time to time. Viljowod swearing is about as lethal as a Lehigh, not exactly an insult.

  Arthur was happy for Virchowald to stay, the two of them had a good relationship. As long as there was no coaching change, Arthur had a particularly comfortable and solid position on the team. The coach was even willing to invite him to dinner from work, and of course he was happy to return the favor.

  The interests of the two men were bound together, and the long pass rush was the tactic that suited Arthur best.

  It can be said that the long pass and punch is not very demanding on the team's midfield ability, the key lies in the team's backfield out of the ball ability and the individual ability of the front players.

  Arthur also knew that Viljovod wouldn't last long, and that he wouldn't be good enough if they were to make a Serie A impact.

  He's got to learn more while the other guy is around, Virchowald was successful as a player ...