Chapter 269: Taking the Initiative to Change (3rd Update)

The variety show "Please Give a Meal" is a little different from many previous shows, because it has to have a lot of interaction with ordinary people, and it can even be said that this is the idea of the show. The basic form is to invite two guests (except for special circumstances) in each episode, team up with the two hosts, hold only a spoon issued by the program team in their hands, shuttle through the pre-selected area (generally a certain residential area) to visit the citizens, find ordinary families in the kimchi country to follow them to enjoy dinner, and share each other's stories with people while eating dinner.

It has been 27 episodes since it was launched, and the ratings are generally around 4%, and the highest time has reached 5.3%, which is already very high in terms of the broadcast method of the comprehensive channel. And after so many times of shooting, only a very few guests can successfully rub the meal after ringing the doorbell for the first time, and they will generally have to go through several encounters before they can complete the task, but it is very rare for Lin Yuner to not find a meal for more than an hour today, you must know that the total broadcast time of one episode of the show is only ninety minutes, and her record-breaking number of ringing the doorbell is estimated to be all edited, and her depressed mood can be imagined.

Now I saw that my boyfriend's side turned out to be a table of Italian food, which made Lin Yun'er, who had just been rejected by more than a dozen people and was a little angry, even more hateful, and her expression became gloomy. Although this is all a play of artistic ability, Li Mudi was still so frightened that he promised that he would take the other party to a big dinner every day when they met next time, and his posture of "tracheitis" made Jiang Hudong laugh, and also praised Lin Yun'er for "driving the husband in a good way".

That is, in two or three minutes, the connection will be over, but with the appearance of the Torino coach, the top person in Asian football and the former world-class star Scholes, coupled with the interesting interaction between Lin Li CP, who is currently popular in the East Asian entertainment industry, I believe that this episode will bring super high attention, and finally make the program team, the TV station and Lin Yuner win a lot of gains.

When Li Mudi could finally enjoy lunch, Lin Yuner also seemed to have regained her good luck after this call, and finally met a well-wisher to "take in". The other party is two young couples who have just been married for a year, although the meal is very simple and light, but the honey and oil relationship between the two people has been filling the room with little space, which also aroused Lin Xiaolu's super envy.

After finishing this meaningful meal, helping to clean up the tableware and thanking each other, Jiang Hudong and Lin Yuna left the apartment building, walking to the parking lot outside, and communicating with each other to do the ending of this episode. Under the guidance of Brother Hu Dong, Yun'er unconsciously expressed her desire to get married, which made Li Mudi, who only saw the show broadcast on May 10, feel hot, but he also knew that the two of them were still a long way away from finally entering the marriage hall, and this kind of thing was not in a hurry.

Returning to the team's affairs, Tuesday's training began to revert to the normal program set-up, and in the afternoon everyone went to the video analysis room to carefully study the tactics of the next opponent, Sampdoria, in recent games, and the head coach finally asked the videographer to edit a copy of the 2-0 defeat of Torino away to their opponents in the first round of the season, and pointed out the problems that the players need to pay attention to in light of the situation on the field at that time.

Samp boss Gianpaolo is not a manager who is good at making big changes, and he has been using a 4-3-1-2 formation since he took over Brescia in the summer of 2013, and he has taken it very seriously to balance the attack and defence. With a total of 41 goals so far this season, the team ranks 13th out of all 20 clubs. Defensively, however, they have conceded 42 goals to rank seventh, better than Torino and Inter Milan, while the -1 goal difference is one of the smallest in the entire Serie A.

In view of the opponent's ability to defend intensively and the defenders are generally taller, it would be an extremely bad idea to let Belotti compete with them for the header, so Li Mudi put the key to breaking the enemy on the inside cut tactics of the two wings, and Falke and other wingers became the protagonists of the training in the following days.

However, the situation in the team is not too good, because Jesse did not start to return to normal training until Wednesday due to last week's injury, and his physical condition cannot adjust to the best level in time; Although Rajjdzic performed well in the last game against Chievo, it seems that he is still playing in the midfielder to be able to play his ball control and small technical skills, and there is no speed advantage when he goes to the wing; As for Chelch, who has just improved after a long period of training, he can only cross and cannot cut inside on the left, and on the right side will squeeze Falke's position, so he can only be used as a substitute for the latter in this game.

After thinking about it for a long time, the Torino coach couldn't find a suitable candidate for the left winger, and it was the experienced assistant coach Kevin Sumfield who asked why not let Argentine center forward Boyer try, which made Li Muddy suddenly open his mind.

The 21-year-old, who joined the Red Bulls as a free agent last summer, has been on the bench as Belotti's backup, and although he has scored just one goal and provided one assist in 400 minutes in his previous 14 appearances, he has been praised by the club's coaching staff for his efforts every time he comes on. A player who runs actively, has basically qualified dribbling ability and speed, has a prominent level of direct passing, and is willing to retreat to help his teammates defend, it seems that it is still a good choice to play as a winger!

After data from the FM system and full communication with several coaches, Lucas Boyer put on the yellow vest, a symbol of the starters, and stood behind Belotti with Rajjdzic and Farke during the tactical exercise on Wednesday afternoon. With this winger who does not hesitate to run physically and is willing to participate in the defense, Li Mudi also boldly let Benasi and Baseli play together, and the two full-time midfielders of Akwa and Las Diarra appeared on the bench side, which made the attacking power of the starting side have been greatly improved.

Although the way Boyane handled the ball after cutting was still a bit immature, and there were often misjudgments in the choice of whether to shoot or pass, with the addition of this vitality factor, Belotti did get some room to move, even if the fake center-back combination of Kastan and Moretti is quite different from Samp's two main defenders (not in terms of ability, but in terms of habits and style when defending), but at least the effect is better than when using Cerch or other players.

Seeing this, the Torino boss decided to use this squad at the weekend, because time was limited, and if he hesitated, he would not have enough time to practice. On Thursday morning, Li Mudi summoned the young man to his side alone and exchanged views with him about changing his position. After receiving a replied response, the coaching staff held an impromptu meeting at noon that day to adjust the Argentine striker's individual training program, and his template changed from the standard point-grabbing centre-forward to the former Dutch international and Liverpool star Kuyt.

During the afternoon practice, Boyer's agent, Les Silva of Relatives, hurried to the Torino club's training ground, found Li Mudi, who was watching the running training, and began to discuss the future plans of the former's players.

Although he didn't like to be disturbed by unrelated people during working hours, the Torino boss knew that if he couldn't convince the conscientious agent, Boyer's position could be uncertain, so he led the other man out of the stadium area and found a quieter place to start talking.

Li Muddy does not have any negative views on the striker who was hired by Ventura when he was in charge of the team last year, but thinks it is a good deal. Torino did lack a suitable substitute for the central striker position after Quagliarella's departure, and the youngster De Luca was too young to play the game; Maxi López has long been known for his laziness, and even the old-school Ventura is reluctant to give him a chance, let alone a young coach who has always focused on professionalism, so he sold the veteran striker to Anderlecht as soon as the latter took charge of the team.

And although Boyer's final kick is a bit bad, and his ability to protect the ball is also weak, he is completely unsuitable for playing as a post-center. But in the case of the club's transfer funds are very tight, to be able to introduce such a young talent with a potential value of 145 for free, and the salary is only 460,000 euros per year before tax, according to the grapevine, it is still the love that is snatched from the hands of the Roma team, and Li Mudi has to give a thumbs up to the staff in charge of negotiations.

However, due to Belotti's sudden explosion this season, it is difficult for the substitute center forward to get a chance to play, except when the overall situation is determined to protect Italy's number one striker at this stage, as well as in cup competitions and against the weakest team in the league, the rest of the time can only sit on the bench and endure the years. And if he can switch to left winger, it could bring a new twist to his future career in Turin.

However, this transition is not good or bad, because at this age it is difficult to change the position that you have been accustomed to since childhood, and the difficulties encountered in transitioning into a new role can be imagined, and no one can guess what the final effect will be. And the most important thing is whether all the efforts of Boyer will be useless in an instant once the Torino team brings in a more capable left winger after that. Players can easily make promises of change for the sake of a momentary chance to play, but agencies that are planning for their entire careers can't make decisions so lightly, and they must know what the manager thinks before things get irretrievable.

Because it was his own initiative to make a suggestion, Li Mudi, who had never had a good attitude when facing the player's agent, rarely told the team's coaching staff's evaluation and prediction of the Argentine striker to Les Silva with very sufficient patience.

The agent who has been with the former since he signed his first professional contract with River Plate's Under-20s in 2013 is more aware of Boyer's weakness than anyone else. Prior to joining the Red Bulls, the player had made 55 competitive appearances for River Plate and Newell's Old Boys, and his record of four goals and four assists may not be as good as some defenders who are good at assisting. Therefore, after Li Mudi explained Boye's technical characteristics one by one, Silva agreed with the judgment of the Turin club, and also knew that the player may not be able to appear in the future as a central striker.

However, he was unwilling to be passive all the time, and still wanted to get a guarantee of the main force from the Torino coach, and wanted to help his players win a place in the team, but Li Mudi directly rejected him. The latter showed that his lineup for each game must refer to the state and ability of the players, and there is no one person who can commit to the main force. After seeing that the entanglement could not achieve its goal, Silva retreated and demanded that at least Boyer be guaranteed a chance to play in the rest of the season, for which Li Mudi nodded after thinking about it for more than ten seconds, but with conditions attached.

With a win over Sampdoria and a place in the Europa League largely assured, the Torino boss agreed to give the Argentine more playing time, but the player himself will have to put in a good performance to prove he deserves the honour.

After finally sending away the agent, who spoke extremely bad Italian and could only communicate in Spanish, Li Mudi took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, it was already a quarter of an hour before four o'clock, and this conversation took an hour, so he had no choice but to cheer up and return to the training ground. Just in time for the end of the tactical drill, the Torino coach, who had not been able to see the final results with his own eyes, was in a better mood after listening to a brief report from the assistant coach.

Boyer's performance in simple offensive runs is still decent, because he has a good sense of direct stopping, so the coaching staff designed a set of tactics for him to cut inside and not go straight into the penalty area, but to run sideways with Rajjdzic who plays as a forward midfielder and even switch positions, looking for opportunities to pass directly to Belotti in front of him in the process. This allows it to cover up its technical weakness as much as possible, and it can also take advantage of the excellent running characteristics of the red babe to strike Sampdoria on the ground against the Sampdoria defence.

On the defensive end, the young man's performance is even better, although the physical quality is only on the average level, but the relentless running and the rare ability of the frontcourt players to grab the ball still bring a great improvement to the defensive effect of the midfield. According to Samfield, when the main team's attack failed just now and the substitute side counterattacked, Boyer struggled to chase all the way from the sideline of the opponent's big penalty area, and finally interfered with Cherch's diagonal pass at the front of the penalty area, which was very touching.

This also makes Li Mudi have more expectations and confidence for this Saturday's game.