"Congratulations on joining the Adidas family!"
"It's my honor."
After completing the signing with Adidas, Mark Lane officially joined the Adidas faction, one of the two major sports brand groups.
The Adidas team's player lineup is no less impressive than Nike's.
Led by Messi, it boasts big-name stars like Kaka, Beckham, Alves, Suarez, Schweinsteiger, Xavi, and Van Persie.
Now, he is also among them!
Since he signed on as an Adidas brand ambassador, he also has to fulfill his ambassadorial duties.
For example, shooting promotional stills and commercials for relevant products.
So, Mark Lane and Raiola plan to stay in Berlin for one night, then after finishing the commercials and promotional photos tomorrow, they will proceed with the next step of their plan.
Adidas also arranged a five-star Intercontinental Hotel for the two and sent a special car to take them to the hotel.
After checking in, the two went up to their rooms.
"You rest first, then later we'll go down to the restaurant, enjoy dinner, and have a good talk."
"Okay."
Watching Raiola leave, Mark Lane also returned to his room.
After taking a hot shower to wash away the fatigue of travel, Mark Lane lay on the bed and first scrolled through social media for a while.
After deleting and blocking some hateful comments, he then began to delete a large number of private messages containing personal attacks and death threats.
Although he didn't understand why some domestic fans would send him death threats.
However, Mark Lane could probably guess why.
It might be because he, a player from a small Wolfsburg, actually stole the limelight from the great Bayern players, which is why they were so "jealous" of him... Afterwards, he scrolled through the comment section, liking some comments that praised and complimented him.
After an hour of social media and posting a new update about his signing with Adidas, he finally remembered to get down to business:
"System, come out! I want to add points!"
[Name: Mark Lane]
[Age: 18]
[Height: 179]
[Weight: 72]
[Dominant Foot: Right]
[Club: Wolfsburg]
[Owned Cards: Samba Elf, Super Substitute, King of Free Kicks]
[Attributes: Ball Control S, Shooting D, Passing C, Defense D, Physical C]
[Rating: Starting player for upper-mid-tier team in top five League]
[Available Points: 68]
"Oh, the rating finally increased?!"
After half a year of Bundesliga experience and the baptism of the World Cup, Mark Lane's rating also changed from "Starting player for lower-tier team in top five League" to "Starting player for upper-mid-tier team in top five League."
Of course, this rating is only based on an analysis of overall attribute values.
However, with Mark Lane's current combat strength, he is definitely a starting winger for a Champions League-level team!
In addition to the rating, his two major attributes, [Passing] and [Physical], also increased from D-level to C-level.
Under De Bruyne's hands-on guidance, his [Passing] attributes have all improved.
It is foreseeable that as long as he continues to learn from Teacher Ding, the [Passing] attribute will not even need points allocated to it and can slowly improve to a certain level.
As for his physique, as he spent more time in the gym and consistently practiced standing meditation and horse stance, his various attributes saw some growth.
But the biggest improvements were naturally in [Speed] and [Explosiveness].
As the main attributes for point allocation over the past six months, reaching double nineties in [Explosiveness] and [Speed] had a very significant effect.
Whether it was the Speed of dribbling connections, acceleration, or the fluidity of dribbling past opponents, there was a qualitative leap.
So, the question arises:
Should he continue to allocate the 68 potential points to [Explosiveness] and [Speed] to further enhance his strengths?
Or should he allocate the 68 potential points to areas that urgently need improvement, to make up for his shortcomings?
For example, stamina?
For example, physical confrontation?
Or for example, finishing ability?
68 points seem like a lot, but in reality, it's not.
If he wants to increase [Explosiveness] and [Speed] from 90 to 99 or even 100, he would have to spend three times the potential points.
Moreover, currently, double nineties in [Explosiveness] and [Speed] are already sufficient.
He would only be restrained if he encountered a full-back who was truly fast and also possessed strong physical confrontation.
Throughout the Bundesliga, the full-backs who can defend him are already few and far between.
Of course, these two attributes not only reflect his dribbling ability but also his Speed when making runs, his Speed when dropping back to receive the ball, his explosiveness when competing for 50/50 balls, and various other confrontation scenarios.
On the pitch, faster is always better!
So, after thinking it over, Mark Lane decided to continue increasing [Explosiveness] and [Speed]!
After spending 30 potential points to raise both [Explosiveness] and [Speed] to 95, he still had 38 potential points left.
Considering that there is a passing master like De Bruyne in the club, he won't have to worry about organizing attacks or making dangerous passes in the new season.
To win games and achieve better offensive statistics, he will definitely increase the frequency and number of his shots on goal.
Thus, his finishing ability must be improved!
Currently, his [Finishing] attribute is only 62, [Long Shot] 58, and [Shot Power] 60.
He had experimented before.
If he came on as a substitute, under the effect of the [Super Substitute] card, attributes related to shooting technique would skyrocket to over eighty!
However, considering that he will undoubtedly become the team's starting winger in the new season, it's impossible for him to come on as a substitute for most of the time.
Therefore, improving stamina and shooting technique is also imperative!
However, considering that stamina and strength can be improved through training, Mark Lane also unhesitatingly spent 18 potential points, raising his [Finishing] attribute from 62 to 80.
With the remaining 20 potential points, 10 points were added to [Long Shot] and 10 points to [Shot Power].
As the points allocation was completed, his [Finishing] attribute changed from 62 to 80, [Long Shot] from 58 to 68,
[Shot Power] from 60 to 70.
His [Shooting] rating also changed from D to C!
After allocating all 68 potential points, Mark Lane's system panel also changed to:
[Name: Mark Lane]
[Age: 18]
[Height: 179]
[Weight: 72]
[Dominant Foot: Right]
[Club: Wolfsburg]
[Owned Cards: Samba Elf, Super Substitute, King of Free Kicks]
[Attributes: Ball Control S, Shooting C, Passing C, Defense D, Physical C]
[Rating: Starting player for upper-mid-tier team in top five League]
[Available Points: 0]
Looking at his tremendous growth over the past six months, Mark Lane nodded with satisfaction.
Next, as long as he further strengthens his stamina training during the off-season, he will essentially have no significant weaknesses in the winger position.
He is already eager to start the new season and dominate on the Bundesliga and Champions League stages!
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