When walking into the tunnel, Ronnie put his arm on Su Dong's shoulder with a smile and asked happily.
Su Dong shook his head. He didn't have the habit of paying attention to other people's faces.
Besides, now, he doesn't care what Nikolai thinks.
"I tell you, it's wonderful." Ronnie felt very satisfied. "However, I think he should be very unconvinced."
"Why?"
"Think about it. To be honest, your goal is not that difficult. If he comes to score, he should be able to score."
Hearing Ronnie say this, Su Dong raised the corners of his mouth slightly and sneered, "Really?"
Scoring a goal is not just about the footwork at the moment the goal is scored, but also about the previous passing process.
Su Dong's goal seems simple, but in fact, before, he retreated to play the ball, distributed it to Quaresma on the right, and then turned around and sprinted quickly.
If it were Nikolai, would he be able to do it?
If Niculai could drop back to pick up the ball and play with it, Boloni wouldn't have such a headache. If his speed allows him to quickly rush into the penalty area after turning around, his impact will be more threatening.
Nikolai could not do both of these things.
Since it couldn't be done, how could this goal-scoring opportunity arise?
"I'm telling you, brother, it's almost over now. Take this opportunity to directly..." Ronnie made a gesture of wiping his neck.
"Kill him?" Su Dong pretended to be surprised.
Ronnie was angry and said, "Kill him, what I said is, kill him, don't give him a chance to stand up."
"Bologni will not give up on him." Su Dong said the fact lightly.
Ronnie was also smart and understood immediately, "They are all Romanians."
Niculai came to Sporting Lisbon because of Boloni. If Boloni did not take care of this compatriot, his reputation in Romanian domestic football would definitely be ruined.
Sometimes, this relationship bond can also be an advantage.
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In the locker room after the game, the players were in a good mood.
They reversed Santa Clara at home and achieved their first victory of the new season, which is definitely worth celebrating.
As the number one hero tonight, Su Dong naturally received unanimous praise from his teammates.
Even Albertini, who had always been very unsmiling and very demanding towards him, rarely praised him for doing a good job.
When Boloni opened the locker room door and came in, the originally noisy locker room gradually became quiet.
The Romanian head coach felt the change in the atmosphere, and he knew why.
Since Jardel left the team, things have not been normal in Sporting Lisbon's dressing room.
Many times, it's not that he doesn't know many things, but he just doesn't want to remedy them, and doesn't think it's necessary to remedy them.
As long as the team wins and the results improve, everything will be fine.
Now, finally won.
The problem is that the hero is not his confidant Nikolai.
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"Everyone did a good job in this game."
Boloni walked among the players and gave them recognition with a smile.
This is a routine after winning a game.
"Especially our midfield and defense. In addition to conceding the ball, our midfield and back defense were very good tonight. I believe we will perform better and better in the future."
"The frontcourt is also good. It's a pity that Quaresma didn't score a single goal. Ronnie, your goal was beautiful."
As soon as Boloni finished speaking, Ronnie responded with a smile: "The main reason is that Su Dong passed the ball well. He directly fed the ball to my mouth like a pizza. I have no reason not to eat it, right?"
After everyone heard this, they all burst into laughter. This description was also interesting.
At least half of the credit for that goal should belong to Su Dong.
And everyone looked at Boloni one after another. After praising so many people, should they praise Su Dong?
After Su Dong heard Ronny's words, he smiled and patted him, pretending to lower his head. In fact, he was waiting for Boloni's reaction.
Boloni was a little embarrassed. He felt the eyes of everyone and the change in the atmosphere of the locker room.
He knew that he had no choice.
"Of course, the best performer was Su Dong. He changed the trend of the game after coming on as a substitute. Our key man, our little god of war, is back!"
When everyone heard this, they all applauded vigorously, and Ronnie and Pepe even cheered loudly.
The Brazilian central defender finally completed the trial training at the end of August and officially transferred from Maritimo to Sporting Lisbon. He has recently been included in the squad, but has not yet made his debut.
"Thank you." Su Dong thanked Boloni, "Actually, I have never left. I was just waiting for the opportunity."
"I've been paying attention to you too. Don't worry, you will get more playing time."
Su Dong nodded in greeting.
It doesn't matter how nice you say it, the key is to see what he does.
Boloni was actually very angry in his heart. He was angry at Su Dong's forced marriage and at the same time angry at Nikolai's malaise.
Now, the situation has developed to this point, forcing Boloni to take a stand.
He had a strong feeling that if Su Dong's condition continued, he, the head coach, would no longer be able to suppress him.
Nikolai can only sit on the bench!
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The next morning, Alcocheti.
As soon as Aurelio Pereira arrived at the office, there was a fresh copy of the Morning Post on his desk.
Front page headline: Mr. Key’s birthday party!
The cover shows Su Dong taking off his jersey and celebrating his goal on the sidelines.
Although there are rumors that FIFA will change the rules and prohibit players from taking off their clothes to celebrate goals, the rules have not been changed, so players are basically not restricted from taking off their clothes to celebrate goals.
But after Su Dong took off his clothes, he revealed a body of strong muscles, which surprised Aurelio.
Many things can be faked, but muscles cannot be faked.
Lazy players tend to gain weight, but only hard-working players can build such muscles.
The current Su Dong is far from reaching the level of a Warcraft hunk, but compared to a year ago, he is much stronger.
It seems that he has worked hard in the past few months this summer.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Aurelio thought of a question Su Dong's agent asked him when he had dinner with Mendes last night.
“Want to sell another Ugo Viana?”
Aurelio was very excited.
I think about it so much that I almost go crazy.
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Time's up.
After Boloni arrived in Alcoschetti, he immediately came to the office of technical director Aurelio.
Aurelio cordially greeted him to sit down, and his first words directly talked about last night's game.
For Nikolai, the technical team's assessment was not satisfactory and believed that his performance was not outstanding enough.
But for Ronnie, Sudong and Quaresma, Aurelio all gave affirmation.
"Look, the front page of the Morning Post wrote that last night's game was Su Dong's birthday party."
"I think we should not be too harsh on young players. We should give them more opportunities to practice and let them try, take risks and make mistakes."
"This is not only the opinion of the technical team, but also the opinion of the higher-ups."
Boloni understood.
"Aurelio, I understand what you said, but we are the first team, and you should know that the performance of players who are too young is ups and downs, so I think we should continue to wait and see for a while."
"More importantly, midweek is the first leg of the first knockout round of the UEFA Cup, so there is no room for error."
Aurelio knew that Boloni was still unwilling to give up Niculai, and he had been mentally prepared for it, but his face still darkened, and he simply fell silent.
Boloni felt the pressure and immediately changed the subject, "Of course, the technical team's opinions are also very reasonable, so I will increase his playing time. If he performs well, I will seriously consider letting him play more games."
"Well, it would be best if you could manage the locker room well." Aurelio said calmly.
The technical director must know what happened in the locker room.
Boloni also knows very well that he doesn't have many chips on hand now.
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On the evening of September 19th, Alvalade Stadium.
The first leg of the first knockout round of the UEFA Cup.
Sporting Lisbon was eliminated from the Champions League qualifying rounds, dealing a heavy blow to the local football market.
Although it was called the League Cup, in fact, there were only 15,000 fans present, and the attendance was even more than 10,000 fewer than the weekend game against Santa Clara, which shows the degree of depression in the football market.
The opponent in the first knockout round is Partizan Belgrade from Yugoslavia, which is also a strong team with good strength.
The head coach is Tubakovic, who is called "one of the greatest coaches in Europe" by UEFA. He is also the most successful head coach in the history of Partizan Belgrade, leading the team to win the league championship six times and three times.
Cup champion and the best coach of Yugoslavia for six consecutive years.
Tonight, against Sporting Lisbon away from home, he deployed a 3-5-2 formation.
As a result, what no one expected was that less than eleven minutes into the game, Sporting Lisbon center back Hugo scored an own goal and conceded the first goal.
In the 25th minute, Tonito pulled the score back for Sporting Lisbon.
But in the 35th minute, the guerrilla team made another victory and exceeded the score again.
At halftime, Boloni changed two players in a row, with Ronnie and Rodrigo Tello both coming on.
The Green Lions displayed a relentless momentum, trying to overwhelm their opponents in one fell swoop.
But center Nikolai missed too many opportunities in the frontcourt.
Perhaps because he hadn't scored for too long and was eager to score, he was not decisive enough in grasping opportunities. Sometimes he acted too hastily and sometimes he was too hesitant, which led to him frequently wasting opportunities.
Sporting Lisbon had the advantage on the field, but was never able to convert the advantage into goals.
By the 70th minute, Boloni finally couldn't sit still.
At Pontes's greeting, Su Dong stood up from the bench, took off his coat, and slowly walked to the sidelines.
At this time, the entire Alvalade Stadium burst into cheers from fans.
"Little God of War!"
Fans were full of expectations for Su Dong's coming on as a substitute. Even head coach Boloni was surprised by this treatment and even a little envious.
He is already so popular among Sporting Lisbon fans?
Soon, No. 36 Su Dong replaced No. 7 Nikolai.
The substitutions will be the same as in the game against Santa Clara.
But, can Su Dong continue his magical performance in the last game this time?
