"I will never take the initiative to talk to him!"
At the Romario Seafood Restaurant in downtown Lisbon, Su Dong said loudly and resolutely.
Ronnie, Pepe, Albertini, Andre Cruz and others sitting in front of him all felt his non-negotiable determination, and he had decided not to give in!
Albertini's proposal was mature and prudent. He believed that Su Dongpo should take the initiative to talk to Boloni, communicate some of their ideas, and ease the current tension.
Now everyone can see that Sporting Lisbon's problems are acute.
Boloni wanted to help his confidant Nikolai get out of the quagmire, but Nikolai did not perform well, but Su Dong shined.
Then the problem comes.
The better Su Dong performs, the more he seems to be putting coach Boloni on the fire.
Boloni has always attached great importance to team discipline and is even a bit stubborn, so he re-employed Nikolai almost out of spite.
The more suspicious the outside world is, the more he trusts Nikolai.
He wanted Nikolai to prove his strength and also prove his coaching ability.
In fact, there is no way to resolve it, that is, Su Dong takes a step back and eases the relationship with Boloni.
After all, the other party is the head coach of the team.
But Su Dong was unwilling to do this.
"Yes, last season he gave me a chance to play in the first team, he trusted me and even let me play in the Portuguese Cup final, which made me very grateful to him for a time, but so far this season, I don't think I have
If he did anything wrong, I never even said a bad word about him outside."
"But what did he give me in return?"
The problem between Su Dongpo and Boloni was never an accidental phenomenon.
In addition to Sporting Lisbon, Porto, other teams, and even all teams will encounter similar situations.
There are only eleven players on the field. The head coach has his own ideas and preferences for hiring, which can even be said to be stubborn. This will inevitably bring about some unfairness and lead to conflicts within the team. This is also normal.
What is more unusual is that Su Dong is only eighteen years old. Boloni believes that he should suppress this young player, otherwise the authority of the head coach will be affected. At the same time, he must also help compatriot Nikule regain his confidence and form.
But now, can Su Dong still hold back?
"From the day I decided to ask to return to the second team in front of everyone, I knew I had no way out."
"As long as I don't perform well, he will take him out of the game roster at any time, or even demote him to the second team to show his authority as a head coach, so I have no choice but to keep working hard to perform better.
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"To me, that's not necessarily a bad thing."
Su Dong spoke very forcefully, and people such as Albertini and Andre Cruz could understand his mood and situation.
Ronnie was even more indignant, "I think Su Dong is right. How come Nikolai can still be trusted and get so many opportunities when he behaves like that, but Su Dong can't?"
"Since as the head coach, he is unfair to us, then why do we have to compromise with him to reconcile?"
"If you ask me, even if there is a reconciliation, it is Boloni who took the initiative to find a settlement with Su. The worst is that we go to other teams to play. As long as we perform well, are we afraid that we will have no place to play?" Ronnie said at the end, even the words of leaving the team were gone.
Said it out.
Peipei on the side also nodded indignantly.
Albertini and Andre Cruz looked at each other, both showing expressions of helplessness.
They are not afraid, but hope to help Su Dong ease the relationship with the head coach. But now it seems that this group of young people have completely different ideas from them.
Or should I say, they all have more personality.
"That's right!" Albertini nodded and smiled, "Seeing you like this, I really feel that I am getting old."
Andre Cruz nodded with a wry smile, he felt the same way.
"Demi, Andrei, I know you have good intentions."
Su Dong also understood the feelings of the two veterans, "But don't worry, this is not a bad thing for me!"
He is holding back a lot of anger now, just to confront Bologni face to face, and if he takes the initiative to reconcile, then this anger will be released.
"I will prove it to him and show it to everyone!"
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October 20th, the seventh round of the Portuguese Super League.
Sporting Lisbon faces fellow city team Belerenses at home.
Since all the international players returned to their home countries to work hard for the team, Bologna was somewhat stretched in terms of formation for this game.
Facing Belerenses tonight, he lined up a frontcourt trio of Joao Pinto, Sudong and Ronnie.
All the players who participated in the national team games and training camps were excluded from the lineup by him. Niculai was not even included in the squad, but everyone knew that this was because Boloni was protecting his compatriots.
After Su Dong came on the stage, he performed as hard as ever.
In the 29th minute, Su Dong cleverly ran out of a gap in the penalty area, received a pass from João Pinto, and scored in one stroke in the penalty area, opening the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.
These are his three Portuguese Super League goals this season.
Subsequently, the game entered a deadlock. It was not until the 89th minute that Quaresma, who replaced Ronnie, was on the right side of the penalty area. After receiving a pass from Su Dong, he relied on his personal ability to pass the defensive player with the outside of his instep.
The volley hit and scored another victory for Sporting Lisbon.
Two to zero!
With goals from Sudong and Quaresma, Sporting Lisbon defeated Belerenses with two goals.
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The highlight of this round is Porto vs. Benfica at home.
Only four minutes into the game, midfielder Thiago opened the scoring for Benfica, but then Benfica defender Bonfim scored an own goal.
In the 71st minute of the second half, Deco scored the goal that sealed the victory.
In the end, Porto defeated Benfica 2-1 at home.
After seven rounds of games, Porto and Guimarães both tied for the top spot with 17 points.
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With the victory in this round, Sporting Lisbon is closely followed with 16 points, ranking third, Benfica, Belerenses, and Braga all have 13 points.
After seven rounds, the situation of the new Portuguese Super League season has begun to take shape.
Mourinho's Porto has improved by leaps and bounds thanks to their summer shopping, and their performance in the new season has been very solid.
Guimarães has not faced a strong team so far, and the top spot is more like a one-day trip on the weekend.
Sporting Lisbon and Benfica are still the two teams most promising to challenge Porto's dominance, while Boavista, last season's top three team, is currently only ranked ninth, and its performance has plummeted.
This is no accident either.
Boavista sold many core players through transfers this summer, resulting in a significant loss in the team's overall strength. Coupled with the two-front operation, it was difficult for them to focus on the Portuguese Super League.
Like Sporting Lisbon, Boavista participated in the UEFA Cup after being eliminated from the Champions League and advanced from the first round.
The first leg of the second round was at the end of October. Sporting Lisbon's opponent was Slavia Prague from the Czech Republic.
Porto's opponent was the Austrian team Austria Vienna, while Boavista met Anroxas from Cyprus.
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October 26th, the eighth round of the Portuguese Super League.
Sporting Lisbon faces Boavista away from home.
Last season's championship and runner-up encounter, now times have changed, and the two teams are in completely different situations.
Bologna once again arranged for Sudong, but this also made it clear to everyone in the Sporting Lisbon locker room that in midweek's UEFA Cup away game against Slavia Prague in the Czech Republic, Nikule will.
Su Dong's partners are Quaresma and Joao Pinto.
As the saying goes, a ship is broken by three pounds of nails. Boavista's strength has been greatly damaged, but the confidence for strong dialogue is still there.
They also suffered from Su Dong, so they paid special attention to Su Dong.
It wasn't until the 44th minute that Sudong relied on Tonito's pass from the wing, beat the Boavista central defender, and scored with a header from close range, opening the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.
But Boavista equalized the score in the 70th minute of the second half.
Ronny came on the field in the 82nd minute, replacing Quaresma. Just five minutes later, he received a deft backheel pass from Sudong in the left rib area of the frontcourt, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and scored with a shot.
, two to one!
The tacit cooperation between the two young players at the last moment of the game helped Sporting Lisbon win another three points.
Since Porto was equalized by Leiria 2-2 away in this round, Guimarães even lost 2-3 at home to Wazim. With three points in this round, Sporting Lisbon successfully reversed Porto and Guimarães.
Top Portuguese Super League.
This is also the reason why Sporting Lisbon rebounded strongly after a poor start and topped the Portuguese Super League standings for the first time.
Throughout the Portuguese football world, all Sporting Lisbon fans have given very high praise to a group of young players led by Sudong, Ronnie and Quaresma, as well as Pepe, who has played as a central defender in recent games.
These four young players are all under the age of twenty and are in a period of rapid rise.
In an interview with the media, technical director Aurelio highly praised the performance of these young players in the team, believing that they demonstrated the outstanding youth training level of Sporting Lisbon.
"Many people say that we will have nothing with young players, but I don't think so."
"I think with this talented group of young players, we can win it all!"
But just when Aurelio was feeling complacent and ambitious, Sporting Lisbon flew away to challenge Slavia Prague in the UEFA Cup in midweek.
The lineup was as expected. Boloni arranged for Niculai and rotated the lineup.
As a result, in the away game, we conceded a goal in the first ten minutes.
Another one was conceded in the 40th minute, and the third one was conceded in the 87th minute.
Fortunately, at the last minute of the game, Quaresma got the team back.
In the end, Sporting Lisbon suffered a humiliating 1-3 defeat from Prague.
Although there is an away goal in hand, it is undoubtedly a very unfavorable predicament for the two-leg match.
Boloni's use of troops was once again criticized by the outside world, especially his behavior of benching the in-form Su Dong for the entire game, which aroused confusion among the media and fans.
