Boloni walked out of the office of technical director Aurelio Pereira with a complicated expression.
At this moment, he looked like a crop that had just experienced a storm and wilted.
Just now, in the office behind him, Aurelio expressed concerns about his formation and locker room management in recent times.
Of course, this is a nice way of saying it, but to put it bluntly, it just means I’m not satisfied.
Not only Aurelio, but the media and fans outside are also dissatisfied.
The most direct and important reason is that yesterday in the Czech capital Prague, Sporting Lisbon lost 1-3 to Slavia Prague in an away game, which directly sentenced Sporting Lisbon to death.
Reversing your opponent is not an easy task.
Niculai, whom Bologna had high hopes for, was completely misfired and couldn't even create much of a threat. This was the most fatal thing.
From the post-match press conference, to the airport back to Lisbon, to Alcocheti's door this morning, countless people are asking him the same question: Why Nikolai? Why not Sudong?
This amused and surprised Boloni.
Since when did Su Dong start to compare with Nikolai or even suppress Nikolai?
You know, Nikule is a powerful scorer who has scored 20 goals in a single season in the Romanian League. The center that Sporting Lisbon spent a whopping five million euros to introduce is well-known throughout European football.
But what about Su Dong?
He is eighteen years old and is just a young player who has just emerged.
Shouldn't such a young player play more as a substitute?
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Boloni walked along the edge of the training ground to the first team training building.
He was thinking about yesterday's game.
Slavia Prague is a team from the Czech Republic, and its overall style is similar to that in Romania. Boloni originally hoped that Nikulai could find the familiar feeling of playing in Romania with Slavia Prague.
But the facts proved that Nikolai's performance was still sluggish.
Boloni did not doubt the strength of his compatriots, but what really surprised him was Slavia Prague's performance.
The opponent in this game is the famous Czech coach Miroslav Beranek.
Few people have heard of this Czech head coach, but he is well-known in European professional football circles.
He did not have a very brilliant professional resume, and even the early stage of coaching was very unsatisfactory. What really made him famous in the European football coaching circle was in 1998, when he spent two years to bring a team a distance away from the capital Prague.
Schmelbursani, a small country team an hour's drive away, was brought to the Czech First Division.
Why the sensation?
Because there are only 389 people in the village where this team is located. Even if all the fans in surrounding villages and towns are added up, the number is less than four digits. What an incredible achievement!
But that alone is not enough to surprise the industry.
In Schmelbursany, Beranek trained a group of very outstanding young players, so much so that when he left the club to coach the Czech U21, five players in the Czech national youth team were from here.
Home country small team.
More importantly, in the 2002 European Youth Championship, Beranek led the Czech youth team to win the European Championship.
Among the five young players from Schmelbursani, Nemec, Kolar and Simak are now famous Czech players, but the most famous one is undoubtedly the current main goalkeeper of the Czech national team, Petr Cech.
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The talented Czech goalkeeper, who transferred to French Ligue 1 Rennes for 4 million euros this summer, mentioned Beranek in an interview. He said that Beranek was a good player when he was in Schmelbursani.
Tell him, "You're going to be the best goalkeeper in the world."
Subsequently, Cech moved from the rural team to the giant Sparta Prague, creating the longest clean sheet record in the Czech domestic league. He has not conceded a goal for 1,000 consecutive minutes in the European Champions Cup. Now he has just transferred to Rennes.
Firmly occupy the main position.
From this resume, it is not difficult to see that Beranek's name is not particularly famous, but his coaching ability is outstanding.
Slavia Prague under his coaching firmly froze Nikule in the first round. This was no accident.
And Boloni doesn't believe that Nikule can't break through the defensive dilemma that Beranek has arranged for him. Can the problem be solved by replacing the 18-year-old Su Dong?
Boloni is still very confident in his vision. He believes that so far, Nikolai's strength is still higher than that of Sudong, but it is just because of various factors such as state and self-confidence that he has not shown it.
As long as Nikolai is given enough trust and support, I believe he can usher in an explosion.
But why does everyone think that Su Dong should replace Nikolai?
Could it be that what Nikolai couldn't do, Su Dong could do?
Boloni didn't believe it.
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In the living room of the apartment in the Parc des Nations, the video of Sporting Lisbon's away game against Slavia Prague was playing on the TV.
Su Dong crossed his legs and sat in front of the TV, watching the game attentively. From time to time, he took the pen in his hand to record his observations and some problems that emerged during the game in his notebook.
This was a disastrous failure.
But even if you fail miserably, you will still gain something.
Not far behind him, Jose Semedo, Pepe and Tonito were all waiting with their chins in their hands in boredom.
They don’t know what’s the point of watching these game videos over and over again?
Is it more fun than live football?
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"Su, after watching it for so long, have you gained anything?"
Tonito sat next to Su Dong and asked with concern.
After getting acquainted with Su Dong and others, this kid moved in confidently, saved a lot of rent, bought a car, and became a free driver for everyone in the apartment.
, transporting them to the training base every day.
He didn't dare to steal Su Dong or Ronnie's room, but added an extra bed in Pepe's room.
Not because he was polite, but because Su Dong practiced yoga in the room every day, and Ronnie often secretly brought Jordana back to spend the night, which was not very convenient.
Su Dong turned his attention away from the TV, looked at Tonito, and praised, "Beranek is still very strong."
"Of course, this is the one who led the Czech national youth team to win the European Cup."
"Niculai is still anxious. He always sneaks into the penalty area, but he doesn't know that it is the most densely defended area by the opponent. Once inside, he can only get into close combat. This is not a good idea."
Tonito nodded, "In the locker room at halftime, Boloni also reminded me like this, but there was still no improvement in the second half. I think it is possible that once he leaves the penalty area, there won't be much for Nikule."
Threatened?"
Su Dong was slightly startled, and he realized that this seemed to be the case.
When he was thinking about this problem, he always couldn't help but put himself into it, but he didn't realize that Nikolai was not the Soviet Union, and Nikolai might not be able to do what the Soviet Union knew.
Of course, for now, Nikolai is still stronger than Su Dong in terms of lethality and physical confrontation in the penalty area.
But Su Dongsheng wins in all aspects.
Nikolai discovered that if he stayed away from the penalty area, not only would the scoring threat disappear, but the tactical effect would also be greatly weakened. Therefore, he knew that the penalty area was a quagmire, but he still had to dig into it again and again.
To be fair, Nikulei also played a certain role in Quaresma's final goal.
"If it were me, I would focus on the outside of the penalty area and pull out more. After connecting with the midfielder, I will have more choices. And I took a look and Slavia Prague's defenders are not tall..."
At the end of the sentence, Su Dong smiled mysteriously.
Tonito, Pepe and the others looked at each other, showing an urge to beat him up.
Normally, a height of about 1.85 meters is considered the mainstream height in European professional football. Many outstanding players are basically in this position. But Su Dong is different. He is 1.95 meters tall. What's even more frightening is that,
His speed and explosive power are particularly outstanding, and his movements with his feet are very flexible, which is really disappointing.
With his height and long legs, Su Dong often only needs to lean on the defender to catch the ball, and the opponent's defender cannot catch the ball at all.
In the same way, Nikolai is 1.85 meters tall, which is not short, but his advantage is not as obvious as that of Su Dong.
Sometimes, things just don't make sense.
What you can't do no matter how hard you try, others can achieve easily.
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At the weekend, in the ninth round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon challenged Guimarães away.
Although it was affected by the disastrous away defeat in midweek, the Green Lions still have high morale at home.
Only 18 minutes into the game, another clever collaboration between Sudong and Ronnie at the edge of the penalty area. After Sudong got past the defender in the penalty area, he volleyed with his right foot, opening the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.
This is his fifth Portuguese Super League goal this season.
After changing sides in the second half, Sporting Lisbon once again launched a wild attack.
Su Dong played a decisive role in the center position of the frontcourt, firmly suppressing the opponent's defender and creating a huge space for the midfielder to insert. Tonito successively connected with Rui in just three minutes.
·Jorge and Paul Bento scored twice through passes, winning two consecutive games for Sporting Lisbon.
Although Guimarães came back later, Sporting Lisbon ultimately defeated its opponent 3-1 and retained its position as the league leader.
However, Porto and Benfica also won this round, especially Benfica, who beat Ferreira 7-0 at home.
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After a week's rest, the Portuguese Super League started the tenth round.
But what is surprising is that in the home game against Vicente, Su Dong was not selected from the squad and was replaced by Nikolai.
Not only that, Boloni also adjusted the team's defense and Pepe was excluded from the squad.
As a result, Sporting Lisbon conceded a goal in the first three minutes and another in the 21st minute.
Although Su Dong came on as a substitute in the second half, he was unable to reverse the situation and eventually conceded another goal in stoppage time.
With a score of 0 to 3, Sporting Lisbon suffered a disastrous defeat at home.
As Porto won this round, Sporting Lisbon gave up the lead.
Boloni explained to the outside world that the purpose of the team rotation is for the UEFA Cup in midweek.
