With the hustle and bustle of Christmas approaching, Alcoschetti becomes deserted.
The team ushered in the Christmas holiday, and many players also had round-trip air ticket subsidies, so they all went home for the New Year.
Ronnie, for example, returned to Madeira last night.
Although Jose Semedo did not receive subsidies, his family was in Setubal, which is very close to Lisbon, so he also went back.
Su Dong and Pepe politely declined Ronnie's kind invitation and chose to stay in Lisbon.
Albertini returned to Milan, while Andre Cruz did not return to Brazil, but chose to stay at home with his wife and children.
Professional players travel all year round to compete, often training for one or two months, and have very little time to spend with their families.
Although the team is on holiday and all the teammates and friends who usually train together have gone back, Sudong and Pepe still come to Alcoschetti for training every day. Without Tonito as a free driver, they can only choose to take a taxi.
They are not the only ones who practice more during the holidays.
Quaresma also comes to Alcocheti every day. He and his family live in downtown Lisbon. After seeing Sudong and Pepe play in Alcocheti, this talented Portuguese winger drove here by himself.
He offered to pick them up and drop them off.
At first there were only three of them, but by the afternoon there were two more.
They are all players from the Sporting Lisbon youth team. One is called Nani, a winger who also has Cape Verdean descent. He has just turned sixteen. He is quite familiar with Ronnie and has chatted with Su Dong several times.
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After turning 16 in November, he was officially transferred to the second team and will train with the first team during the winter break and the second half of the season. This is also a way for Sporting Lisbon to pay attention to young players who have performed well in the youth training camp.
award.
There is also Joao Moutinho, a midfielder whose characteristics are a bit like those of Ugo Viana who traveled to England. He is good at midfield organization and passing, and his defense is also good, so he is known as
He is the successor of Ugo Viana.
This is a very interesting place in the football world.
Hugo Viana himself is still a rookie, but he is already starting to have a successor in Sporting Lisbon.
Moutinho's playing characteristics and style are basically the same as those from Rui Costa to Hugo Viana.
And Nani, at first some people said he looked like Quaresma, but later everyone said he was very similar to Ronnie, both in terms of bloodline and playing characteristics, so he became Ronnie's successor.
title.
However, so far, Su Dong's successor has not appeared in the youth team.
It is worth mentioning that a good friend of Su Dong and Ronnie in the youth team, central defender Jose Fonte, will also be officially transferred to the first team after the winter break, because Boloni is not good at the performance of the current first team central defenders.
very satisfied.
Jose Fonte is a very capable central defender, and Su Dong believes that he will perform well in the first team.
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When several people come together to train together, you actually help me and I help you.
In addition to some regular training, Su Dong focused on strengthening headers from crosses from the wing.
Pepe will defend closely, Quaresma and Nani will take the ball from both wings, and Sudong and Pepe will fight for the landing spot.
The reason why he practiced this routine is because Su Dong finally chose Klose's "Aerial Overlord" under the fierce temptation of Maradona's "Left Foot of God". He felt that the most urgent thing for him now was to strengthen himself.
header.
As a center forward, scoring goals is what he needs to consider most.
On the training ground, the two wings were constantly picking up the ball. Sudong and Pepe in the penalty area were constantly judging where the ball would land and fighting for the top.
In this kind of repeated training, Su Dong gradually integrated and mastered Klose's "Aerial Dominance", constantly improved his ability to predict the ball's landing point, and strived to improve his heading ability as soon as possible.
In the first game of the second half of the winter break, the opponent was Mourinho's Porto.
Sporting Lisbon is currently lagging behind Porto in the standings. If they want to reverse course in the second half, they must win this strong dialogue.
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When Su Dong and others were sweating profusely on the training ground, two Spaniards came to the sidelines.
One of them is Spanish scout Garcia, whom Su Dong is familiar with.
The two of them stood on the sidelines, looking at the teenagers in the stadium who had been practicing during the holidays, and they couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
"It's no wonder that in recent years, Sporting Lisbon's youth academy has produced a large number of talents and the football atmosphere is really good."
Garcia laughed and said, "Did you see that? That's Quaresma."
Following Garcia's gestures, the middle-aged Spanish man easily recognized Quaresma.
Perhaps it was a preconceived impression, but he felt that this Portuguese genius was really good. Whether he was stopping the ball or passing the ball, he was very good. More importantly, he was still very young.
Another boy with dark skin seemed to be a lot more frizzy, especially when it came to handling the ball, and his technical movements were not stable enough. He especially liked to stop and smash the ball suddenly before making a sudden pass.
But the problem is that the quality of this kind of cross is still very low.
"He should be an African-American player. He has a good body, should be very fast, and his skills are a bit like street football. He is very casual, not stable enough, and the quality of his crosses is not high... Eh!"
The middle-aged Spanish man was slightly surprised.
In the stadium, the quality of Nani's cross was indeed not high, but Sudong, who was responsible for receiving the ball in the middle, reacted very quickly. He immediately judged the ball's landing point and took the lead before Pepe. He stood up and headed the ball.
Attack the goal.
This caught the attention of the Spanish middle-aged man.
"This kid..."
After noticing it, the middle-aged Spanish began to pay attention to Su Dong subconsciously.
He found that the focus of this training was to train Su Dong's ability to receive crosses, and his prediction of the ball path was always very accurate and his reaction time was short. Although this was just training and did not represent his performance in the game,
If you can do this in training, it will definitely not be too bad in the game.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It's interesting, is he the Su Dong you mentioned?" the Spaniard asked with a smile.
Garcia smiled and nodded.
Su Dong really stood out from the crowd. With his height, complexion and hair color, he was recognized at first sight among the crowd.
"He has played well this season. He should have attracted the attention of many European teams, right?" the Spanish middle-aged man asked with a smile.
Garcia nodded, "Yes, there are indeed many teams paying attention to him, including giants like Manchester United, Arsenal, Inter Milan and Juventus, but there is a very serious problem."
"What?"
"He has never participated in a national team game. It will be very troublesome to go to the Premier League. In other leagues, he has to occupy a non-European quota."
The middle-aged Spanish man had a sudden realization.
The labor certificate for the Premier League team is a very troublesome thing. If you want to get the labor certificate without participating in the national team game, you must show enough strength and performance. Otherwise, how to convince the Premier League team to work for you?
To run as hard as possible?
Especially for giant clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal, it is not an easy task for them to obtain a labor certificate for a young player. For example, the talented teenager Kaká and Ferguson who participated in the Brazilian national team in the World Cup did not.
The law fights for him.
As for the non-European quota, this is also a very troublesome matter.
For the teams in the four major leagues, especially the upper reaches, the quota limit for non-European foreign players is very strict. Every team has restrictions on foreign players. Who would be willing to use a valuable player for an 18-year-old player?
Foreign aid quota?
For many teams, they would rather spend more money to buy an EU player than waste a foreign player quota, because those are precious resources reserved for the most versatile stars.
Of course, there will be some teams that don't care about non-European status because they can't use up their foreign player quota.
"His agent Mendes has been very popular recently. He has successively signed the agency rights for the stars of many Portuguese Super League teams such as Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, and Sudong is one of the players Mendes values most.
I have been running around and contacting the team.”
After listening to Garcia's words, the middle-aged Spanish man nodded heavily.
"It's really not easy. Watching him train, it's really surprising and exciting that his body can have such speed and skills."
After hearing this, Garcia felt even more happy.
This was a famous Spanish midfielder in the 1980s. Before Mendieta, Valencia's right midfielder was his unbeatable main position. At the same time, he had considerable network resources in Spain and had a very sharp vision.
If he is optimistic about Su Dong, it proves that Su Dong is definitely not bad.
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As the two of them were talking, the training on the court came to an end for the time being.
Garcia loudly called Su Dong over.
When Su Dong and his team went to the Bernabeu to watch the game, thanks to Garcia, he helped them get tickets and took them to visit Real Madrid's locker room, so the relationship between Su Dong and Garcia was quite good.
"Why are you here? You didn't even tell me in advance." Su Dong was a little surprised.
I troubled Garcia last time, so I will definitely do my best to show my kindness to the landlord this time.
"I have something to do temporarily. Come and talk to Aurelio." Garcia explained with a smile.
He didn't say anything about it, but if you think about it, you should have guessed that it was probably related to the players.
Garcia is a scout, but not just a scout. There are many places where he can cooperate with Sporting Lisbon.
"After we finish talking, let's have dinner together?" Su Dong suggested.
"No, we have to rush back to Madrid, maybe next time."
Su Dong felt very sorry. He didn't like to owe favors and always felt that he had to treat himself to a meal to feel at ease.
"Oh, by the way, let me introduce to you, this is the famous Valencia player, Javier Subirac."
Now Su Dong was even more convinced that Garcia's coming over must have something to do with the players.
"Hello, Javier."
"Hello, Sue."
"When you come here this time, which player from our team do you like?" Su Dong asked tentatively in a joking tone.
In fact, he is still a bit gossipy.
Subilac glanced at Garcia and was quite interested in this curious boy. He laughed and said, "I'm attracted to you!"
"Ah?" Su Dong was slightly startled.
"But it's a pity..." Subilac changed the subject, "I don't work in any team now, so..."
Su Dong smiled bitterly, he realized that Subilac seemed to be joking with him too.
