On February 8, in the 21st round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon faced Braga at home.
Su Dong, who has been in a very popular state recently, once again showed an incredible performance.
After nearly an hour of fierce competition between the two sides, Braga's defense finally showed a flaw.
In the 54th minute, in a quick counterattack, Sudong received a through ball from Tonito, used his speed to break through the opponent's defense, and hit the goal in the penalty area, opening the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.
Just six minutes later, with cooperation from the left, Rui Jorge received a counterattack from Ronnie and passed a 45-degree diagonal pass into the penalty area. Sudong took the lead in grabbing the best spot, overpowering his opponent, and hit the goal with a header.
Scored twice.
Two to zero!
Sporting Lisbon finally defeated Braga with two goals thanks to Su Dong's goal.
Su Dong scored a hat trick in the last round, scored twice in this round, and scored five goals in two rounds. Su Dong's performance not only shocked the entire Portuguese football world, but even European football began to pay close attention to this young player.
Chinese young general.
Spanish newspaper Marca reported after the game that this Ronaldo fan has begun to enter the field of vision of Real Madrid's technical team. With his impressive record of nine goals in six games since the winter break, he is only 18 years old.
The 20-year-old Su Dong made Sporting Lisbon fans completely forget about Jardel.
"Such a crazy goal is enough to rival Jardel last season!"
"But don't forget, Su Dong is only eighteen years old!"
Gazzetta dello Sport also broke the news that AC Milan's technical team paid close attention to Su Dong's movements after receiving Albertini's recommendation.
"Although Ancelotti emphasized that the team's forward line is not lacking, Galliani still targeted two young players for summer transfer signings, namely the talented young player Kaká from Brazil.
And Sudong of Sporting Lisbon."
"These two young players are more of a talent reserve for the team for the future."
Tuttosport revealed that Juventus is also paying close attention to two rookies from Sporting Lisbon, center Su Dong and winger Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Lippi is more interested in Su Dong. He has told the technical team that a center like Su Dong will bring a great improvement to the team. He hopes the team can seriously consider bringing him to Turin City."
But Turin Sports News also revealed that the target of Juventus management is not only Su Dong, but also Ajax’s Swedish center Ibrahimovic. This player is close to the team’s core Nedved.
Germany and Germany have the same agent, Raiola from Italy.
"Obviously, Raiola is closer to Juventus."
Mundo Deportivo from Catalonia, Spain, revealed that Barcelona has a strong interest in three young players from Sporting Lisbon, but there is a priority.
"Kluivert's career at Barcelona was not successful, which made many people worry about whether Su Dong, a center whose playing style is very similar to Kluivert's, can adapt to Barcelona?"
"In the team's order of signings, the first choice for striker signings is Eto'o. Only if the introduction of Eto'o fails, Barcelona will consider whether to introduce Sudong."
"Quaresma and Ronny are also targets of Barcelona, but this summer happens to be Barcelona's presidential election, and one of the candidates, Laporta, took out campaign cards like Ronaldinho and Beckham.
This makes the three young players Sudong, Quaresma and Ronnie not enough to watch at all."
"Barcelona's technical team believes that they do not yet have the ability to play for Barcelona."
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The transfer market is in turmoil, but Su Dong has no time to pay attention.
After finishing the 21st round, we took a week's rest and then immediately entered the 22nd round.
This time, Su Dong was put on the bench.
Because midweek will usher in the first leg of the UEFA Cup knockout round of 16.
In the away game against Wazim, Joao Pinto opened the scoring for the team in the 34th minute.
This made everyone seem to see victory.
But in the 58th minute of the second half, Sergio Carvalho took advantage of a corner kick to equalize the score for Wazim.
Then the game came to a complete deadlock.
Bologna replaced Sa Pinto in the 55th minute and Quaresma in the 71st minute, but they failed to turn the game around.
It wasn't until the 80th minute that Boloni finally couldn't sit still and replaced Barbosa with Sudong, adopting a double center tactic.
Wazim seemed to be well prepared, changing two players in a row, a midfielder and a defender, all to strengthen defense.
Head coach Jose Costa obviously has a response strategy.
His team had focused on practicing how to restrain Su Dong before the game.
But the actual effect...
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"Sporting Lisbon steals the ball in the backcourt."
"Albertini successfully tackled the ball and passed it to the left, passing it to Rui Jorge."
"The left back takes the ball."
Su Dong retreated all the way to the center line and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Behind him was Brazilian midfielder Gilma. He kept trying to squeeze Su Dong away with his body, but found that Su Dong in front was not moving at all.
When Rui Jorge passed the ball over, Su Dong firmly suppressed Gilma with his body. At the same time, he stretched out his right foot and used his heel to deflect the pass to his right rear.
After unloading the ball, Su Dong suddenly turned to his right, which is the left side of the court.
Gilma was firmly suppressed in the middle by Su Dong and was unable to stop him at all.
"Nice heel stop!"
"Su Dong turned around!!!"
"The startup speed is very fast, and it can get rid of Gilma!"
Su Dong exerted force on his legs, and his whole body moved like a rabbit. He quickly shook off the Brazilian midfielder and chased the ball.
But at this time, Wazim's defense was still there and there was no chaos.
After Su Dong turned around, he strode all the way, holding the ball in his hand and running diagonally towards the middle, pressing the defense line without giving his opponent any chance to breathe.
When he came to the center, the opponent's defense had already retreated to the front of the penalty area.
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Su Dong sent a diagonal pass and sent the ball to the top of the arc.
Quaresma moved forward as fast as he could, and just put the ball into the penalty area with one kick, knocking it across to the back point.
The goalkeeper was stationed on the right side, and there was no one on the left half of the goal. Sa Pinto, who had been lying in wait for an opportunity, finally caught up with him and easily pushed the ball in front of the goal.
“The ball went in!!!!”
"Goal from Sa Pinto!"
"Two to one!"
Sa Pinto rushed out of the stadium excitedly, followed closely by Sudong and Quaresma, who hugged the former star hard on the sidelines and congratulated him on his goal.
Other Sporting Lisbon players also rushed over one by one to celebrate the team's goal.
"Su Dong's heel stop was very crucial, and his subsequent turn and dribble forward completely disrupted Wazim's defense and created opportunities for Quaresma and Sa Pinto."
"This is the role of Su Dong, and it is also what other Sporting Lisbon players do not have."
"Although he didn't score a goal, he was still the key player to break the deadlock on the field."
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In the end, with goals from Joao Pinto and Sa Pinto, Sporting Lisbon defeated Wazim 2-1 away from home.
But the real surprise came after the game.
When the game ended, Sporting Lisbon received news from the distant island of Madeira.
During the expedition to Maritimo, Porto finally showed signs of decline.
The goal was conceded in the 17th minute of the opening game. Although Delle evened the score in the second half, Maritimo overtook the score again just four minutes later, and the 2-1 scoreline remained until the end.
Porto suffered another defeat.
As a result, after the 22nd round, Porto continues to lead the Portuguese Super League standings with 54 points.
But behind them, Sporting Lisbon relied on their winning streak since the winter break to rank second with 53 points.
From being seven points behind at the beginning to just one point behind now, Sporting Lisbon seems to have seen hope of a comeback.
Benfica ranks third with 47 points, followed by Guimarães with 39 points.
It can be said that the current situation in the Portuguese Super League is very clear. Porto and Sporting Lisbon are the most powerful battles for the championship, and Benfica has basically lost hope of winning the championship.
The loss in this round resulted in the team's lead being shortened to one point, and Porto's situation was precarious.
Head coach Mourinho publicly stated after the game that he was satisfied with the team's performance in Madeira and believed that the players' performance basically met his requirements.
"In the middle of the week, we need to play well in the League Cup, so we need to make appropriate rotations. No team can maintain the highest level of performance during rotations. This is unrealistic."
Mourinho is full of confidence in Porto and believes that even if they are caught by one point, "we are still the leader."
The Portuguese young coach said that Porto will work hard to play well in all the remaining games, and he believes that Sporting Lisbon cannot always make mistakes.
"Wait and see, they will also face a two-front battle."
What Mourinho said actually made sense, so everyone at Sporting Lisbon remained calm and rational about it.
Su Dong said in an interview with the media after the game, "The team is in good shape now and the performance is very stable, but the real test is to fight on both fronts, but we are confident to play every game well."
"We will definitely overturn Porto in the standings!"
Su Dong's eloquent words received support from his teammates.
Ronnie, who was also interviewed by the media, was very sure, "We will successfully defend the Portuguese Super League championship!"
But Porto's players also expressed optimism that the team will defend its leading position.
"Don't forget, the final game of the last round of the league is our duel with Sporting Lisbon, and the game is at our home court!" Carvalho vowed to make harsh words.
The implication is obvious, even if there is a stalemate and the two teams are inseparable, Porto will definitely defeat Sporting Lisbon in the final round of home games to win the championship.
Main midfielder Deco said frankly that Sporting Lisbon is a difficult opponent, "but we will have the last laugh."
"For any team to enter a two-line battle or even a three-line battle, it is not just a competition of physical fitness and technical and tactical levels. We are more mature than Sporting Lisbon."
Most outside opinions agree with Deco's views.
After entering a two-front battle, or even a three-front battle, Sporting Lisbon will find it difficult to maintain the state since the winter break.
