On the evening of February 20th, Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon.
In the first leg of the UEFA Cup round of 16 knockout round, Sporting Lisbon faced Besiktas at home.
At the 80th minute of the game, the famous European coach Lucescu stood anxiously on the sidelines.
The hands in the sleeves of the black coat pulled tightly and hard.
He is very square.
A few seconds ago, the Spanish referee Ibanez blew a foul whistle, indicating that Besiktas' Brazilian center back Antonio Zago committed a foul while defending Sudong.
Besiktas players, led by captain Teifur, gathered around and put pressure on the referee.
Only one minute into the first half, Antonio Zago fouled from behind while defending Su Dong and was shown a yellow card by the referee. If he gets another yellow card now, it will be a red card.
Therefore, not only the Besiktas players on the court were nervous, Lucescu on the sidelines was also anxious.
He didn't expect that this Su Dong would be so difficult to deal with.
As a famous coach who has coached in Serie A for many years and even coached Inter Milan for a time, Lucescu attaches great importance to this game against Sporting Lisbon. At the same time, he also targeted Su Dong, a recently popular rookie, before the game.
Targeted layout.
Besiktas' two central defenders are very experienced. Antonio Zago once played for La Liga and Serie A Roma, and his strength is beyond doubt. His partner is Brazilian central defender Ronaldo, who once played for Benfica. His strength is also not bad.
The Portuguese Super League is relatively familiar.
Lucescu believes that such a central defender combination is fully qualified for this game.
But after all, it was an away game. For the sake of safety, Lucescu specially arranged for Yashin Sulen to partner with Turkish international and team captain Teifur, adopting a double midfielder configuration, which he believed could stabilize the defense.
.
But the direction of the game took him by surprise.
Just one minute into the game, Sporting Lisbon took advantage of their home court advantage to launch an attack. Su Dong directly threatened the ball with his first touch, forcing main defender Zago to foul behind him and was shown a yellow card.
Subsequently, Sporting Lisbon's frontcourt attack, led by Sudong and assisted by Ronnie and Quaresma, had a huge impact on Besiktas and made the defensive players exhausted.
In the 42nd minute, when left back Ildim was defending Quaresma, the Portuguese winger took the ball and made continuous fake moves. After getting out of the gap, he broke through. The Turkish defender was injured and fell to the ground.
.
He was actually injured!
Lucescu reacted quickly and immediately made defensive adjustments, barely stabilizing the situation.
The game was deadlocked until the 80th minute, and the score was still zero to zero.
Besiktas was very passive on the scene, but its defense was still solid.
But at this critical moment, seeing that the game was about to end, Zago fouled again.
If they really get a yellow card and are sent off, wouldn't Besiktas have to fight with one less person?
Moreover, in the second round of the game, the team will lose its main central defender, and its defensive strength will definitely be greatly affected.
I would like to ask, in this situation, how can Lucescu not be nervous and anxious?
"Damn it, I still underestimated this kid!"
Lucescu looked at Su Dong who had just climbed up from the grass and cursed angrily.
He asked himself that he had made adequate preparations before the game, but when it came to the game, he still found that it was not enough.
Su Dong is too difficult to deal with!
This is not only reflected in his comprehensiveness, but also in the way he consumes the defensive line players.
If the duel just now had happened at the beginning, Zago would have been able to handle it, but the first 80 minutes were too much and Zago couldn't keep up with Su Dong, so he was forced to foul.
Sometimes, football matches are like this, both technical and tactical, and attrition.
"No wonder he was able to keep Nikule firmly on the bench in the team coached by Bologni."
…
Amid the cheers of the fans, the referee Ibanez decisively showed the yellow card, quickly reached into his chest pocket, and pulled out a red card again.
In an instant, the entire Alvalade Stadium erupted in deafening cheers.
At the critical moment, sending off the opponent's main central defender not only gave Sporting Lisbon one more player than its opponent, but also gave it an advantage in the subsequent second round.
Sporting Lisbon head coach Boloni was so excited on the sidelines that he clenched his fists and roared hard.
As a Romanian head coach, it is impossible for Boloni not to know Lucescu.
Even though Lucescu is only eight years older than Boloni, in fact, his coaching experience is far beyond that of Boloni.
As early as the 1980s, Lucescu was the international player and head coach of Romania. In the 1990s, he had already made a name for himself in Serie A. When Boloni took over Nancy in Ligue 1, Lucescu was already considered a Romanian player.
The first coach, he was also the head coach of Brescia in Serie A, and later he coached Inter Milan for a time.
This gap makes Boloni want to compete with Lucescu in this game to prove to the opponent and everyone that he is the best head coach in Romania.
As early as December last year, when Besiktas was drawn, the scene Boloni wanted to see most was for Nikolai to play for Sporting Lisbon and defeat Lucescu's Besiktas.
At this moment, he even felt grateful to Su Dong.
He was happy to see the hope of defeating Lucescu and the possibility of eliminating Besiktas, but he was a little regretful that the best performer was Sudong, not the Romanian international center Nikule.
There are gains and losses, and defeating Lucescu is the most important thing.
…………
…………
After Zago was sent off with a red card, Lucescu did not make substitution adjustments, but continued to adopt a defensive strategy.
On the one hand, this is because there is no outstanding central defender in his substitute lineup to step in, and on the other hand, he does not want to loosen the defense he has maintained for 80 minutes due to substitutions.
Everyone also felt Lucescu's wishes, especially the Besiktas players, who admired Lucescu and played more resolutely and tenaciously on the court.
As the game time gradually passed, Sporting Lisbon became a little impatient on the court.
Fortunately, veteran Albertini commanded with determination and firmly controlled the rhythm of the game, preventing the rhythm from going astray.
In the 88th minute, he made a long diagonal pass and accurately transferred the ball to the left.
Ronnie sprinted quickly and stopped the ball in front of the baseline. However, during the subsequent one-on-one breakthrough, he fell in the penalty area and the ball was blocked by the opponent.
The referee did not signal a foul this time, but thought it was a corner kick from Sporting Lisbon.
Ronnie got up from the ground angrily and was very reluctant, still thinking that this should be a penalty kick.
Su Dong walked over and comforted his old friend, "It's okay. Corner kicks are also a good opportunity."
After hearing this, Ronnie looked at the Besiktas defenders, smiled and nodded.
Who says it's not?
On the back line of Besiktas, the height is only 1.86 meters. There are two players, namely central defender Ronaldo and full-back Iltim, but now Iltim was injured by Quaresma.
Only Brazilian central defender Ronaldo is left.
Ronnie didn't have the slightest fondness for this guy with the same name as him.
Originally there was Antonio Zago who was 1.84 meters tall, but now he was also sent off with a red card.
In other words, Besiktas' defense line, which originally had a low average height, has now become even shorter.
Except for Ronaldo, everyone else is 1.8 meters tall.
"Old rules, let's cover and you have to get rid of Ronaldo." Ronnie suggested with a smile.
This is also a routine often used in Sporting Lisbon's set-piece offense.
Su Dong smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, I will avenge you!"
…
Soon, the news spread within Sporting Lisbon.
Albertini stood in the corner kick area. He also received the message from the penalty area, nodded and raised his right hand.
This is a sign for a free throw.
Pepe and Andre Cruz were ambushing at the back, while Ronnie and Sudong were standing in the middle and forward.
When Albertini quickly ran forward and quickly kicked the ball out, everyone in the penalty area started to move.
Ronaldo was well aware of Su Dong's threat, so he secretly grabbed Su Dong's jersey from behind.
If nothing else, at 1.95 meters tall, standing in the penalty area is a huge deterrent.
But Su Dong already knew how to deal with him.
After first making a gesture to rush towards the center, he suddenly changed his direction and rushed forward, and reached out to knock off Ronaldo's hand that was holding the jersey.
Ronaldo was caught off guard and could only reluctantly follow behind Su Dong. He watched helplessly as Su Dong quickly rushed to the front point and jumped high into the air.
The Brazilian central defender raised his head and looked at the Chinese teenager who could cover up the huge lights on the top of the stadium when he jumped. He opened his mouth wide.
Mom, I saw God!
…
Out of the tacit understanding established during daily training, as soon as Albertini made a free throw, Su Dong knew where the ball would land, so he immediately rushed to the landing spot and jumped high into the air.
There was no other person jumping around, only him.
After jumping up, Su Dong looked extremely powerful, more like a god descending.
After a solid hit, the ball turned in one direction and flew straight to the right side of the goal.
The goalkeeper reacted quickly and jumped sideways, but how could he have time?
I saw the ball almost grazing the crossbar and flying into the goal.
"goalllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!"
There was a burst of crazy cheers at the scene.
Su Dong quickly rushed out of the stadium, opened his arms, and celebrated his goal.
Sporting Lisbon fans were also chanting his name crazily.
"One to zero!"
"At the critical moment, in the 89th minute, Sudong took a corner kick and scored Besiktas' goal with a header, scoring a key goal for Sporting Lisbon."
"Lucescu's team showed great tenacity, but in the end they could not escape from the Alvalade Stadium."
"Because they met the little God of War, Su Dong!"
In the end, Su Dong jumped high onto the guardrail of the stands and cheered crazily towards the fans in the stands.
In front of him, countless fans rushed towards him, wanting to hug his legs. From a distance, they seemed to be worshiping Su Dong.
They saw God!
Mars!
***The author has something to say***
It will be on the shelves on Friday. It will explode when the time comes. Please beg me to subscribe!
