Winning the UEFA Cup made the whole country of Portugal rejoice.
Not only did the prime minister and other government officials gather in the locker room after the game to congratulate the Sporting Lisbon players, but government agencies also sent congratulatory messages immediately to congratulate the Green Lions on their success.
The next day, the Portuguese newspaper Publish reported the match on its front page, with the title "An epic victory!"
In the report, Public Daily believed that this game was not only an epic victory for Sporting Lisbon, but also an epic victory for Portuguese football, because it allowed the entire European football world to once again see the emerging power of Portuguese football.
"Before this season, the Portuguese Super League was reduced to a second-tier league, or even a third-tier league, and the European football world was noisy."
"Each season, we only have one place in the Champions League. The champion of the Portuguese Super League cannot even directly enter the group stage. Instead, he has to participate in the third round of qualifiers with teams from other leagues to compete for a group stage place."
"We consider ourselves a second-rate league, but in fact, others regard the Portuguese Super League as a third-rate league."
The public newspaper believes that the comprehensive revival of the Portuguese Super League this season has allowed everyone to see the future of Portuguese football.
"Among the four teams in the UEFA Cup semi-finals, the Portuguese Super League occupies three seats, and even once hoped to monopolize two seats in the final. This allowed the entire European football world to see the strength of the Portuguese Super League teams."
“During this process, Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Boavista all showed great strength, and they fell at their feet including strong teams like Lazio and Celtic. What an incredible achievement!
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The Public Daily stated that the strength shown by the Portuguese Super League in the UEFA Cup has earned the team enough points in the European War and also given people hope. It is believed that the Portuguese Super League will continue to rise in the future and create more and better results.
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The Portuguese press also reported this game as a front-page headline. They also recognized that this final will be a great turning point for Sporting Lisbon and Portuguese football.
More importantly, teams in the Portuguese Super League have begun to find their own way of doing business.
La Stampa devoted a long space to reporting on this season’s Portuguese Super League, believing that the strong rise of teams such as Sporting Lisbon and Porto was not an accidental phenomenon, but an inevitable outcome.
In the past few years, the Portuguese football industry has been relatively conservative, especially after the golden generation headed by Figo and Rui Costa went abroad to play football, the Portuguese Super League began to fall into a talent gap, and agents headed by Vega
It mainly focuses on representing Portuguese players to play abroad.
However, the emergence of a new generation of football practitioners led by Mendes has gradually broken this conservative situation.
Mendes and others first worked for the godfather of Brazilian football, Figel. As Figel's channel partner in Portugal, they built a bridge for Brazilian players to land in the Portuguese league. Deco, Pepe, Jardel and other people
They all came to Portugal this way.
The influx of Brazilian players has impacted the position of local Portuguese players, but it has also improved the competitiveness of Portuguese Super League teams. Brazilian players are also eager to use the Portuguese Super League as a platform to gain a foothold in European football. Both sides take what they have.
need.
After several years of accumulation, this season ushered in a comprehensive blowout.
Porto, with its deep pockets, made aggressive purchases in the Portuguese Super League transfer market last summer, spending huge sums of money to build a team with superior strength, which can be called the strongest team in the Portuguese Super League.
Benfica also made a lot of moves. Many stars including Simao and Thiago joined, which made the team strong. On the contrary, there was a problem in the position of the head coach, which led to poor results this season.
Sporting Lisbon, who finally won the championship, was different from the other two rivals. Limited by the team's finances, the Green Lions always insisted on focusing on youth training, boldly promoted young players, and their recruitment was more pragmatic, with teenagers and
Mainly veterans.
"In the second half of last season, after seeing the budding Su Dong and recognizing the potential of Chinese players, the club made a decisive move to recruit Jardel, allowing Su Dong and Nikolai to compete, and finally used the 18-year-old Su Dong to compete with him.
As the core of the team."
“At the beginning of the season, with 18-year-old Su Dong, 17-year-old Ronnie, and 19-year-old Quaresma, who would have thought that with such an offensive combination, Sporting Lisbon could win the Portuguese Super League and UEFA Cup in the end.
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"Ronnie and Quaresma need not say more. Their potential has been recognized by the outside world. Everyone believes that they are the most talented wingers in the new generation of Portugal after Figo and Simao.
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"And the core strength of Sporting Lisbon's double champion this season comes from Sudong!"
"This 18-year-old Chinese came on the bench many times in the second half of last season and played a key role. He is familiar to all Sporting Lisbon fans. And this season, after Jardel left the team, he even replaced Nikule
Completely on the bench."
“He scored 23 goals and contributed eight assists in the Portuguese Super League, and contributed 12 goals and five assists in the UEFA Cup. This list of achievements allowed him to surpass all players in the Portuguese Super League this season.
Including Deco.”
“What amazing data this is!”
"No one can imagine that an 18-year-old center would perform such an amazing performance in the first full season of his career, and Su Dong's appearance is just evidence that Sporting Lisbon strongly supports young players."
Newspaper believes that the future Portuguese Super League needs teams like Porto and Benfica, but it also needs teams like Sporting Lisbon.
"We have absolutely reason to believe that after this season, more and more Sudong, Ronnie and Quaresma will emerge in the Portuguese Super League!"
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The front page of the Portuguese newspaper La Repubblica read: Sporting Lisbon wins the Champions League trophy!
Reports believe that although the score was three to one, the process was actually very dangerous and Sudong was the key to Sporting Lisbon's victory.
"Whether it was in the first half, when the team paid the most attention, or in the second half when the Celtics made a crazy counterattack, Su Dong's role was particularly obvious. He has always been the most shining protagonist in the final!"
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The title of the Portuguese Telegraph is: Su Dong wins the UEFA Cup for the Green Lions!
The article also spoke highly of Sudong's performance in this final. They believed that this man who had just defeated Porto for Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super League and won the Portuguese Super League championship once again scored in a key final.
Second degree.
"This time he performed even better and had an assist."
The Telegraph said that Su Dong created a number of personal records in this final, including the youngest player of the match in the UEFA Cup final, the youngest player of the UEFA Cup season, and the youngest player in the history of the league.
Cup top scorer.
"With his two goals in the final, Sudong will definitely remain in the memory of Sporting Lisbon and Portuguese fans forever!"
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The Portuguese Morning Post directly used two words as the front page headline, that is: great!
Below the title is a photo of Su Dong celebrating his goal. The picture above of Su Dong is very contagious, allowing everyone to feel the excitement when he scored the winning goal in the final, even his eyes.
They are full of determination and strength.
The Morning Post stated that the 18-year-old Su Dong contributed a great game to Sporting Lisbon and Portugal!
"This is a season that belongs to Su Dong! A great season!"
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While the Portuguese media praised Sporting Lisbon highly, the British media seemed a bit sour.
First, it reported extensively on Celtic head coach Martin O'Neill's comments after the game, accusing the referee of being too harsh on the red card, and expressed regret for Celtic's defeat. Then he was dissatisfied with Sporting Lisbon's conservative style of play and believed that the Portuguese Super League
The team does not deserve to win the UEFA Cup.
The authoritative Times commented that Celtic were full of passion, but fell at the feet of the stagnant Sporting Lisbon.
The Scottish Premier League team was full of high morale throughout the game, full of the will and energy to win. Super Larsson's goal was very exciting. Although they failed to win the championship in the end, it was an honor to lose.
After damaging Sporting Lisbon, The Times admitted, "The eighteen-year-old Su Dong is one of the few bright spots in the Sporting Lisbon team. His two goals and assists left a very deep impression on people."
impression."
"Such a player should not be buried in the Portuguese Super League!"
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The Guardian also regretted the result of the game, and also agreed with Martin O'Neill's statement that the referee's red card for French central defender Balde was too harsh. However, the British media also expressed regret that even without Balde's red card
, it will be difficult for the Celtics to reverse Sporting Lisbon.
"The presence of Sudong, Ronnie and Quaresma, especially Sudong, kept the Celtics from being able to devote themselves to the offense. He was like a sharp sword at the Celtics' throat.
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The Sun commented that the match was too heated and accused Celtic goalkeeper Douglas of making a mistake and failing to save Su Dong's shot. This was a tragic mistake.
"Su Dong, who has attracted the attention of Premier League giants such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool, contributed a perfect individual show in the UEFA Cup final, scoring twice and an assist. He made people believe that he is this
The most promising young talent in European football."
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The British BBC TV station rated the players of both teams after the game.
The highest-scoring player of the Celtics was Larsson, who scored nine points. He was considered the biggest highlight of the Celtics, especially that goal, which was very beautiful and was criticized by the Sun for being a goalkeeper.
Douglas scored eight points.
"If it wasn't for him, Sporting would have scored more goals."
For Sporting Lisbon, Su Dong received a perfect score of 10 points, which was also the highest score in the game. Ronny and Quaresma, who scored a goal, both scored 8.5 points.
BBC Comment said that Sporting Lisbon’s young players are full of talent and people are looking forward to their future.
At the end, they even jokingly said that Sporting Lisbon, which won the UEFA Cup, will become the most popular team in this summer's transfer market!
