The two goals against Loletano greatly improved Sudong's status in the Portuguese Athletic Association.
Although the club valued him before, after this game, everyone was clearly aware of his potential and future.
At the age of sixteen, with such performance and the speed of improvement he has shown in the past period, Su Dong's future is definitely worth looking forward to, and such a player may not stay in Sporting CP for much longer.
Not only did Martello and others have a friendly attitude toward Su Dong, but even the main forward who was stepped on by him did not resist him.
Firstly, it is because Su Dong is now highly praised by the team, and secondly, they all feel that Su Dong will not stay for long.
If so, why bother making enemies?
The Portuguese Second Division does not have much influence. It can even be said that after leaving the home court, not many people paid attention to it at all.
After Su Dong scored twice, he was excited all night, but soon returned to normal.
He is still the same as before, getting up at around four o'clock in the morning every day, first doing physical training, then going to Edward VII Park Stadium, training with Ronnie until the afternoon, then returning to the club for training, and then having an hour-long training session with Martello
Practice more.
The difference from the past is that there are two more people sparring.
One is the midfielder who sent a through ball to Su Dong against Loletano, Canelas who came from Benfica's youth training.
This 21-year-old player is very good at passing the ball, has great ideas, and has good foot skills. However, he is short and physically weak, which puts him at a disadvantage in the adult team competition.
Although he didn't know each other before, he became friends with Su Dong after playing a game.
The other right winger, Balu, also sent a wonderful pass for Su Dong.
This player is 24 years old, of African descent, and came from the youth training of Belerenses. His basic skills are quite solid, but he is not outstanding. His biggest advantage is his speed, and his physical confrontation is also very good. This is at a low level.
The team is very lethal.
Both Canelas and Balu are full-time players at Sporting CP, which shows the club's recognition of their strength.
With two more people to train with, the training items will be much richer, and it is said that it was personally arranged by the head coach Gorba.
All of these are indicative of everyone's attitude, that is, the club has been cultivating Su Dong as the number one star of hope in the team, and the ultimate goal is to hope to obtain transfer fees from Su Dong.
Su Dong did not resist this.
It seems that players are treated as commodities, so isn’t it a win-win situation?
Besides, when it comes time to transfer, Su Dong's opinion must be used as a reference.
After all, he only signed a youth training contract.
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In the fulfilling pace of life, another week passed quickly.
The Portuguese Second Division ushered in the third round of competition.
This time Sporting CP is playing away from home again, and the opponent is very good, the second team of the Portuguese Super League team Maritimo.
As one of the strong teams in the Portuguese Super League, Maritimo's second team is not bad in strength. In the Portuguese Second Division Southern League, it has always been ranked in the middle and upper reaches, a little higher than Sporting CP.
Different from the away game in the first round, this time the away game is far outside the European continent in the Madeira Islands.
The Madeira Islands are located in the west of the African continent, adjacent to the Canary Islands belonging to Spain. They are both famous tourist destinations. There are flights from Lisbon to the Madeira Islands every day, and the flight takes about more than two hours.
Although it is entirely possible to make a round trip on the same day of the competition, it would be too much of a rush, so I usually go to Madeira Islands a day in advance, stay one night to recharge, and return that night after the competition.
The same is true for Sporting de Portugal this time.
When head coach Pereira announced the squad for the game, Su Dong was not surprised to be selected.
Although Pereira later told him that he would still be used as a substitute in this game, Su Dong was still very happy.
Being selected into the big list consecutively proves everything.
In the evening before the game, Su Dong finished training and returned to the dormitory to pack his luggage when he received a call from Ronnie.
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"Why are you here?"
Su Dong ran downstairs quickly and saw Ronnie standing at the intersection downstairs, holding large and small bags of things in his hands, and hurried over to meet him.
"When I think about not seeing you tomorrow, I can't help but want to come and take a look." Ronnie looked very sad.
"Won't you invite me to sit upstairs?"
Su Dong hesitated for a moment, but still invited the guests to go upstairs.
The apartment he lives in is said to be an apartment, but it is actually a single room, and it is an old and dilapidated single room. Not only are the facilities outdated, but they are also very imperfect. The corridors and corridors are also pitch black.
As soon as Ronnie came in, his brows furrowed tightly and never relaxed again.
Originally, he often complained to Su Dong about the situation when he lived at Gate 10 of the Alvalade Stadium, saying how bad the conditions were, with four-person rooms and so on. But compared with where Su Dong lives now, he lived in the home dormitory.
I dare not say it is a five-star hotel, but there are definitely three-star hotels.
Regarding his accommodation conditions, Su Dong never mentioned it, and Ronnie never asked about it. It was only because he had something to do today that he went to the address Su Dong had revealed. Unexpectedly, he saw Su Dong's poor accommodation environment.
I'm afraid there's nothing good about this place except being cheap.
"My previous agent rented this to me." Su Dong noticed Ronnie's face and explained.
"I don't have high requirements for where I live, as long as it allows me to concentrate on playing football, so I haven't thought about changing it."
Ronnie nodded hastily, this is indeed Su Dong's character.
After entering the door, I saw that the room was paved with floor mats, an iron rod was hung in the corridor, and there were some sandbags placed in the corner. These were bought by Ronnie before with Su Dong for physical training.
When Ronnie wasn't paying attention, Su Dong turned around and took out two bottles of Manniu from the system, and handed one to Ronnie.
"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Su Dong asked with a smile.
Ronnie knew that Su Dong should be going to the team to report and gather soon, so he didn't delay any more.
"Didn't you tell me this morning that you were on the squad and were going to compete in Madeira Islands?"
"Yeah." This is what Su Dong told him in the morning.
"Then you probably don't know that the home stadium of Maritimo II is right in front of my house."
"What?" Su Dong was a little surprised.
Why is it at Ronnie's doorstep?
"I joined Andorinha when I was nine years old. Our training ground is just a few hundred meters north of the Maritimo Training Center, and my home is on the hillside to the west of the Maritimo Training Center, far away from where tourists gather. Tourist Area."
Su Dong nodded, but quickly thought of another question, "But I remember that you used to be in the National Sports Youth Training Camp."
"That's right." Ronnie nodded with a smile, "Originally, I almost joined Maritimo. I even bought their jersey, but they didn't pay much attention to me and were absent during the negotiation. This made We felt angry, so we went to the National Sports Center dozens of kilometers away, which resulted in me being able to train only three times a week."
Su Dong suddenly realized that this was the case.
"The people in Maritimo will probably regret it till their intestines turn blue."
Ronnie shrugged nonchalantly.
Although he has not yet emerged, it is impossible for Maritimo not to regret missing such a player.
But who can blame this?
"You want to ask me to bring something?" Su Dong looked at the large and small bags in Ronnie's hand.
Ronnie nodded and handed the bag over, "These are some gifts I bought for my family, as well as a Sony game console. I originally wanted to take a leave of absence and send them back by myself after a while, but now you happen to be going there. , just help me take it back, okay?"
"Of course." Su Dong nodded without hesitation.
This was the first time Ronnie asked him for help, and he couldn't refuse it anyway.
Besides, as far as he knew, Funchal, where Maritimo was located, was very small, and the team's residence was probably not far from Ronny's house, just a taxi ride away.
"Thank you." Ronnie thanked him.
Su Dong quickly told him to be polite.
Ronnie sat for a while, hesitating to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything more. He just said that he would call home tonight, and then wrote an address to Su Dong and asked him to tell the taxi driver. You know the place with just one call.
After Su Dong collected the address and sent Ronnie downstairs, he went back to pack his things.
At 19:30 that evening, Sporting CP will take Air Portugal from Lisbon Airport to catch the last and cheapest discounted flight to Madeira Islands.
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Madeira Islands, known as the Island of Eternal Spring.
As the name suggests, it is like spring all year round here, with the temperature never exceeding 33 degrees, warm in winter and cool in summer, making it very suitable for vacation.
Every year, countless tourists travel south from the European continent to the Madeira Islands.
The Portuguese Athletic Association team arrived late at night and went directly from the airport to the hotel. The hotel they stayed in was not likely to be a high-end hotel, but it was very close to the competition venue.
The next day, it was another beautiful day with clear blue sky and cloudless sky.
As usual, Su Dong got up early in the morning and exercised for a while using the simple fitness equipment in the hotel. After having breakfast with the whole team, he found head coach Pereira and captain Martello and invited a
Take a break for a while.
Although the coaching staff prohibited players from going out without reason, when they heard that Su Dong wanted to give something to a friend, the coaching staff was not embarrassed. They just told him to pay attention to safety, especially remember the phone numbers of the coach and captain, and contact him as soon as possible if anything happened.
At the instruction of the coach and captain, Su Dong took the taxi arranged for him by the hotel.
As soon as he got in the car, Su Dong handed the address written by Ronnie to the driver.
"Falcao Village, I know this place. It's next to the San Antonio Cemetery." The driver knew the address as soon as he saw it.
He drove Su Dong out of the hotel and drove north.
The taxi was called by the hotel. Su Dong was not worried about safety. He just asked the driver to wait for him later and left after delivering his things.
"Is it Ronaldo who asked you to deliver it?" the driver asked gossiping while driving.
"How do you know?" Su Dong was a little surprised.
"He is considered a minor celebrity here. His name is the same as Ronaldo. He plays football very well. Some reporters even came from Lisbon to report and interview him. Many people here know about him."
Su Dong smiled slightly, not surprised by this.
"However, something happened to their family recently."
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