In the fourth round of the Portuguese Second Division Southern Group, Sporting CP will face strong rival Olha Nathan at home.
This team comes from the southern port city of Olhão, which belongs to the same Faro district as Faro and Luolai. Like the wealthy Luolai, this team is also a strong professional team aiming to reach the First Division.
But unlike Luolai, Olhanesen has excellent youth training and has established satellite club relationships with Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon at the same time, which allows them to get strong blood transfusions from the three top teams.
Unlike Luolai, which has been promoted to the first division every year, Orhanesan has always been a Portuguese team, but was relegated last summer.
Facing such a strong team, Sporting CP doesn't have much to do.
In the first half, the opponent scored two goals in a row, and the scene was very passive. However, at the beginning of the second half, the opponent scored again.
With a score of zero to three, Sporting CP did not even have the ability to resist.
This is also the game in which Su Dong has felt the most profoundly so far, with the widest gap between strength and weakness.
Sporting CP is like a soft persimmon, allowing its opponents to knead it at will.
Even goalkeeper Martello, who performed solidly in the first three rounds, was powerless this time.
Head coach Pereira replaced Su Dong in the 65th minute of the second half.
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Su Dong's appearance as a substitute did not change the disparity in strength between the two sides.
But in the 73rd minute, he shocked his opponents and made everyone present couldn't help but applaud him.
It was a pass from midfielder Canelas, which was sent directly to the backs of the two central defenders of Olhanesen.
Su Dong was lagging behind the opponent's central defender, but he suddenly started, coming first, passing between the two central defenders at a faster speed, taking the first step to stop the pass in the penalty area, leaning on the opponent's central defender with his body,
The right foot was directly drawn out and shot furiously.
The shot came very quickly and suddenly, but the opponent's goalkeeper dived sideways and blocked the ball with one hand.
A wonderful late shot and a wonderful diving save.
After Olhanesen's goalkeeper got up from the ground, he roared at his two central defender teammates. It was obvious that Su Dong's furious shot just now caused him considerable danger, and he almost scored.
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"Did you take a picture of the scene just now?"
Benfica scout Abel Silva asked the colleague next to him with concern, who was holding a small video camera.
"I took the photo. I almost missed it. It started so fast."
Abel Silva nodded, who said otherwise?
Looking at his height, he should be over 1.5 meters tall. He doesn't look very strong, but he can lean on the opponent's central defender with his body, which proves that his strength is not bad. The key is his speed and explosive power.
It's rare to have such a height and such speed.
More importantly, watching him catch and pass the ball several times, they are very concise and his skills with his feet are also very good.
With skills, speed, and body, such a center is even rarer.
"Atletico Portugal has unearthed a treasure!" Abel Silva praised.
…
In the closing stages of the game, he once again seized an opportunity.
This time it was a diagonal pass from the left. Su Dong turned his back to the direction of attack and used his speed to forcefully get rid of the opponent's central defender.
Olhanesen's central defender used his hands and feet all the way to try to hold Su Dong, but in the end he failed.
However, Su Dong was also delayed in his best opportunity. After catching the ball, another central defender was already in front of him.
Under attack from both front and back, Su Dong was not timid. After an emergency stop, he suddenly accelerated and used his speed to dribble past the opponent's central defender. From outside the top of the penalty area, he fired with his right foot again, hitting a powerful and heavy long-range shot.
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But this time the shot was obviously less threatening than the furious shot in the penalty area just now, and it was directly thrown into the arms of the opponent's goalkeeper.
Although he failed to score a goal, Su Dong's attack once again won applause from the audience.
Naturally, the fans of the Portuguese Athletic Club can clearly see that after Su Dong came on the field, he shot two consecutive shots, which can be said to be the most threatening shot of the Portuguese Athletic Club in this game.
Otherwise, the whole arena will be passive.
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"He is Su Dong!"
In the main stand of the stadium, among the fans of the athletic club, there was a middle-aged Portuguese man in a suit and leather tie who was looking at Su Dong who was walking back on the court with a disappointed look on his face, with an appreciative smile on his face.
"For a seventeen-year-old player, he is indeed very capable." A friend wearing casual clothes beside him smiled and nodded.
The middle-aged Portuguese's eyes were always focused on Su Dong, "Do you think Ronny's statement is worthy of acceptance?"
"It's hard to say, it does sound a bit exaggerated. In less than three months of hard training, I have jumped from an amateur-level rookie to a main player in a semi-professional team. I have to say that the progress is indeed
Very amazing.”
"It is a fact that we scored three goals in the previous two games. Although we did not score in today's game, facing the stronger Olhanesen, he was able to kick those two shots, which shows that he is not weak.
The characteristics of the ball are very similar to the God of War Batistuta.”
"So..." The middle-aged Portuguese looked at his friend in confusion.
"Perhaps Ronnie is right. He is a hidden talent who happened to be discovered by Sporting Club de Portugal."
"In less than three months, the strength has improved by leaps and bounds, which is really exciting." The middle-aged Portuguese said with a smile.
Seeing that the game time was coming soon, he let out a heavy breath.
If you are used to watching top-level Portuguese Super League matches, then watching this kind of low-level league with poor competitive level is a kind of torture for anyone. You will feel frustrated watching it because there are too many errors in passing and receiving.
"Let's go, the game is over, let's go talk to him."
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The game ended with a 0-3 home defeat by Sporting CP.
Su Dong, who had scored in two consecutive rounds, failed to score again in this game, but his two shots still left a deep impression on people, and the fans at the scene were also satisfied with his performance.
In the final analysis, the disastrous defeat was due to the fact that the overall strength of Sporting CP was far inferior to its opponents.
This was Su Dong's first official defeat, and he was inevitably a little depressed.
Especially in recent times, I have been playing relatively smoothly, but in this game I was closely monitored by my opponent and was unable to show my strength. It is natural that I am in a bad mood.
Following his teammates, Su Dong returned to the locker room. After taking a shower and changing clothes, Su Dong retied the sandbag he had taken off before the game and then walked out of the locker room.
By this time, the Tapatigna Stadium was already empty.
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"Hello, Su, can you give me some time so we can chat?"
Suddenly a strange voice came from behind.
Su Dong turned around, only to find two middle-aged Portuguese men catching up behind him.
One is slightly shorter, about 1.7 meters tall, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and is dressed like a corporate executive working in a large company in the city center; the other is wearing sportswear, and is dressed more casually.
"You are..." Su Dong frowned.
"My name is Jorge Mendes, and I am an agent registered with both the Portuguese Football Association and FIFA." The middle-aged man in a suit introduced himself with a smile. After speaking, he pointed at himself.
Friends around you.
"This is my partner, Jorge Manuel."
Su Dong's brows still didn't clear up because he didn't know these two people.
Mendes felt Su Dong's wariness and understood, and added with a smile: "We are Ronnie's friends."
Now Su Dong understood.
Ronnie said before that he wanted to change his agent, but he didn't tell him who it was. I thought it might be the two in front of him.
"Hello, Mr. Mendez." Su Dong took the initiative to extend his hand.
Mendes quickly took hold and extended an invitation with a smile, "My car is over there, let's find a quiet place to chat?"
"sure."
The three of them went to the parking lot opposite the stadium to pick up the car and drove towards the Belem Tower.
Jorge Manuel was responsible for driving, while Jorge Mendes sat in the back seat with Su Dong and took the initiative to talk to him about his career along the way.
In today's Portuguese football, Mendes is not a big figure.
Previously, he was more of a partner of the famous Brazilian agent Figel. This is a nice way of saying it, but a bad way of saying it is that he was mostly helping Figel run his business.
Everyone knows that the Portuguese Super League is a popular place for Brazilian players to land in Europe. As the leading agent in world football, Figel transports many Brazilian and South American players to the Portuguese Super League every year. At this time, someone needs to help
He handles some business while providing various services to the players.
Mendes is one of them.
But now he is trying to get rid of Figel and want to go out on his own.
His first target was Sporting Lisbon, because this team's youth training camp has recently had a high success rate and the quality of players is quite good. In addition to the first team players such as Quaresma and Edgar Marcelino,
In addition to talented stars, players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Hugo Viana and Jose Fonte from the youth team are also quite good.
Although it was only the first time he met Mendes, the Portuguese agent made a very good impression on Su Dong, and from his words, Su Dong could vaguely guess the blueprint the other party had outlined.
For famous stars like Figo, Simao and Quaresma, Mendes was simply unable to compete with José Vega, so he took another approach, which was to poach those José Vega.
He couldn't care about young players for the time being, but they had great potential. He wanted to open a breakthrough from this group of players.
"I'm not afraid to tell you frankly that I have signed Hugo Viana and am currently actively connecting with teams in the Premier League. I also have partners there. What I want to do now is to help
When Viana enters the first team, he'd better play games and perform well, then I'll have a way to move him to the Premier League."
"I have good partners not only in the Premier League, but also in Serie A, La Liga and the Bundesliga. As long as I have the strength, I can move players to any team in the top league."
When Mendes said these words, he looked extremely confident and convincing.
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