The day after the first-place match, in a Spanish restaurant in the center of Lisbon, El Pais reporter Rodrigo finally met Nuno Cruz, a professor at the University of Lisbon in Portugal whom he had long admired.
What really interests Rodrigo is Nuno Cruz's other identity, the leader of Sudong's personal coaching team.
Rodrigo has been trying to arrange an interview with Su Dong through Valencia and his agent, but Su Dong is not very enthusiastic about it. Even after joining Valencia, he has only accepted interviews a handful of times.
countable.
So much so that some people say that Su Dong is more introverted than Aimar.
Seeing that Su Dong's exclusive interview appointment was far away, Rodrigo simply found another way and tried every means to contact Nuno Cruz, taking advantage of his vacation today to conduct an exclusive interview with him.
"I'm sorry to bother you when you are on vacation." Rodrigo said with a smile.
He said he was apologizing, but in fact he didn't show much apology on his face.
Perhaps, as the uncrowned king, he has become accustomed to this kind of interview.
"It's okay, I'm actually still working today." Nuno Cruz replied calmly.
"Still working?" Rodrigo was a little surprised, but quickly thought, "Oh, University of Lisbon?"
"Yes, I promised them that there will be two classes this week and one class in the afternoon."
"I'm so lucky for your students!" Rodrigo said politely.
Nuno Cruz smiled faintly. He knew very well why the Spanish reporter came to him.
"I'm very interested, Professor Cruz. As a professor at a university and a personal coach for professional players, do you think there is any difference between the two professions?"
"The biggest difference should be the difference in the degree of completion of theoretical research and practice."
"From your perspective, how complete do you think your practice with Su Dong is?"
Cruise thought for a moment and smiled: "Two hundred percent!"
"Exceeded expectations?" Rodrigo was a little surprised.
"It's way too much."
Rodrigo nodded, "This morning, I went to Alcocheti in Sporting Lisbon and the Portuguese club in Lisbon to interview. I asked many people, including Su Dong's former coach and former teammates.
, previous club management etc.”
"I found that all of them were very shocked by Su Dong's achievements now, yes, shocked! Because they all thought that it was a great thing for this player to play professional football. Who would have thought that he could play professional football?
Can you be the leading scorer in La Liga at the age of 19?"
"As a personal trainer, what do you think of their shock?"
Cruise listened very seriously, nodded and said: "Actually, I am just as shocked as them."
After a pause, he continued: "The reason why I agreed to become Su Dong's personal coach was because he was a professional player that Sporting Lisbon valued. He wanted a professional personal coach, so he found me.
, this is my luck."
"But Su Dong has said on many occasions that you have been very, very helpful to him," Rodrigo said.
"He is humble." Cruise laughed, "He is always like this. I have been to China for a long time. I think the Chinese are a very humble group. You can see the Chinese in Su Dong."
That kind of humility, he is not hypocritical, but he is very humble, which makes him always attribute his achievements to the people around him."
"Yes!" Rodrigo nodded, "He scores goals and always praises his teammates and the person who passes the ball to him."
"This is Su Dong! A humble person, which is a virtue, I think."
Europeans are not very humble, and Nuno Cruz worked hard to make them understand this Chinese virtue.
"As a personal trainer, how do you evaluate your employer?" Rodrigo asked again.
Nuno Cruz laughed again.
Rodrigo immediately wrote something on his notepad: Every time he mentioned Su Dong, he would laugh, from the bottom of his heart.
"We have been fighting side by side for more than two years. We have stayed together almost every day. In fact, I have not noticed that we are an employment relationship at all. I don't even think that we are a cooperative relationship. We are like friends, friends who trust each other.
."
Rodrigo became interested as soon as he heard this, "How much can you trust each other?"
"You know, he is very popular with girls now, and there are often some... I'm sorry, I can't reveal more specific information. I can only say that he is well-known in Spain and even in Europe.
Female celebrities and models keep calling him, and he always hands them to me to answer."
"Why?"
"He is a person who is not good at saying no."
"But some people say that he is difficult to approach." Rodrigo asked again.
"Maybe, in fact, every player is like this. If you want to play football without any distractions, you can only make yourself inaccessible, because his time is the same as ours, only 24 hours."
"How would you rate Sudong's first season at Valencia?"
Cruise thought for a while and said: "My colleagues and I have discussed this issue. We all feel that it has exceeded our expectations. He has done better and made faster progress than we expected."
"What kind of player do you think he will be?"
"I don't know, he is always creating unexpected surprises. My colleagues always say that Su Dong is like a mystery. Sometimes he makes people feel that he has reached his limit. But not long after, we
I found that he had broken through again.”
"Just like that sideways volley against Real Madrid last night, it was too physically demanding. With his height and weight, I think it would be difficult to find another person in today's world football to do it."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Rodrigo nodded, "Indeed, the professional circle also has a very high evaluation of this ball. The main reason is not for the viewing quality, but for the difficulty, and many people think
, this depends on your personal coaching team, what do you think?"
"I think this statement overestimates us and underestimates Su Dong."
"In fact, as Su Dong's personal coach, it is very easy for us, because as long as we formulate a plan, he can complete it meticulously and do his best."
Immediately afterwards, Rodrigo asked several questions about Sudong's daily training and competition, and Nuno Cruz answered as much as possible to satisfy the curiosity of the other party and outside fans.
But the problem has gradually become more acute.
"I heard such a rumor from my colleagues in Lisbon. They suspected that Su Dong might not like women." Rodrigo smiled ambiguously at Cruz.
After hearing this, Nuno Cruz couldn't help laughing and shook his head, "This is the biggest misunderstanding about him."
"Is not it?"
"I guarantee with my personality, absolutely not! He only likes women, and he has very high requirements for girls and is very picky."
"You mean, he has never met a woman who made him attracted?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"He often says that he is a simple and boring virgin man!"
Rodrigo suddenly understood and made it clear.
Everyone knows how picky Virgos are.
Su Dong was born in September, so isn’t he a Virgo?
"There is another question. With his outstanding performance this season, many people believe that both Real Madrid and Barcelona are interested in Su Dong. Which team do you think Su Dong is more suitable for?"
"I don't know." Nuno Cruz instinctively didn't want to answer this question.
But Rodrigo didn't intend to let him go. After all, Cruz was the most trusted person around Su Dong.
"From the perspective of influence and results, Real Madrid definitely has the advantage, and Real Madrid has his idol Ronaldo; but from the actual situation of the team, Barcelona seems to have an advantage, because Barcelona now needs a player.
As a striker who can score goals, Su Dong is undoubtedly the most suitable, and Cruyff also said that Su Dong has the genes of Barcelona football."
Nuno Cruz listened silently and finally shook his head.
"I think he should stay in Valencia!" This is a snake-proof answer that is definitely not wrong.
"What if we have to choose between Real Madrid and Barcelona?" Rodrigo pressed forward step by step.
"I don't understand. Valencia is now the leader of La Liga and has reached the top 16 of the Champions League. Why does it have to go to Real Madrid and Barcelona?" Nuno Cruz asked.
"They are the best team in the world and can take Su Dong's career further."
"Maybe, but this is not what I am good at, and I never express opinions and opinions casually in areas that I am not good at." Nuno Cruz once again refused to answer related questions.
This is a topic that has been a hot topic in the Spanish media recently.
Both Mendes and Su Dong's press consultants have reminded people around Su Dong that they must not say even a single word wrong to the public at this time, otherwise it will cause a series of unnecessary troubles.
If Nuno Cruz makes a choice now, it will be on the front page tomorrow.
"Last question, many people say that Su Dong is a giant killer. This season, almost all La Liga team's goals have been scored by him. The stronger the team, the more so. Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are like this. You
What do you think it will be like against Barcelona?"
Nuno Cruz smiled slightly, this question is not difficult to answer.
"I'm looking forward to his goal!"
…
Rodrigo's exclusive interview didn't get the answers he wanted most, but it also dug out enough content.
Including some insider information that people usually don’t know.
For example, Su Dong originally liked beautiful women, but he was too picky, so he is still single.
Or maybe Su Dong basically doesn't have any holidays. Even when others are on holiday, he is always training.
Either at home or at the training base.
This is a player who has escaped from vulgar taste and works very hard!
This type of player is very rare and has never been seen before.
Nuno Cruz said that he is a genius full of unpredictability.
Perhaps the so-called genius is elusive.
At the end of the interview, Rodrigo "kindly" reminded Barcelona to be careful.
