At his home in downtown Lisbon, Lionel Pontes was having breakfast and talking to his wife sitting opposite.
"Don't you guys have a holiday?" the wife asked strangely.
The league is suspended and Christmas will be in two days. Why go to the training base at this time?
"I just received a notice that a very interesting guy is coming over today. I want to take a look." Pontes said with a smile.
"Is that the Chinese guy you've been talking about a lot lately?"
"Um."
"He really joined Sporting Lisbon?" My wife was a little surprised.
Pontes nodded with a smile, his smile full of relief and excitement.
He started observing Su Dong in August, and it has been more than four months now. Although he has never met Su Dong even once, he has been learning about Su Dong's situation and watched him transform from a semi-professional player to a professional player.
Amateur players who were unable to play in the team's youth team gradually rose to the star of hope that Sporting Lisbon is now taking seriously.
This is a very magical and wonderful process.
As a youth training coach, nothing makes Pontes more proud and excited than this.
That feeling was even stronger than when I saw Ronnie, Quaresma and others entering the second team or even the first team.
Because Ronnie and others are well-known geniuses and were extremely talented when they joined the team, but Su Dong was not.
He is an unlucky guy who made his way by risking his life.
Pontes is a youth training coach. In his opinion, nothing can prove his value more than Su Dong's success.
"I have never seen him before, and I want to go and see him today." Pontes said expectantly.
Of course his wife supports him. In the past period of time, Pontes mentioned Su Dong frequently.
This should be the "work" that my husband is most proud of since he started coaching. It is normal for him to want to see Su Dong sign the contract in person.
"Dad, can this person you mentioned be played in the team?"
Although the son opposite is only seven years old, he has heard a lot about Su Dong.
"Of course, I believe he will be successful, not only in Lisbon, not only in Portugal, but within a few years, he will shock the whole of Europe." Pontes said very confidently.
"Then you ask him for an autograph for me. When he becomes famous in the future, I will show it to my classmates." The child was looking forward to it.
"Okay, no problem."
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After breakfast, putting on his coat, Pontes went out.
Driving from the city via the Vasco da Gama Bridge, we arrived at Alcocheti.
Sporting Lisbon's training base is actually very small because the club has limited financial resources.
The entire training base is surrounded by a residential area and is shaped like a T. To the north is a standard football field, which is where the youth team trains and competes. To the south is also a standard football field, which is a training ground exclusively for the first team.
Between the two football fields, there is a long and narrow comprehensive training field and two small football fields the size of tennis courts.
A row of bungalows is located to the west of the first football field, which also serves as a trapezoidal stand.
That's it for the Alcoschetti training ground.
Compared with the training grounds of those big European teams, Sporting Lisbon's training ground is indeed terrible, but although it is small, it has all the necessary hardware and software facilities.
Pontes parked his car at the door and as soon as he walked into the training ground office, he saw Joao Cotto, the head coach of the U17 youth team, and Paul Cardozo and Osvaldo Silva standing at the entrance.
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The three of them were talking around the second team coach Jean Yames.
Everyone was a little surprised when they saw Pontes entering the door.
"Lionel, aren't you on vacation?" Paul Cardozo was a little surprised.
Pontes smiled slightly awkwardly, "I have something to do, come and take a look."
Everyone raised their eyebrows at each other, somewhat tacitly understanding.
The matter between Pontes and Su Dong has long been spread within the team.
Of course, no one will blame Pontes for this, after all, he has not done anything to harm Sporting Lisbon.
On the contrary, this time, the reason why Su Dong joined Sporting Lisbon, Mendes said, was that Pontes' guidance was one of Su Dong's key considerations, so to some extent, Sporting Lisbon should reuse Pontes in the future.
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This coach from Madeira Islands is still very capable.
"Why are you here too?" Pontes walked into the crowd and asked Jean James.
The latter shrugged, "He will be my player next, and I will definitely have to pay close attention to it."
This reason is very strong, but everyone knows that it is quite far-fetched.
Just as he was talking, there was another sound of parking outside the door.
Everyone thought that Su Dong had arrived, but when they turned around to look, they found that Nuno Nare had opened the door and walked in at the same time.
"Hey, Nuno, why are you here too?" Osvaldo Silva was surprised.
Isn't it just a new player joining?
How did you get all the key personnel of the entire youth team system to be present?
Is it that exaggerated?
You know, when the team spent 300,000 euros to introduce the midfield genius Ugo Pina from Belen, this group of people was not so enthusiastic. Why are they all here now?
When Naray saw the crowd, he scratched his head in embarrassment, "Aurelio told me that a training program would be tailored for him, and today when he came to the team to sign, he would definitely have to do it.
Physical examination, so I think it is necessary to go to the scene to understand the situation for the next work."
This reason is also strong enough.
After everyone heard this, they all burst out laughing.
In fact, everyone tacitly agrees.
Except for Paulo Cardozo and Osvaldo Silva, the two coaches in charge of the physical examination, the other three came specifically for Su Dong.
"Two youth training experts, the head coach of the second team, plus the two of us, this lineup is even bigger than when Jardel and Niculai joined half a year ago." Paul Cardozo said with a smile.
Physical examinations for adult players are all conducted in hospitals. Sporting Lisbon usually only arranges for the team doctor to follow them, and subsequent testing at the training base is relatively simple.
Simply speaking from a lineup perspective, Su Dong's treatment can be described as extremely luxurious.
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The coaching team has a luxurious lineup, and Su Dong's accompanying team is also not weak.
Needless to say, agent Mendes and partner Manuel, Ronnie and Jose Semedo both gave up their plans to go home for Christmas and stayed in Lisbon specifically to accompany Su Donglai.
to the team.
Everyone knows that Ronnie and Su Dong have a close friendship, but it is really surprising that they have such a bad relationship.
The management also attaches great importance to it. Technical director Aurelio Pereira, football director Carlos Freitas, and top management Mario Lino, all three giants, are waiting at the Alcoschetti Stadium on time.
For Su Dong, what Sporting Lisbon is most interested in is not only his current strength, but also his amazing potential.
In just a few months, he has transformed from an amateur player into a star of hope. This level of progress is staggering.
In fact, if Sporting Lisbon had not had players and coaches involved from beginning to end, no one would believe it.
But this did happen.
Because of this, everyone in the team is looking forward to seeing what Su Dong's potential is in the future.
As usual, before signing a contract, Su Dong had to undergo a series of physical examinations at the training base.
Su Dong's physical indicators are all excellent. The only big problem is that despite being 1.9 meters tall, he weighs only 70 kilograms, which is definitely unqualified.
Moreover, this was after he persisted for several months and practiced the physical strengthening training that Pontes created for him.
"According to scientific research, there are indeed certain differences in the development of Eastern and Western people. For example, Easterners are generally two years younger than Westerners, which means that their height can still be longer." Pontes analyzed seriously.
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"It's already 1.9 meters, and it's going to grow longer?" Jean James was a little surprised.
Is this going to be two meters away?
Looking at it like this, I shouldn't be here to play football, but should be playing basketball.
"Yes, I think it can grow longer, so we must take this into full consideration when preparing a special intensive training program for him. My personal recommendation is two classes a week for muscle growth, endurance, flexibility and coordination.
Let’s move forward together.”
Pontes was quite satisfied with Su Dong's physical condition. Apart from losing a little weight, there was nothing wrong with him.
But for a center player who is 1.9 meters tall, being thin is a big problem.
Being thin means that you have no muscles, lack the strength to fight, and cannot suppress the opponent's defender. This is a very serious problem.
In the past, in Sporting CP, we faced players from low-level leagues, and the physical confrontation was not particularly obvious. But when we come to a team like Sporting Lisbon, we will face the best in all aspects in the Portuguese Super League.
, the pressure is different.
"In addition, I suggest that his physical training sessions should be strictly controlled, not like Ronnie did before." Nuno Nare suddenly reminded him.
After everyone heard this, they all turned their heads in unison and looked at Ronnie, who was accompanying Su Dong during the physical examination.
The team had also planned detailed muscle-building training for Ronnie before, but this guy was greedy for more. He lied to Cotto in the youth team and said that he was not training in the second team, and in the second team he lied to James and said that he was in the youth team.
Didn't practice.
As a result, the original two classes a week became four classes a week.
It was not until much later that the coaching staff discovered his "conspiracy" and stopped his training on the spot.
Fortunately, no damage was caused during the whole process, otherwise it would have been too late to regret it.
"Ronnie is of African descent and has strong muscles. Su Dong can't do this." Pontes was also very cautious about this.
Jean James heard the suggestions from the youth training experts, but he frowned a little at Su Dong's situation.
"I'm 1.9 meters tall. I'm going to continue to grow taller and gain muscle, but I don't want to become the second Giswe." After finishing speaking, the head coach of the second team let out a long sigh.
Jiswei was also a player trained by Sporting Lisbon's youth training. He performed very well all the way. However, when he reached the stage of growing taller, his height suddenly increased dramatically, which was terrifying.
As the body grows taller, the sensitivity decreases, and the speed also decreases, and finally becomes the aerial player he is now.
Will Su Dong do the same?
Pontes smiled and patted Jean Yames on the shoulder, and said confidently: "You'll find out later."
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