Perhaps because he had just been to the second team's dugout, Su Dong had a particularly strong feeling about the first team's locker room.
That is depression.
The rest area of the second team was as lively as a disco. Players gathered in small groups and chatted about various topics. Jose Semedo and others were chatting enthusiastically, and even made such unusual noises.
yd’s magical laughter.
But none of this can be seen in the first-team locker room.
Everyone is sitting in front of their own cabinets, packing their things, or sitting there listening to headphones, or doing nothing, closing their eyes and concentrating, or some simply looking around and looking at other people.
The only thing was that no one spoke.
It felt very strange, as if this group of people were not a team at all, but like strangers who didn't know each other.
Su Dong stepped into this locker room for the first time. For him, this group of players made him look up. He was full of excitement and at the same time a little nervous. Seeing others not speaking, he didn't say anything.
said, leaning closer to Ronnie.
As he got closer, he found that the boy from Madeira Island was not much better, he was also nervous.
The two young men, who had just arrived and were equally nervous and at a loss as to what to do, looked at each other and laughed bitterly in unison.
"Hi, Ronnie."
Someone finally broke the silence and came over to say hello to Ronnie softly.
"Hey, Hugo." After high-fiving the opponent, Ronnie bumped his shoulders and said, "This is our new teammate, Su Dong."
"Sue, this is Ugo Viana."
Of course, Su Dong has heard of him. He is the most potential player under Mendes and the talented midfielder whom Mendes values the most. He is known as Rui Costa II. He has been overtaking in corners since October.
He surpassed Quaresma and became the number one talent in Sporting Lisbon.
Perhaps because they were both players under Mendes, Hugo Viana was also very friendly to Su Dong. After high-fiving and bumping shoulders, he sat down between Su Dong and Ronnie.
"Why isn't everyone talking?" Su Dong asked strangely.
Ugo Viana smiled and said, "It's always been like this. Slowly, you'll get used to it."
After a pause, seeing the puzzled expressions on Su Dong and Ronnie's faces, Ugo Viana smiled and explained a little more.
"The youth team and the first team are two completely different worlds. Although the youth team has some competitive pressure, it is actually not that big. But when it comes to the first team, it is different. Everyone here has a kind of worry in their hearts and is worried about
My future is full of worries, because no one knows how I will perform in the next game? No one can guarantee what I will do next?"
Su Dong nodded, somewhat understanding in his heart.
This kind of existential crisis will indeed make everyone vigilant at all times, and they will not dare to be careless at any time.
Just like Quaresma.
In the first game of the season against Porto, the player shined and was immediately touted as Sporting Lisbon's number one talent, Portugal's hope for the next ten years, and he was subsequently reused by the club.
But who would have thought that after a few rounds, he would still be wandering between the main force and the rotation.
What is even more unexpected is that starting from October, Hugo Viana, who was promoted from the youth team, occupied the main position of the team's midfielder in one fell swoop, becoming the team's number one star of hope, and firmly
Take firm control.
There are many reasons for all this, including the opponent's factors, the team's own reasons, and the head coach's desire for change.
Who can think this through? Who can predict it?
Existential crises can easily make people anxious, but at the same time, they can also keep everyone in awe.
Only with awe can you give your best in every game and every training session.
Apart from this, they have no other thoughts to do any unnecessary and unnecessary things, including chatting in the locker room.
Su Dong has not yet been able to feel the pressure from the first-team competition, but he has already seen some of it.
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The composition of Sporting Lisbon's first team is actually quite interesting.
Including Su Dong, there are a total of thirty players.
These players are mainly divided into two parts, either mature players around thirty years old or above, such as Jardel, this player is already 28 years old, and there are 29-year-old Sa Pinto, and the veteran Ba
Bosa and Cruise, among others.
They all have a common characteristic. They all have experience in the four major leagues. They either retired after success or encountered various problems and were eliminated from the competition. However, in the Portuguese Super League, these players are still quite capable.
There are also some players who are young players, such as Quaresma, Marcelino, Viana, Ronnie and so on.
These players are either from their own youth training, or they are rookies with high hopes, such as the 20-year-old Romanian center Niculai, a fellow countryman of coach Bologni, who is the scorer that Bologni advocates.
It can be said that these two groups of players account for almost the majority of the lineup. There are only a handful of players who are truly around the age of 25 and in the prime age of their careers.
What caught Su Dong's attention was a high center forward introduced during the winter break, the 25-year-old center Dimitris Nalikis from Greece. This center first transferred from Thessaloniki of Greece in July.
He will move to Udinese in Serie A, then to Perugia in October, and then to Sporting Lisbon during the winter break.
In just a few months, he has already moved to three teams.
During his time in Serie A, he only played three games, including two league matches and one cup match.
Everyone can see that this is because Boloni is not satisfied with the team's forward configuration. Gisvi and Laurence are still relatively young, so they introduced Nalizis who was in his prime as Jardel and
Nikolai's replacement.
The reason why Su Dong paid attention to him was not only because he was one of the few in the team in his prime, but also because he would be one of his competitors, even though for the time being, he was far from seeing any hope of playing in the first team.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! From Sporting Lisbon's first team lineup configuration, it is not difficult to see that this team is still the same as other Portuguese Super League teams.
The reason why there is a lack of core players in their prime years is because the core players who performed better have been sold off.
This is the current situation of the Portuguese Super League.
Sporting CP cannot retain players, nor can Sporting Lisbon.
Of course, the premise is that the players must perform well enough.
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Captain Barbosa broke the silence in the dressing room.
He introduced the three new teammates who had just joined to everyone present. Sudong, Ronnie and Nalikis stood up to greet their teammates one by one under the captain's call, but there were only a few responders.
More people looked at them with guarded eyes, obviously worried about competition.
For example, Marcelino.
This player, who also has African ancestry, is very impressive in the youth team. Along with Quaresma and Ronnie, he is known as the three Musketeers of the Sports Tower. However, after entering the first team, his development is far inferior to Quaresma.
, and was even overtaken by Viana.
So far, he has not played a single minute for the first team.
This is another very sad story.
"I heard news that his performance in the first team was very poor." Ronnie leaned close to Su Dong's ear and said softly.
Su Dong frowned, "Why?"
"I heard it's because I'm not used to it, who knows?" Ronnie shrugged.
Marcelino's performance in the youth team was no worse than Quaresma's, but after entering the first team, the two were completely different.
This is really puzzling.
The vast majority of adult players, including the team's top players like Jader, looked at Su Dong and others with cold eyes. It felt like they were not looking at their own teammates at all, but like they were standing on the street looking at passers-by.
Su Dong understood that in their eyes, he had not been recognized by them at all and was not qualified to be their teammate.
Each of them should be guessing in their hearts, how long can these new guys stay?
This is not only true for the players, but also for the head coach Boloni.
Unlike the second team coach Jean Yames who specially received Su Dong and had a long talk, the first team coach Boloni did not have time to talk to Su Dong and the three of them at all. He just briefly talked on the sidelines before the training started.
Had a conversation.
The content of the conversation was very simple, even perfunctory.
Boloni encouraged Sudong, Ronnie and Nalikis to work hard to improve their own strength and perform at their best in training.
"I will pay close attention to your performance in training. At the right time and in the right game, I will arrange for you to play as appropriate. I hope you can perform satisfactorily by then."
Su Dong couldn't help but nodded, but in fact, he knew very well that what he said was the same as what he didn't say.
Bologna will not give them a chance easily, just like Marcelino.
This player entered the first team at the beginning of the season, but so far, he has not even played a minute.
Also lacking opportunities are Gisvi and Lourenço, but it is Nikolai. The Romanian center is a fellow countryman whom Bologna has introduced and has always been reused and trusted by Bologna.
Even if Nikulai's performance is not as good as Jardel.
Boloni was perfunctory, and the three of them also didn't take it seriously.
After the formal conversation, the head coach introduced the three Sudong to everyone through his pre-training speech, hoping that everyone could help them and work hard to help them integrate into the team.
There were still few responses.
Neither Su Dong nor Ronnie cared about it.
The two looked at each other, and both saw the dissatisfaction and stubbornness in the other's eyes.
There is never a lack of indifference and cold eyes around them, but they will always prove themselves with their performance.
It was true before, and it is true now.
As a result, they worked very hard in the subsequent training.
In the initial warm-up and recovery training, they were able to keep up with the larger team, which made them think that the training of the first team was nothing.
But when they really entered the high-intensity training, the two of them felt huge pressure, especially when they entered the team training, they couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all.
Body, technology, consciousness...
Everything can't keep up.
Su Dong felt as if he had returned to the bad situation he was in when he first participated in the training of Atlético de Portugal, even worse than then.
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