It took more than a month for Su Dong and Ronnie to fully integrate into the first team, nor fully adapt to the intensity of first team training, but they were finally able to barely keep up with the team's training.
To some extent, this means that they are making progress.
According to Pontes's assessment, their entry was much smoother than Marcelino's, but not as good as Quaresma's.
However, this has nothing to do with strength or individuals, it is purely a matter of preparation environment.
The summer training period is relatively long, and it is the start-up of the team. The head coach is still practicing and polishing the team, which makes the new players integrate into the team faster, so it took Quaresma two months.
He integrated into the team and shined in the first round match against Porto.
However, the winter break training camp only lasts for one week, and the overall skills and tactics have basically taken shape. At this time, it is basically unrealistic to require Su Dong and Ronnie to quickly integrate into the team. This is why many players do not like signings during the winter break.
Although they have been improving, they are still poor players in the first team.
Sudong can barely keep up with two competitors, Gisvi and Lourenço, but in terms of the team's ranking, there are Nikolai and Nalikis who are recovering from injuries, not to mention the recent scoring performance.
Jader who turned purple.
Ronnie had to succumb to Quaresma. The other wing was often veteran Sa Pinto or Joao Pinto, or the 22-year-old Chilean midfielder Rodrigo Tello.
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These three players are already very mature players. Ronnie is not yet capable of playing in the competition with them.
But this kid has never been a stickler for rules.
He would come to the coaching staff almost every day and complain, thinking that he should get some playing opportunities and time.
"Even if it's just some garbage time to let me experience the atmosphere and rhythm of some first-team games, that's fine."
And each time, Boloni reluctantly persuaded him to retreat.
But Ronnie never tires of it.
In addition to trying his best to gain opportunities for himself on the sidelines, Ronnie also tried every means to create opportunities for himself on the training ground.
Saying goodbye to the greenness when he first joined, Ronnie began to show his abilities.
During the team training, he started to dribble more, and his flashes of inspiration from time to time were amazing. At the same time, he was also very active in defense. The previous incident of tackle Phil Babb also happened frequently to other seniors.
Facing defensive players, it was common for him to pick up the ball in a Haidilaoyue style and seize the opportunity to cross the ball and so on. This made some defensive players in the team both love and hate him.
Head coach Bologni shouted from the sidelines from time to time to signal him not to play too wildly.
Whether it's fishing for the moon in the sea or crossing someone's back, these are all actions that can easily anger defensive players.
But Ronnie always smiled and nodded in agreement.
He was not trying to show off, but to attract Boloni's attention.
As if stimulated by Ronnie, Quaresma also sticks to the ball and dares to dribble and break through.
This made Boloni feel very embarrassed, because he found that if these two wing geniuses played at the same time, how would the frontcourt offense look?
Everyone only cares about getting and dribbling the ball, focusing on dribbling. How can they still attack?
It's enough to have Quaresma, but if there's Ronnie, the picture will be simply beautiful.
Whenever the two got too wild, Boloni would let Andre Cruz out.
The Brazilian player is 1.82 meters tall. Although he is old and his speed and explosive power are far less than when he was young, he is very experienced and has been immersed in defense in Serie A for many years. He is very strong in one-on-one defense.
Every time Andre Cruz takes action, Ronnie and Quaresma immediately become well-behaved and docile.
Then, the Brazilian central defender will return to his central position and continue to ravage Su Dong.
And Su Dong has become the most inconspicuous and least noticeable player on the team's training ground.
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Ronnie once again tried to force a breakthrough with the ball from the left but failed. After being blocked by Phil Babb, he was forced to pass back to the center.
The ball has been pushed to the thirty-meter area in the front court and passed back and forth around the perimeter.
Su Dong originally wanted to meet Ronnie. After seeing Ronnie's return pass, he decisively ran back and pointed to the right.
Ugo Viana, the midfield organizer of the same team, saw Sudong's gesture, took the ball forward, and sent a diagonal pass with his left foot, sending the ball to the front right area of the top arc of the penalty area.
Su Dong just ran over and blocked Andre Cruz who was following behind him with his body.
The Brazilian central defender missed the opportunity to go forward and steal the ball, and could only be blocked behind Su Dong.
This kind of scene has appeared on the Alcoschetti training ground countless times in the past month or so.
But no one can make a breakthrough from Cruise!
Su Dong turned sideways to the right, first touched the ball lightly with his left foot, changing its direction and slowing down its speed. Then he turned to the right, reached forward with his right foot and stopped the ball at his feet.
The entire action, from stopping the ball to turning around, is done in one go.
Cruz himself was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he was already behind him, but Su Dong was able to stop the ball in this way and successfully turned around.
At this moment, Cruise's eyes flashed with appreciation.
Pontes, who was watching the training from the sidelines, applauded vigorously, "Well done, Su!"
Head coach Boloni also nodded repeatedly. This stop and turn was really amazing.
The basic skills are very solid, but the key lies in handling the ball.
Just from his movement to seize the opportunity, it can be seen that Su Dong is a very smart, or cunning player.
The subsequent stop and turn left Cruz with no choice.
"But just like that, it won't be able to defeat Cruz." Boloni was very confident in his centre-back.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sure enough, Cruise was very experienced. After Su Dong turned around, he decisively engaged in a close fight.
Cruz, who is 1.82 meters tall, has never been a reckless man. On the contrary, like Brazilian defensive players, he is very good at close combat, especially with all kinds of small moves that are endless and give people a headache.
Pontes also knew in his heart that this was Su Dong's limit.
After all, he has to face Cruz, who once competed with the world's top central defenders such as Maldini and Costacurta.
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The moment Su Dong turned around and stopped the ball with his right foot, he already knew the outcome of what was going to happen next.
This is not unprecedented in the past month.
Not only him, but no one like Ronnie and Quaresma could make a breakthrough from Cruise.
He had even felt the pressure from Cruise's body on his left shoulder.
But at this moment, Su Dong used the props he had carefully prepared.
Orb of fraud!
This one-time item cost Su Dong 10,000 penalty kick points and was bought in the mall.
"Orb of Deception: Makes the user's next action look more confusing, increasing the probability of misjudgment by the opponent."
As soon as Su Dong used the prop, a light and shadow immediately appeared in his mind. At the same time, his right foot kicked the ball back, and his whole body stopped suddenly, and his left shoulder escaped Cruz's hands.
Cruz had already put his hands on Su Dong's left shoulder, seizing a certain defensive advantage. He even guessed what Su Dong might do next, either continue to lead forward, or make an emergency stop and kickback.
He has strategies for both options.
But just when Su Dong dunked the ball back, Cruz suddenly noticed a small movement of Su Dong's left foot. He subconsciously shouted that something was wrong. This kid was going to cut in laterally.
At this moment, he even forgot that Su Dong's left foot was not very skilled and was even half disabled, so he immediately blocked it.
But when the blocking action came out, he immediately realized that he had made a mistake.
He even had the urge to slap himself and ask himself why he made such a stupid mistake?
He was actually confused by Su Dong!
After Su Dong dunked the ball back, he stopped suddenly and seemed to be cutting in laterally, but in fact he pushed the ball forward and sprinted forward as fast as possible.
Although Cruz reacted quickly and tried to block Su Dong with his hands, the best position was already taken by Su Dong. He directly knocked away Cruz's blocking right hand and sprinted forward quickly.
The front edge of the penalty area caught up with the ball and brought it into the penalty area in one step.
Facing goalkeeper Thiago, Su Dong fired an angry shot with his right foot.
The ball passed through Thiago's lower right and went straight to the goal behind him.
Barty gol!!
Su Dong jumped high in the penalty area, clenched his fists and cheered excitedly, as if he had scored a goal in the game.
You know, in the past month or so, he has been ravaged by Cruise in every possible way, and it can be said that he was completely injured.
Now, I finally got some interest back.
Everyone around was shocked.
There was no applause, no cheers, everyone was stunned.
Su Dong actually broke through Cruise!
Moreover, in a head-on confrontation, he forcibly broke through Cruise's defense.
This is simply unbelievable!
Not only Cruz himself couldn't believe it, but the teammates around him couldn't believe it either. The head coach Boloni and Pontes on the sidelines also showed disbelief.
If the stop and turn just now was amazing, then the subsequent forceful breakthrough of Cruz was jaw-dropping.
Oh my God, how on earth did he do it?
That's Andre Cruz!
A burst of applause soon erupted on the training ground.
This is a tradition in team training. Everyone will applaud or even cheer for the wonderful performance of their teammates.
This is also the first time Su Dong has received applause from a first-team player since joining Sporting Lisbon.
Everyone looked at him with disbelief, because everything that happened just now happened very quickly, too fast for them to understand.
Perhaps, after the training session is over, everyone will have a clearer and more intuitive understanding by watching the training video.
But now, they only have one idea.
Su Dong is so strong!
He should be the only player on the team who can break through Andre Cruz in a one-on-one frontal defense.
This is something that Ronnie, Quaresma, even Jardel and Nikolai have not been able to do.
