Sitting on the visiting team's bench at the Bofim Stadium, Su Dong was so nervously paying attention to the situation on the court that he even forgot to go to the sidelines to warm up and stretch his muscles when it was time.
This is a nationally televised game against Portugal.
There are broadcast cameras in the sky of the Bofim Stadium and around the stadium, and they will pay attention to every move in the stadium.
Of course, the director will only push out the scenes that the fans are most interested in. Most of the captured shots will not be seen by the fans, let alone no one will pay attention to the unknown person on the bench.
At most, when taking a picture of head coach Boloni on the sidelines, he accidentally took a picture of the bench.
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The game actually went very dull.
Setubal relies on defensive counterattacks, and Sporting Lisbon also seeks stability in away games. Neither side takes risks easily.
Heavy troops were invested in the midfield, but failed to achieve results.
Boloni asked Joao Pinto to serve as a shadow forward, lurking behind Jardel, hoping that he could catch the ball within a thirty-meter area and then pass it out.
This seems to be a very simple task, but under the tight stranglehold of the opponent, the players in the Lisbon Arena performed very poorly. Even in the first half hour, Joao Pinto did not even give a kick.
Threatening pass.
The double defensive midfielder pair of Elio Sousa and Sandro Mendes performed very maturely and steadily, suppressing Joao Pinto.
Sporting Lisbon is also trying to advance from the wing, but Barbosa on the left is not good at dribbling the ball. Left back Rui Jorge actively intervenes, but the effect is not very obvious. Paulo Ferreira
The performance on this side is very stable.
Although Quaresma on the right performed as usual, he was still too attached to the ball.
The style of play is very entertaining, and the play is also very interesting. Even if it is edited into a few short videos, it will be very exciting. However, if it is zoomed into the entire game, at least in the first thirty minutes, he did not create a threat.
This is the difference between video highlights and the full game.
Sporting Lisbon could not break the deadlock, and Setubal was patiently waiting for an opportunity.
The game went on dully like this.
Just when Sudong started to feel a little restless, the midfielder suddenly stole the ball, and Barbosa sent a diagonal pass. Jardel quickly rushed into the penalty area, like pulling onions on dry land, and hit the target with a header, breaking Sporting Lisbon's game.
deadlock.
In an instant, the entire Bofim Stadium was filled with boos.
The fans at the scene certainly did not cheer for Jardel's goal.
But everyone at Sporting Lisbon was very excited.
This goal came at the perfect time.
Jader himself was very excited, running around the field to celebrate, and even went to the bench to high-five his teammates such as Ronnie and Su Dong.
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"This is the number one star!" Su Dong exclaimed.
Although Boloni didn't like it, many people even questioned Jardel's tactical value, thinking that he could only score goals, but at critical moments, Jardel could score goals.
This is the value of Jardel!
"It's amazing. He seized every chance he had. His sense of smell is so sharp." Ronnie also admired him very much.
Just now, when Setubal switched from defense to offense, after midfielder Barbosa successfully intercepted the ball, Jardel stepped in immediately, successfully countered offside, and hit the goal with a header in the penalty area.
The entire goal reflected Jardel's keen sense of smell and astute movement.
Of course, there is also his ability to beat Hugo Costa and score a header.
"The deadlock has been broken now, Setubal can't sit still." Ronnie said excitedly.
Su Dong also nodded frequently.
After Sporting Lisbon scored, Setubal must become more proactive.
In this case, Sporting Lisbon will have more attacking space and more counterattacks.
The situation is excellent.
But just when Su Dong and Ronnie thought that Sporting Lisbon had grabbed three points with one hand, the situation on the field changed again.
Only seven minutes had passed since Jardel's goal. Sporting Lisbon's Quaresma was too sticky and failed to pass the ball in time. After being intercepted, he quickly counterattacked, drove straight along the right and passed into the penalty area.
Andre Cruz missed a good opportunity when competing with the opponent's forward, and was grabbed by the opponent's first goal. His header flew to the penalty spot, and midfielder Sandro Mendes inserted in the back row.
A direct push shot equalized the score for Setubal.
Everyone was stunned.
Su Dong looked at the Setubal players celebrating wildly on the field in disbelief. Hearing the cheers from the field, not only one sentence came to mind.
Everything is possible on the football field!
At the same time, he also remembered a piece of data that Pontes once told him.
The most dangerous moment in a game is often when you feel safe.
Many goals were scored in the ten minutes after the previous one.
As if to confirm this statistic of Pontes, just two minutes later, there was another flaw on Quaresma's side. Rui Bento's pass was intercepted and he counterattacked again.
Hugo Henrique scored another goal for Setubal and successfully reversed the score.
Two to one!
In just ten minutes, the situation reversed again and again.
First, Sporting Lisbon scored, and then Setubal scored two goals in a row to reverse the situation.
If this was a TV series, the plot would be full of twists and turns.
Conceding two goals in a row, Sporting Lisbon suffered a painful blow.
Five minutes after the goal, the first half ended.
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At the coach's call, Su Dong stood up from his seat like the other substitute players.
They need to go on the field for warm-up training during halftime.
The players walked from the court to the tunnel one after another, preparing to return to the locker room. Coach Boloni had already disappeared. He probably went back to the locker room early to prepare for the tactical arrangements and adjustments for the second half.
Falling behind Setubal 1-2, this was unacceptable to every Sporting Lisbon player.
We have to fight back in the second half.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But the key is, how to kick out the threat?
"Quaresma behaved like a coward today. He entered the frontcourt and couldn't even hold the ball." Ronnie said angrily.
Su Dong nodded, this is a very serious problem, but not only for Quaresma.
In fact, no one in the frontcourt of Sporting Lisbon could hold the ball.
Barbosa plays in the midfield and plays on the wing. Needless to say, Joao Pinto was suppressed by the opponent's double midfielder. Quaresma was too sticky to the ball, but it was more reflected in the advancement.
Del's back to get the ball... let's forget it and talk about his goal.
Facing a team like Setubal, Sporting Lisbon lacks a backhand to get the ball when attacking, which is very fatal.
It's very simple. If you want to hit the ball head-on, you must have space.
Jardel's goal was a typical example of hitting the opponent behind.
But if the opponent retreats tightly and falls into a positional battle, then you have to turn your back to get the ball.
Setubal knows this very well, so Campos does not easily give Sporting Lisbon players a chance to attack with the ball head-on.
If Nalizis were here at this time, Boloni would probably consider a substitution.
Nalikis' height and weight can indeed carry people, but the problem is that his skills are very rough, and his stability in holding the ball and delivering the ball are problematic.
Su Dong knows very well what the team needs to do.
But he didn't know if Boloni trusted him?
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Players from both teams returned to the court one after another.
Except for the players and coaches, no one knows what happened in the locker room during the ten minutes of halftime.
After coach Boloni followed the team, he stopped at the entrance of the players' tunnel. After looking around, he shouted to Su Dong and waved, "Su."
Su Dong saw Boloni's gesture from a distance and ran over immediately after hearing the shout.
"How's the warm-up going?" Boloni asked with concern.
"Very good, you can play at any time." Su Dong said seriously.
Boloni looked at him deeply, nodded and said: "Be prepared. Also, don't be idle after the second half starts. Pay more attention to that Paulo Ferreira."
Su Dong was a little surprised. He was a center, so he should pay attention to the opponent's center back after he came on the field.
As a right back, isn't Paulo Ferreira someone the wide players should be looking at?
But Su Dong didn't ask or think much, he just nodded.
As long as he can play, he must unconditionally perform the tasks assigned by the head coach, even if he is asked to play as a defender.
This is the professional ethics of being a professional player.
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The second half of the game is about to begin.
Su Dong slowly walked back to the bench, met his other substitute teammates, and sat back on the bench.
"Why did the coach call you over?" Ronnie asked enviously.
Everyone knows that this means that Su Dong is very likely to come on as a substitute in the second half.
"He told me to get ready and watch out for Paulo Ferreira."
Ronnie frowned when he heard this, "Shouldn't this be what I'm paying attention to?"
In the information given by the coaching staff before the game, Ronnie focused on Paulo Ferreira because he can play on both sides.
"I don't know, maybe the team has changed its tactics." Su Dong guessed.
Sure enough, after changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Sporting Lisbon's tactics underwent some fine-tuning.
Joao Pinto, who was originally more active in the center, began to appear on the left wing, and Barbosa returned to the center of the midfield. This made Sporting Lisbon look more like a 433 formation, just using the two wingers.
Pull it back.
Su Dong quickly figured out that Bologna was treating a dead horse as a living horse, and wanted to let Joao Pinto try on the left wing to see if he could hold the ball on this side.
But Setubal's head coach Campos quickly realized this. Paulo Ferreira and Sandro Mendes frequently double-teamed Joao Pinto, which made Sporting Lisbon two teams in the second half.
The first pass to Joao Pinto failed to catch, let alone create a threat.
After all, Joao Pinto still plays as a central midfielder and is not very capable of holding the ball behind his back.
The whole start was still very dull. Even after Sporting Lisbon changed their playing style, the situation still did not improve.
This made coach Boloni frown on the sidelines.
He knows the situation the team is facing and what needs to be done.
The key is that he can't be sure whether Su Dong is worthy of his trust?
As a seventeen-year-old player, can he really come on the court at such a critical moment and play the tactical role that he and everyone in the team expects?
Boloni himself had no confidence.
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