After Boloni announced the 18-man roster, everyone in the locker room turned their heads and looked at Su Dong in disbelief, with various emotions in their eyes.
Most of them are confused and surprised, but some people are secretly happy or even gloating about their misfortune.
It was also the first time for Su Dong to encounter such a situation, but he didn't care what others thought, he just felt surprised and disappointed.
Why can't I make the squad?
"Su, come to my office for a moment." Before going out, Boloni stopped in front of Su Dong and said.
Su Dong also stood up and followed Boloni out of the locker room in the eyes of everyone.
The two came to the head coach's office one after another.
"Sit anywhere you want," Boloni said, pointing to the sofa.
It wasn't Su Dong's first time here, so he just found a guest seat and sat down.
He was waiting for Boloni to give him an explanation as to why he was absent from the derby squad.
Boloni poured a glass of water for himself and Su Dong, then came back and sat down opposite Su Dong.
"Su, I'm sorry. Due to various considerations, I decided to let you miss the derby against Benfica."
"Why?" Su Dong looked up at the head coach.
"Next weekend we will face Porto."
It was the final of the Portuguese Cup, which took place just outside Lisbon. It would also be the last game of Sporting Lisbon this season, and it could even be said to be the most important game.
The league match against Boavista is certainly a strong dialogue, but in fact, before the game, Sporting Lisbon has established a certain advantage. As long as they don't lose, winning the championship is a high probability event.
If the league championship is based on accumulation, then the cup championship is determined by victory or defeat.
"After Mourinho took over Porto, his coaching achievements are obvious to all."
To put out Porto's fire, Mourinho's situation is not optimistic.
Being eliminated from the European competition and falling behind the leaders Sporting Lisbon and Boavista in the league, Porto has suffered heavy setbacks on two of the three fronts, but it performed well in the Portuguese Cup.
Everyone can see that Mourinho did not perform major operations on Porto during the six months he coached, nor did he even adopt the 442 or 433 formation that he was good at in Leiria.
Limited by the current lineup configuration of Porto.
But Mourinho did stabilize Porto's decline and began to bottom out.
Especially recently, Porto swept the Portuguese Super League and won five consecutive victories, including defeating Vicente 2-1 at home, defeating Seoul 3-0 away from home, defeating Guimarães 3-0 at home, and 4-0 away.
The bloodbath against Braga and the 5-3 home reversal against Santa Clara in the last round can be said to be resounding victories.
Compared to Porto's strength, Sporting Lisbon's recent decline has been obvious.
Especially since Sa Pinto's injury.
After the 29-year-old Portugal international was injured, he had to go to Madrid for surgery. Not only did he miss all the remaining games of the season, but he will also miss the upcoming World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
It is also because of this that Bologna included Ronnie in the eighteen-man roster.
Sporting Lisbon, which was in poor form and plagued by injuries, faced the regrouped and strong Porto, and Boloni really didn't have much chance of winning.
"The only meaning for us in the last round of the league is the local derby. Its outcome has nothing to do with the overall situation, but I don't want you to play in this game because I know that Mourinho and his team
I will definitely focus on studying this game.”
Boloni looked at Su Dong sincerely, and he tried hard to win Su Dong's trust.
Of course, this is not because he is afraid of Su Dong, but because as a head coach, he needs the trust and support of his players.
Based on Su Dong's recent performance, he has been rashly excluded from the squad. There is no suitable explanation. Let alone Su Dong himself, it is estimated that the locker room will have opinions about him.
No one can guarantee whether they will be next, right?
"I want to let Nalikis come on. This is not only to give him a last chance, but more importantly, I want to make Mourinho unable to grasp our ideas."
"After we play Benfica, we will conduct closed training, and I will focus on practicing your tactics. At the same time, I hope you can show your best condition and performance in the Portuguese Cup final."
At the end of the sentence, Boloni stared at Su Dong with his eyes.
Su Dong felt the trust conveyed by these eyes, and he believed Boloni's statement.
A football match is like a war, and soldiers never tire of deceit, as our ancestors said.
This smoke bomb may not work, but what if it does?
"Don't worry, boss, I understand."
Boloni breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I heard that you were not selected for the national team. Will you go back after the season?"
Su Dong shook his head, "If you don't want to go back, I made an appointment with Ronnie to go to Madeira Island to train together."
"Yeah." Boloni nodded appreciatively, "It's quite quiet there. You can concentrate on training and perform better in the new season."
"I understand, boss." Su Dong agreed.
"It's a vacation paradise with so many beauties. If you have a chance, get a girlfriend." Boloni joked in a rare way.
Su Dong shook his head awkwardly and smiled bitterly.
Ever since Ronnie made a scene in the sky bar, everyone in the team knew that Su Dong had no girlfriend.
Single high-quality potential stocks.
Just think about it and you know how popular people like this are.
From then on, Su Dong would often encounter people who offered to introduce him to his girlfriend.
But he hasn't found anyone he likes yet.
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The matter of Su Dong's absence from the squad was quickly settled in the locker room.
He accepted it himself, and captain Barbosa and others also learned some of the inside story, so naturally no one said anything.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, in the weekend match against Benfica, Sporting Lisbon's performance was not ideal at all.
Boloni not only hid Su Dong, but also hid Quaresma and Ronnie. Both of them entered the squad, but did not play in the game. Sporting Lisbon also adjusted its past four-three-three play and adopted a four-four
One by one tactics.
Needless to say, the result was a poor performance in this derby at home, and the offense was unable to open up the situation.
On the contrary, in the 73rd minute, Benfica scored a sneak attack.
This is a wonderful assist from Portuguese midfielder Thiago.
Subsequently, the two teams became more and more angry as they played, and the atmosphere on the court became more and more heated.
Nalikis came on as a substitute for captain Barbosa in the 79th minute, but he did not perform very well in the subsequent game time, and the same was true for Jardel, who played the entire game.
The Brazilian center didn't get enough support tonight.
On the contrary, it was Quaresma who came on as a substitute in the 74th minute. In the final stage of the game, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area and passed two opposing players in a row before being tripped and fell in the penalty area.
This triggered a fierce conflict between the players of the two teams. Benfica defender Angel and midfielder Zahovic pushed Quaresma and were shown yellow cards by the referee. Since they had already received yellow cards, they were both sent off.
Jardel personally took the penalty kick and scored the equalizing goal for Sporting Lisbon.
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"Jader's form has declined a lot recently."
In the stands, Su Dong looked at Jardel who was running around the stadium to celebrate his goal, and let out a long sigh with mixed emotions.
At the beginning of the season, Jader was in high spirits. This season he set the most efficient scoring record in his career, but recently, he has indeed shown signs of fatigue.
"It's normal. He is 29 years old. During the winter break, he wanted to transfer to the four major leagues, but failed. This seriously affected his enthusiasm. Coupled with injuries over the years, there are multiple reasons that led to his current state.
It is indeed a bit sluggish, and even if we don't come out, we may not be able to improve next season."
Obviously, Mendes is not optimistic about Jardel's prospects at Sporting Lisbon.
To put it bluntly, when he created the highest single-season scoring record in his career, when he caught up with the records of legendary stars such as Eusebio thirty years ago in the Portuguese Super League, he no longer had any goals in the Portuguese Super League.
Longing for it.
For professional players, having no pursuit is a very scary thing.
Su Dong respected Jardel very much. Jardel even taught him his shooting footwork and many shooting skills. This made him feel very complicated when he saw Jardel showing fatigue.
"Aurelio and the technical team have made an evaluation and they all agree that letting him leave and seek new excitement in the four major leagues is a good thing for him and Sporting Lisbon."
"Are you really leaving?" Su Dong asked with concern.
This not only concerns Jardel, but also him.
Mendes shook his head, "I don't know, his age and salary are not low. Even if Sporting Lisbon makes concessions on the transfer fee, not many teams are willing to accept his salary. This is why he has no salary during the winter break."
The main reason for success.”
Su Dong nodded.
Many fans only see the transfer fee, but do not know that the player's salary is also a key factor that the club considers when recruiting.
It's hard to say whether Sporting Lisbon's effort to spend a lot of money to bring in Jardel a year ago was considered a success.
In terms of performance, Jardel's record-breaking goal brought Sporting Lisbon a Portuguese Super League championship and also reached the Portuguese Cup final. However, from a business perspective, this transaction was indeed a loss.
A complete mess.
"I have entrusted my partners in Italy and the UK to help find suitable teams. The biggest problem now is that Jardel may not be willing to go to the middle and lower reaches of the four major leagues that cannot play in the Champions League or even European competitions.
team."
Mendes was helpless about this.
Su Dong understood this very well, after all, people always walk to higher places.
Sporting Lisbon is now the Portuguese Super League champion. According to the European war points, it can play in the Champions League peripheral qualifiers in the new season. As long as it wins the qualifiers, it can participate in the Champions League group stage. In this case, Jardel may not be willing to leave the team.
"It's okay, whether he leaves or not, I am confident that I will get more game opportunities in the new season!"
Su Dong's face was filled with determination.
This is not a question of whether he has confidence or not, but that he has to do it.
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