"In my opinion, Su Dong is the most promising young player in the Portuguese Super League. If possible, I would be very happy to bring him to Porto at a reasonable or even higher price. He is a player who is difficult to bring to the table.
Young players who were rejected.”
In an interview with a reporter from the Portuguese Morning Post, Mourinho publicly expressed his favor for Soviet Union.
At the same time, the Morning Post also published a news that Porto asked Sporting Lisbon about the possibility of introducing Su Dong. The reason is that Mourinho is full of strong interest in the 17-year-old youngster.
Sporting Lisbon also quickly gave feedback.
First, technical director Aurelio Pereira came forward and said in an interview with the media, "We have not received any inquiries from teams about Su Dong, and we have no idea of selling Su Dong."
Aurelio also elaborated on Sudong's position in Sporting Lisbon's new season strategy, believing that he will be the club's key training target. "He will become the best young player in Portugal and even European football here."
Later, head coach Boloni also publicly stated that Su Dong plays an important role in his tactics and plans for the new season. "Porto wants to get Su Dong? I don't think there is any possibility."
"Even if Mourinho is willing to trade Deco, I will still choose to keep Su Dong without hesitation."
The technical director and head coach came forward one after another, which convinced everyone of Sudong's status and future in Sporting Lisbon.
Many professionals have even analyzed that in Sporting Lisbon's new season strategy, Sudong's status has surpassed Quaresma and Ronnie, becoming the veritable number one rookie in the Green Lion team.
But what no one knows is that during the intensive preparations at the Alcoschetti training base, Su Dong became the player who shouted at the most in Bologna. The Romanian head coach even stopped the training many times and called Su Dong to the sidelines to teach him a lesson.
G.
The severity even makes people wonder, is he deliberately targeting Su Dong?
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"Su, you could have handled the ball better a few times just now, why did you hesitate?"
Boloni once again stopped the training, called Su Dong to the sidelines, and reprimanded him loudly.
"You need to become more brave and confident. I'm not asking you to cooperate with your teammates, but I'm asking you to take control of the situation. You know what I mean? Use your control! Be confident, man!
"
Boloni looked a little excited and was obviously not very satisfied with Su Dong's performance in training.
Su Dong kept nodding his head. He could understand what Boloni meant, but it was difficult for him to execute it properly on the court.
On the one hand, it was because his own ideas had not changed and he was still a little unsure of himself. On the other hand, it was also because the teammates around him were all people who had once made him look up to him.
For example, Jardel, Joao Pinto and Barbosa, etc., no matter how bad they are, there are also geniuses such as Quaresma and Ronnie.
Let me ask, when being a teammate with such a person, Su Dong wants to control the overall situation?
Watching Su Dong turn around and run back to the training ground, Boloni shook his head and sighed.
"I think your requirements for him are too harsh." Pontes came over and said.
Boloni turned to look at his assistant. He knew the relationship between Pontes and Su Dong. Su Dong even followed Pontes' car to and from the training base every day. The two had a close relationship.
"I know, but there's no time." Boloni was helpless.
If it were during the summer training period, he would have a lot of time to slowly refine his tactics and slowly accumulate Su Dong's confidence.
But not now, with the Portuguese Cup final just around the corner, he didn't have time to adjust slowly. He had to force Su Dong to adapt to his new role faster, instead of treating himself as a fledgling rookie.
"You know, Lionel, Quaresma and Ronnie are all too attached to the ball. We have all seen their abilities on the wing. If they can show their ability, then our frontcourt attack will be complete."
Activated."
Pontes agrees with this statement. Even in the Portuguese Super League senior team, Quaresma and Ronnie have the ability to stand out from the crowd.
But the problem is that these two guys are too sticky to the ball, they are flashy, they seriously slow down the rhythm, and their actual combat value is not high. This causes Sporting Lisbon's offense to often stop at their feet.
In the past, Boloni did not dare to use them at the same time because Jardel and Nikolai were not able to hold the ball. But now it is different. Su Dong is proficient in passing, controlling and shooting. It is up to him to connect the two wingers and control
Attacking in the frontcourt is undoubtedly the most ideal, and it has been confirmed in the past few games.
"I understand what you mean, but you have to understand that he is only seventeen years old and has only played four games in the first team. Is it appropriate for you to throw such a heavy burden on him all of a sudden?" Pontes said.
There are still objections.
Boloni saw the determined look on Pontes' face, and he also knew that what he did was really inappropriate. In Chinese terms, it was a bit counterproductive. After all, Su Dong was really just a fledgling rookie.
"Do you know what my impression of Su Dong is?" Boloni asked without answering.
Pontes shook his head, he couldn't understand the head coach's thoughts.
"He's like a mystery, a huge, unpredictable mystery."
Boloni sighed lightly: "Remember, when he joined the team in December last year, did you ever think that he would be able to perform as he does today?"
Pontes thought for a moment and shook his head no.
At that time, no matter how optimistic they were and who had high hopes for Su Dong, they would never have imagined that he would be able to perform as he does today.
"Have you noticed? His skills have improved a lot compared to half a year ago, his feel for the ball is also much better, and his ball stopping is getting better and better. This is not in line with common sense. He should have missed that kind of skill and feel for the ball a long time ago.
He is old, but you see, he has been making rapid progress."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! There is a general consensus in professional football that ball feel and skills can be maintained and improved through training, but everyone will have an upper limit, which is commonly known as
Talent limit.
Once the talent limit has been reached, even if the player insists on practicing hard 24 hours a day, it will be difficult to make progress.
Especially when this player has missed the best age to develop his skills and feel for the ball.
Just like Ronnie, he trains hard enough, right?
His ball-stopping skills are not very good, and they improve extremely slowly no matter how hard he practices.
But Su Dong seems to be an outlier.
At the age of seventeen, he had already missed the best age to develop his skills and feel for the ball. No matter how much he practiced, his improvement would be limited. However, Su Dong still maintained an astonishing rate of progress, and he still looked so unfathomable.
No one can tell where his upper limit is.
That's why Boloni said that Su Dong was like a huge, unpredictable mystery.
"He has the body, skills, and speed. At the same time, he also has a very keen sense of smell to seize the opportunity in an instant. I have never seen such a player, and I couldn't believe it before."
Boloni spoke with surprise and admiration in his tone.
"I want to try it now. If Su Donglai organizes the frontcourt offense around him, how much energy can he exert? Can he do things that others can't do?"
Pontes was a little stunned when he heard this. He could see that Boloni had high hopes for Su Dong, which were even beyond his imagination, but...
"I still think you are too anxious."
"Maybe." Boloni sighed helplessly, "Professional football never waits for anyone. Sometimes being anxious is not necessarily a bad thing. I believe he can handle it."
At the end of the sentence, Boloni's eyes were fixed on Su Dong on the court.
In the mind of the Romanian head coach, Su Dong has continuously brought surprises to him. He believes that Su Dong will not disappoint him in this final against Porto.
As for why he has such confidence, he doesn't know.
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"Have you noticed that the coach seems to be deliberately targeting you?"
After a day of training, everyone was exhausted.
Su Dong and Ronnie walked side by side to the sidelines, and they wanted to stay and practice more.
"He has very high demands on me." Su Dong looked at Boloni standing in the distance in the distance.
"Yes, I just feel that his demands on you are too high, and it's more like he is deliberately making things difficult." Ronnie felt sorry for his good brother because Su Dong was called out and scolded several times.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Su Dong patted Ronnie on the shoulder and comforted him in turn.
Su Dong didn't know what to say. He had a vague feeling that Boloni was testing him.
Perhaps the head coach is no longer satisfied with just treating himself as a rare talent, or perhaps the head coach hopes that he can do more and better and take on more responsibilities.
No matter what it is, this is a good thing for Su Dong.
The opportunity is given, whether he can seize it or not depends on Su Dong himself.
Perhaps for him, the most important game of this season is the upcoming final.
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In the next few days, Sporting Lisbon is still preparing for the closed game in Alcoschetti.
The content of the preparations is similar to usual. The biggest difference is that during group training, Su Dong is basically in the main group and is a regular double forward partner with Jardel.
The 442 double-forward style of play is no stranger to Sporting Lisbon, because during the first half of the season when the team's performance improved by leaps and bounds, Boloni insisted on the double-forward tactics of Jardel and Nikule, and the offensive was overwhelming.
It's just that now, Nikolai has been replaced by Su Dong.
No one had much objection to this. After all, Su Dong's performance was obvious to all. The only thing that surprised him was, why was Boloni so harsh on Su Dong?
Gradually, as the final approached, the first-team players gradually felt Boloni's intentions.
Especially in the group match the day before the final, when Boloni rarely changed his four-three-three style of play, taking Jardel and letting Su Dong form a trident with Ronnie and Quaresma, everyone was clearly aware of it.
It’s the head coach’s thinking.
Facts also proved that they all guessed right.
On the morning of the final, Boloni announced the lineup for that night's game to the players.
Su Dong is on the list!
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