i want to be king

Chapter 113 Never Back Down!
"I will definitely not take the initiative to talk to him!"

In the Romario seafood restaurant in downtown Lisbon, Su Dong said loudly, with an extremely firm attitude.

Ronnie, Pepe, Albertini, Andre Cruz and others sitting in front of him all felt his unquestionable determination, and he has decided not to give up an inch!

Albertini's proposal was mature and prudent. He believed that Su Dong should take the initiative to talk to Boloni, exchange some ideas with each other, and ease the current tension.

Now everyone can see that Sporting Lisbon's problems are very acute.

Boloni wanted to help his confidant Nikulei get out of the quagmire, but Nikulei did not perform well, but Su Dong shined.

Then the problem is coming.

The better Su Dong performed, the more it seemed that the head coach Boloni was roasted on the fire.

Boloni has always attached great importance to team discipline, even a little stubborn, so he also reused Nikule almost out of anger.

The more suspicious the outside world was, the more he trusted Nikulei.

He wants Nikule to prove his strength and also prove his coaching ability.

In fact, there is no way to resolve it, that is, Su Dong took the initiative to take a step back and ease the relationship with Boloni.

After all, the opponent is the head coach of the team.

But Su Dong didn't want to do that.

"Yes, last season he gave me a chance to play in the first team, he trusted me and even started me in the Portuguese Cup final, which made me very grateful to him at one point, but so far this season, I don't think I have done anything wrong. I have never even said a bad word about him outside."

"But what will he give me in return?"

The problem of Su Dong and Boloni has never been an accidental phenomenon.

In addition to Sporting Lisbon, in Porto, in other teams, even in all teams, it will encounter similar situations.

There are only eleven players on the field, and the head coach has his own ideas and preferences in employing people, and he can even be said to be stubborn. This will inevitably bring about some unfairness, and then conflicts within the team, which is also normal.

What is more abnormal is that Su Dongcai and Boloni think that he should suppress this young player, otherwise the authority of the head coach will be affected. At the same time, he also needs to help his compatriot Nikule regain his confidence and state.

But now, can Su Dong hold back?
"From the day I decided to ask to return to the second team in front of everyone, I knew that I had no way out."

"As long as I perform poorly, he will remove him from the squad at any time, or even relegate him to the second team to demonstrate his authority as the head coach, so I have no choice but to keep working hard to perform better."

"For me, that's not necessarily a bad thing."

Su Dong said very strongly, and Albertini, Andre Cruz and others can understand his mood and situation.

Ronnie was even more indignant, "I think what Su Dong said is right, why can Nikulei behave like that, but still be able to gain trust and get so many opportunities, while Su Dong can't?"

"Since as the head coach, he has been unfair to us, why do we have to go to him for reconciliation?"

"Let me tell you, even if we want to reconcile, Boloni will take the initiative to find Su to reconcile. At worst, we will go to another team to play. As long as we perform well, are we afraid that there will be no place to play?" Ronnie said at the end, even the words of leaving the team.

Pepe on the side also nodded indignantly.

Albertini and André Cruz looked at each other, both showing helpless expressions.

They are not afraid, but hope to help Su Dong ease the relationship with the head coach, but now it seems that the thinking of this group of young people is completely different from theirs.

Or should I say, they all have more personality.

"That's right!" Albertini nodded and smiled, "Seeing you like this, I really feel that I am getting old."

Andre Crews nodded with a wry smile, and he thought so too.

"Demi, Andrei, I know you have good intentions."

Su Dong also understood the feelings of the two veterans for him, "But don't worry, this is not a bad thing for me!"

He is holding back his anger now, and he wants to face Boloni face to face. If he takes the initiative to reconcile, his anger will be vented instead.

"I will prove it to him, to everyone!"

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On October [-], the seventh round of the Portuguese Super League.

Sporting Lisbon sits at home against the same city team Belerences.

Since the international players have all returned to the national team, Boloni is a bit stretched in the formation of this game.

Facing Belerences tonight, he has a front trident of João Pinto, Soudón and Ronnie.

All the players who participated in the national team competition and training camp were excluded from the starting lineup by him. Nikule was not even included in the squad, but everyone knew that this was because Boloni was protecting his compatriots.

After Su Dong started the game, he performed as hard as ever.

No. In the 209th minute, Su Dong nimbly ran out of the gap in the penalty area, received a pass from Joao Pinto, and made it overnight in the penalty area, opening the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.

These are his three Portuguese Super League goals this season.

Afterwards, the game entered a stalemate. It was not until the No.809 minute that Quaresma, who replaced Ronnie, was on the right side of the penalty area. After receiving a pass from Sudong, he relied on his personal ability to sway the defender and hit a volley from the outside instep, making another victory for Sporting Lisbon.

Two to zero!
With the goals of Sudong and Quaresma, Sporting Lisbon defeated Belerences by two goals.

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The focus of this round is Porto vs. Benfica at home.

Only 4 minutes into the game, midfielder Thiago opened the scoring for Benfica, but then Benfica defender Bonfim scored an own goal.

In the No.701 minute of the second half, Deco scored a goal to seal the victory.

In the end, Porto reversed Benfica [-]-[-] at home.

After seven rounds, Porto and Guimarães are tied for the top spot with [-] points.

Mourinho's side have been brilliant so far this season.

With this round of victory, Sporting Lisbon followed closely behind with [-] points, ranking third. Benfica, Belerences, and Braga all had [-] points.

After seven rounds, the new season of the Portuguese Super League has taken shape.

Mourinho's Porto has made rapid progress in overall strength by virtue of buying and buying in the summer, and has performed very steadily in the new season.

Guimarães has not encountered a strong team so far, and the top position is more like a one-day trip on weekends.

Sporting Lisbon and Benfica are still the most promising teams to challenge Porto's supremacy, while last season's top three team, Boavista, is currently only ranked ninth, and its results have plummeted.

This is not accidental.

Boavista transferred and sold many core players this summer, resulting in a great loss of the team's overall strength. Coupled with the two-line battle, it is difficult for them to focus on the Portuguese Super League front.

Like Sporting, Boavista entered the UEFA Cup after being knocked out of the Champions League, also advancing from the first round.

The first leg of the second round was at the end of October, and Sporting Lisbon's opponent was Slavia Prague from the Czech Republic.

Porto's opponent is the Austrian Vienna team from Austria, while Boavista met Anroxas from Cyprus.

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On October 26, the eighth round of the Portuguese Super League.

Sporting Lisbon challenged Boavista away.

The championship and runner-up encounter last season, now times have changed, the situation of the two teams is completely different.

Boloni once again arranged for Sudong to start, but this also made everyone in the Sporting Lisbon locker room clearly know that Nikule will start in the UEFA Cup in midweek, away to Slavia Prague, Czech Republic.

Sudong is partnered with Quaresma and João Pinto.

As the so-called broken ship still has three catties of nails, Boavista's strength has been greatly damaged, but the confidence for strong dialogue is still there.

They have also suffered from Su Dong, so they pay special attention to Su Dong.

It wasn't until the No.404 minute that Su Dong relied on Tonito's cross from the wing to overwhelm the Boavista central defender and hit the goal with a header from close range, opening the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.

But Boavista equalized in the No. 70 minute of the second half.

Ronnie replaced Quaresma in No.80 in the 5nd minute. Only [-] minutes later, he received a deft heel pass from Sudong in the left rib area of ​​the frontcourt, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and scored [-]-[-]!

The tacit cooperation of the two young teenagers at the last moment of the game won another three points for Sporting Lisbon.

As Porto lost [-]-[-] away to Leiria in this round, Guimaraes even lost [-]-[-] at home to Vasim. Sporting Lisbon successfully reversed Porto and Guimaraes to the top of the Portuguese Super League by virtue of the three points in this round.

This is also the first time that Sporting Lisbon has rebounded strongly after a poor start and reached the top of the Portuguese Super League standings for the first time.

The entire Portuguese football world, and all Sporting Lisbon fans, spoke highly of the group of teenagers headed by Su Dong, Ronnie and Quaresma, as well as Pepe, who has started as a central defender in recent games.

These four teenagers are all under 20 years old and are in a period of rapid ascent.

In an interview with the media, the technical director Aurelio highly praised the performance of these young players in the team, believing that they have demonstrated the outstanding youth training level of Sporting Lisbon.

"A lot of people say we'll have nothing with young players, but I don't see it that way."

"I think with this group of talented young players, we can win it all!"

But when Aurelio was complacent and ambitious, in the UEFA Cup midweek, Sporting Lisbon flew away to challenge Slavia Prague.

The starting lineup was as expected. Boloni arranged for Nikule to start and rotated the starting lineup.

As a result, in the away game, the goal was conceded in the first 10 minutes.

Four 10 minutes to throw another one, No. 807 minutes to throw the third.

Fortunately, at the last moment of the game, Quaresma pulled back a round for the team.

In the end, Sporting Lisbon took away a humiliating one-to-three defeat from Prague.

Although there is an away goal in hand, it is undoubtedly a very unfavorable dilemma for the two rounds.

Boloni's use of troops was once again severely criticized by the outside world, especially his behavior of letting Su Dong, who was in good form, sit on the bench, which aroused the confusion of the media and fans.

(End of this chapter)