i want to be king

Chapter 138

On February 20th, in the No.[-] round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon played against Braga at home.

Su Dong, who has been so popular recently, once again showed an unbelievable performance.

After nearly an hour of fierce competition between the two sides, Braga's defense finally showed its flaws.

In 4 minutes, in a quick counterattack, Su Dong received Tonito's through pass, used his speed to forcefully break through the opponent's defense line, and hit the goal with a kick in the penalty area, opening the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.

Only 6 minutes later, with the cooperation from the left, Rui Jorge received Ronnie's counter-knock and passed a 45-degree diagonal pass to the penalty area. Su Dong took the lead in grabbing the best spot, overwhelming the opponent, and scored twice with a header.

Two to zero!
Sporting Lisbon finally defeated Braga with two goals thanks to Su Dong's goal.

In the last round of hat-trick, this round scored twice and scored five goals in two rounds. Su Dong's performance not only shocked the entire Portuguese football world, but even the European football world began to pay close attention to this young Chinese teenager.

The Spanish newspaper Marca reported after the game that this Ronaldo fan had begun to enter the field of vision of Real Madrid's technical team. With his impressive record of scoring nine goals in six games since the winter break, the young Sudong made Sporting Lisbon fans completely forget Jardl.

"Such crazy goals are comparable to Jardl's last season!"

"But don't forget, Su Dongcai!"

Gazzetta dello Sport also broke the news that AC Milan's technical team paid close attention to Su Dong's movements after receiving Albertini's recommendation.

"Although Ancelotti emphasized that the team's striker is not short of people, Galliani still targets two young players for the summer transfer, namely Kaka, a talented teenager from Brazil, and Su Dong from Sporting Lisbon."

"These two young players are more of a talent reserve for the team in the future."

The Turin sports newspaper revealed that Juventus is also paying close attention to the two rookies of Sporting Lisbon, center Su Dong and winger Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Lipi is more interested in Su Dong. He has told the technical team that a center forward of Su Dong's type will bring great improvement to the team. He hopes that the team will seriously consider bringing him to Turin."

But the Turin Sports Daily also revealed that the Juventus management is not only targeting Su Dong, but also Ajax's Swedish center Zlatan Ibrahimovic. This player and the team's core Pavel Nedved are the same agent.

"Obviously Raiola is closer to Juventus."

The World Sports Daily from Catalonia, Spain revealed that Barcelona has a strong interest in the three young players of Sporting Lisbon, but there is a sequence.

"Kluivert's career in Barcelona was not successful, which made many people worry. Can Sudong, a center forward whose playing style is very similar to Kluivert, be able to adapt to Barcelona?"

"In the team's signing order, the first choice for striker signings is Eto'o. Only when the introduction of Eto'o fails, Barcelona will consider whether to introduce Su Dong."

"Quaresma and Ronnie are also Barcelona's goals, but this summer happened to be Barcelona's presidential election. One of the candidates, Laporta, took out campaign cards like Ronaldinho and Beckham, which made Su Dong, Quaresma and Ronnie, three teenagers, not enough to look at."

"The Barcelona technical team believes that they do not yet have the strength to play for Barcelona."

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The transfer market was in turmoil, but Su Dong had no time to pay attention.

After playing the No.20 round, take a week off and immediately usher in the No.20 second round.

This time, Su Dong was put on the bench.

Because in the middle of the week will usher in the first round of the UEFA Cup knockout round of sixteen.

In the away game against Vazim, Joao Pinto opened the scoring for the team in No. 304 minutes.

This made everyone seem to see victory.

But eight minutes into the second half, Sergio Carvalho equalized for Vadzim with a corner kick.

Then the game was completely deadlocked.

Boloni replaced Sa Pinto in 5 minutes, and Quaresma in No. 701 minutes, but they failed to reverse the situation of the game.

Until No. 80 minutes, Boloni finally couldn't sit still, replaced Barbosa with Su Dong, and adopted a double center tactic.

Wazim seemed to have been prepared for a long time. He changed two players in one breath, a midfielder and a defender, all of which were to strengthen the defense.

Head coach Jose Costa clearly has a strategy in place.

Before the game, his team had focused on rehearsing how to restrain Su Dong.

But the actual effect...

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"Sporting Lisbon steals the ball from the back."

"Albertini managed to tackle the ball and pass it to the left for Rui Jorge."

"The left back has the ball."

Su Dong retreated all the way to near the center line, raising his hand for the ball.

Behind him is the Brazilian midfielder Gilma. He has been trying to squeeze Su Dong away with his body, but he found that Su Dong in front was motionless.

When Rui Jorge passed the ball, Su Dong used his body to firmly suppress Gilma, and at the same time stretched out his right foot, volleying with his heel to unload the pass to his right rear.

After unloading the ball, Su Dong suddenly turned to his right side, which is the left side of the court.

Gilma was firmly suppressed by Su Dong in the middle, unable to stop it at all.

"Nice heel stop!"

"Su Dong turned around!!!"

"The startup speed is very fast, leaving Gilma behind!"

As soon as Su Dong exerted his legs, his whole body moved like a rabbit. He quickly threw off Brazil's lower back and chased after the ball.

But at this time, Wazim's defense is still there, and there is no chaos.

After Su Dong turned around, he took big strides all the way, sprinted with his head in his mouth, and slanted to the middle, pressing on the defense line, not giving his opponent any chance to breathe.

When he came to the middle, the opponent's defense line had retreated to the front of the penalty area.

At this time, Quaresma has also followed.

Su Dong sent a diagonal pass behind him and sent the ball to the front of the top of the arc.

Quaresma moved forward at the fastest speed, just kicked the ball into the penalty area, and hit the back point horizontally.

The goalkeeper stood on the right side, and the left half of the goal was empty, but Sa Pinto, who had been waiting for the opportunity, rushed to catch up and easily pushed in front of the goal.

"The ball went in!!!!!!"

"Goal from Sa Pinto!"

"Two to one!"

Sa Pinto rushed out of the field excitedly, followed by Su Dong and Quaresma, who hugged the former star on the sidelines and congratulated him on his goal.

Other Sporting Lisbon players also rushed over one by one, celebrating the team's goal.

"Sudong's heel stop was very critical, and the subsequent turn and dribble forward completely disrupted Wazim's defense and created opportunities for Quaresma and Sa Pinto."

"That's what Sudong does, and that's what the other Sporting Lisbon players don't have."

"Although he didn't score, he is still a key player to break the deadlock on the field."

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In the end, with the goals of Joao Pinto and Sa Pinto, Sporting Lisbon defeated Vazim [-]-[-] away.

But the real surprise came after the game.

When the game ended, Sporting Lisbon received news from the distant island of Madeira.

In the expedition to Maritimo, Porto finally showed its decline.

The goal was conceded in the 7th minute of the opening game. Although Dellei once equalized the score in the second half, but only 4 minutes later, Maritimo once again exceeded the score, and the score of [-] to [-] was maintained until the end of the game.

Porto suffered another defeat.

As a result, after 22 rounds of matches, Porto continues to lead the Portuguese Super League standings with 54 points.

But behind him, Sporting Lisbon ranked second with 53 points by virtue of this wave of winning streak since the winter break.

From being seven points behind at the beginning, to being only one point away from catching up now, Sporting Lisbon seems to have seen the hope of a reversal.

Benfica ranked third with 47 points, followed by Guimaraes with 39 points.

It can be said that the current situation in the Portuguese Super League is very clear. Porto and Sporting Lisbon are the most powerful battles for the championship, and Benfica has basically lost hope of winning the championship.

And this round of losing, the team's lead was shortened to one point, and Porto's situation was in jeopardy.

Coach Mourinho publicly stated after the game that he was satisfied with the team's Madeira Island game and believed that the players' performance basically met his requirements.

"In the middle of the week, we need to play well in the UEFA Cup, so we need to make a proper rotation. No team can keep playing at the highest level during the rotation. This is unrealistic."

Mourinho is full of confidence in Porto, thinking that even if we are chased to one point, "but we are still the leader."

The Portuguese marshal said that Porto will work hard to play all the remaining games, and he believes that it is impossible for Sporting Lisbon to not make mistakes all the time.

"Wait and see, they will also usher in a two-line battle."

Mourinho's words are actually very reasonable, so Sporting Lisbon has remained calm and rational about this.

Su Dong said in an interview with the media after the game, "The team is in a very good state and the performance is very stable, but the real test is to fight on two lines, but we are confident to play every game well."

"We will definitely reverse Porto in the standings!"

Su Dong's eloquent words received support from his teammates.

Ronnie, who was also interviewed by the media, was very sure, "We will successfully defend the Portuguese Super League champion!"

But Porto's players also expressed optimism for the team to defend the leading position.

"Don't forget, the final match of the last round of the league is our duel with Sporting Lisbon, and the game will be played at our home court!" Carvalho vowed to put down his ruthless words.

The implication is obvious, even if there is a stalemate and the two teams are inseparable, in the final round of home games, Porto will definitely beat Sporting Lisbon to win the championship.

The main midfielder Deco admitted that Sporting Lisbon is a difficult opponent, "but we will have the last laugh."

"Entering a two-line battle, or even a three-line battle, for any team, this is not just a contest of physical fitness and technical and tactical levels. We are more mature than Sporting Lisbon."

Most of the outsiders agree with Deco's point of view.

After entering the two-line battle, or even the third-line battle, it will be difficult for Sporting Lisbon to maintain the state since the winter break.

(End of this chapter)