i want to be king

Chapter 23 My Name Is Mendez

At the weekend, the Tapatina Stadium.

In the fourth round of the Portuguese second southern group, Sporting will sit at home against the strong enemy Olhanessen.

This team is from the southern port city of Olhão. It belongs to the same Faro district as Faro and Luolai. Like the rich and powerful Luolai, this is also a strong professional team that aims to reach the top.

But unlike Rollei, Olhanessen's youth training is excellent, and he has established satellite club relationships with Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon at the same time, which allows them to get powerful blood transfusions from the three top teams.

Unlike Rollei, who goes to the first league every year, Olhanessen has always been a Portuguese first team, but was relegated last summer.

Facing such a strong team, Athletic Portugal doesn't have much to do.

In the first half, the opponent scored two goals in a row. The scene was very passive, but at the beginning of the second half, the opponent scored again.

With zero to three, Athletic Portugal didn't even have the ability to resist.

This is also the game that Su Dong has felt the most profoundly so far, and the gap between strength and weakness is the greatest.

Sporting de Portugal is like a soft persimmon, allowing opponents to knead it at will.

Even the goalkeeper Mattello, who performed steadily in the first three rounds, was powerless this time.

Coach Pereira replaced Su Dong in the No. 605 minute of the second half.

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Su Dong's appearance as a substitute did not change the disparity in strength between the two sides.

But in the No.703 minute, he shocked his opponent, and at the same time made everyone on the scene couldn't help applauding him.

It was a pass from midfielder Canelas, which was sent directly behind the two central defenders of Olhanessen.

Su Dong lagged behind the opponent's central defender, but suddenly started, the latter came first, passed between the two central defenders at a faster speed, took the first step to stop the pass in the penalty area, leaned on the opponent's central defender with his body, and shot directly with his right foot.

The shot was quick and sudden, but the opponent's goalkeeper swooped sideways and blocked the ball with one hand.

A wonderful shot from the back and a wonderful flying save.

After Olhanessen's goalkeeper got up from the ground, he yelled at the two central defenders. Obviously, Su Dong's angry shot just now caused him quite a dangerous situation, and he almost scored a goal.

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"Did you take a picture of the scene just now?"

Benfica scout Abel Silva asked with concern to his colleague, who was holding a small video camera.

"It was photographed, almost missed it, and the startup speed is really fast."

Abel Silva nodded, who said no?

Looking at the height, it should be more than 1.5 meters. It doesn't look very strong, but being able to lean on the opponent's central defender with his body proves that his strength is also good. The key is his speed and explosive power.

It's rare to have such a height and such a speed.

More importantly, watching him catch and pass the ball a few times, it is very concise and his skills are not bad.

With skills, speed, and body, such a center is even rarer.

"Sporting Portugal has unearthed a treasure!" Abel Silva praised.

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In the closing stages of the game, he took another chance.

This time it was a diagonal pass from the left. With his back facing the attacking direction, Su Dong used his speed to forcibly get rid of the opponent's central defender.

Olhanessen's central defender used hands and feet all the way, trying to hold Su Dong, but failed in the end.

However, Su Dong was also delayed the best time. After catching the ball, another central defender was already in front of him.

Under the front and back attack, Su Dong was not timid to fight. After an emergency stop, he suddenly accelerated and dribbled the ball past the opponent's central defender with speed. Outside the arc top of the penalty area, his right foot exploded again, hitting a powerful long-range shot.

But this time the shot was obviously less threatening than the angry shot in the penalty area just now, and was directly thrown into the arms of the opponent's goalkeeper.

Although he failed to score, Su Dong's attack once again won applause from the scene.

Naturally, the fans of Athletic Club of Portugal could see clearly that after Su Dong came on the field, he made two consecutive shots, which can be said to be the most threatening shots of the Athletic Club in this game.

In addition, the competition will be passive for the whole audience.

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"He is Su Dong!"

In the main stand of the stadium, among the fans of the sports club, a Portuguese middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes was looking at Su Dong who was walking back on the field with a disappointed face, showing an appreciative smile on his face.

"For a 17-year-old player, he is indeed very capable." The friend in casual clothes beside him nodded with a smile.

The eyes of the middle-aged Portuguese are always focused on Su Dong, "Do you think Ronnie's statement is worth accepting?"

"It's hard to say, it sounds a little exaggerated. In less than three months of hard training, he has grown from an amateur rookie to a semi-professional team with the strength of a main player. I have to say that the progress is indeed amazing."

"Scored three goals in the previous two games. This is a fact. Although he didn't score in today's game, he was able to kick those two shots against the stronger Olhanessen, which shows that he is not weak. His playing characteristics are very similar to Batistuta, the god of war."

"So..." The middle-aged Portuguese looked at his friend suspiciously.

"Maybe Ronnie is right. He is a buried talent who just happened to be discovered by Sporting."

"In less than three months, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds. It's really exciting." The middle-aged Portuguese laughed.

Seeing that the game time was coming soon, he also heaved a sigh of relief.

I am used to watching the top matches of the Portuguese Super League, and then watch this low-level league with poor competition.

"Come on, the game is over, let's talk to him."

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The game ended in a [-]-[-] home defeat to Sporting Portugal.

Su Dong, who scored in two consecutive rounds, failed to score again in this game, but his two shots still left a deep impression on people, and the fans at the scene were also satisfied with his performance.

In the final analysis, the disastrous defeat was due to the fact that the overall strength of Sporting Portugal was far inferior to that of its opponents.

This was Su Dong's first loss in an official match, and he was inevitably a little depressed.

Especially in the recent period of time, the game has been relatively smooth, but this game was closely marked by the opponent, and he failed to show his strength normally. It is only natural that he is in a bad mood.

Following his teammates, he went back to the locker room. After taking a shower and changing clothes, Su Dong re-tied the sandbags he had untied before the game, and then walked out of the locker room.

At this time, the Tapatina Stadium was already empty.

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"Hello, Sue, can you give me a moment, can we talk?"

Suddenly, a strange voice came from behind.

Su Dong turned his head, only to find two Portuguese middle-aged men catching up behind him.

One is slightly shorter, about 1.7 meters, dressed in suits and leather shoes, and looks like those high-level executives working in large companies in the city center; the other is wearing sportswear, and is more casually dressed.

"You are..." Su Dong frowned.

"My name is Jorge Mendes, and I am an agent registered with both the Portuguese Football Association and FIFA." The middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes introduced himself with a smile. After speaking, he pointed to his friend beside him.

"This is my partner, Jorge Manuel."

Su Dong's brows were still untied, because he didn't know these two people.

Mendes felt Su Dong's wariness, and he knew it in his heart, and added with a smile: "We are Ronnie's friends."

Now Su Dong understood.

Ronnie said before that he wanted to change his agent, but he didn't tell him who it was. It might be the two in front of him.

"Hello, Mr. Mendes." Su Dong offered to reach out his hand.

Mendez quickly held it, smiled and extended the invitation, "My car is over there, let's find a quiet place to talk?"

"of course can."

The three went to the parking lot opposite the stadium to pick up the car and drove towards the direction of Belém Tower.

Jorge Manuel was in charge of driving, and Jorge Mendes sat in the back with Sudón, taking the initiative to talk to him about his career along the way.

In today's Portuguese football, Mendes is not a big man.

Before that, he was more of a partner of the famous Brazilian broker Figel.

Everyone knows that the Portuguese Super League is a popular place for Brazilian players to land in Europe. As the leading agent in world football, Figel sends many Brazilian and South American players to the Portuguese Super League every year. At this time, someone needs to help him handle some business and provide various services for the players.

Mendes is one of them.

But now he is trying to get rid of Figel, and wants to come out and do it on his own.

His first goal was Sporting Lisbon, because the team's youth training camp has a high success rate recently, and the players are quite good. In addition to the first-team talent stars such as Quaresma and Edgar Marcelino, the youth team's players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Hugo Viana and Jose Fonte are also quite good.

Although it was only the first meeting with Mendes, the Portuguese agent had a good impression on Su Dong, and from his words, Su Dong could vaguely guess the blueprint drawn up by the other party.

For famous stars like Figo, Simao and Quaresma, Mendes is simply unable to compete with Jose Vega, so he adopts another method, which is to poach young players who José Vega can't take care of but have great potential. He wants to open a breakthrough from this group of players.

"I'm not afraid to tell you frankly that I have already signed Ugo Viana and I am currently actively connecting with the Premier League team. I also have partners there. What I want to do now is to help Viana enter the first team. It is best to play games and perform well. Then I will have a way to operate him in the Premier League."

"Not only in the Premier League, but also in Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga, I have very good partners. As long as I have the strength, I can transfer players to any team in the top league."

When Mendes said this, his expression was extremely confident and convincing.

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