i want to be king

Chapter 4
The south gate of Edward VII Park faces the Marquis of Pombal Square, which is the gathering point of five important traffic arteries in Lisbon and is also an important subway station.

Go around the circular square and cross two intersections, turn east into Calle Ducale Lore, and walk another 600 meters to Don Jose Apartment.

This is the dormitory that the team arranged for Ronnie.

After going through the access control, I went straight upstairs to the door of the dormitory. Just as I was about to get the key, the door suddenly opened from the inside.

"Oh, Ronnie, why are you back now? I haven't seen anyone all day, where have you been?"

The one who spoke was a tall, strong, dark-skinned African-American boy.

His name is Jose Semedo, from Cape Verde.

"It's nothing, I was bored by myself, so I went to practice in the park." Ronnie replied lightly.

Semedo shrugged. Everyone in the team knew that Ronnie was a training freak. He could even practice in the gym until two o'clock in the morning before being chased away by the club security.

However, he is also a leader in the team's youth academy.

When the two passed by, Ronnie frowned when he smelled the strong cologne on Semedo's body.

"Jose, where are you going?"

Semedo turned around, grinned, showing dazzling white teeth and said with a smile: "Hugo said to introduce some hot beauties to us, are you interested in going together?"

Now it is during the suspension period of the league, and there is no training in the youth academy, so their activities are very free.

Ronnie shook his head with an expression that I knew it was.

"Please, Ronnie, you are the most handsome of us. Don't always think about your Madeira girl. When you come to Lisbon, you should let go of your arms and accept new and better things, right?" Semedo persuaded.

Ronnie shook his head, "Go ahead, I'm not interested in this."

"That's because you haven't tasted its delicious taste yet." Semedo said "seductively".

Ronnie was noncommittal and went straight into the dormitory.

He and Semedo are teammates in the youth academy, and this is the only friend he can count on the team.

Because both of them have Cape Verdean blood.

Ronnie's father's grandmother is from Cape Verde.

It gave them a natural sense of closeness, friends and roommates, but that was about it.

……

Semedo is gone, but the air in the dormitory still smells of hormonal cologne.

Ronnie smiled helplessly, walked to the phone, and dialed a familiar number.

"Hello, I'm Pontes." As soon as the phone was connected, a familiar voice came from the other side.

"Hey, Lionel, I'm Ronnie." Ronnie greeted kindly.

"Oh my God, Ronnie, why did you suddenly think of calling me? God, I haven't heard your voice in ages."

Lionel Pontes on the phone was excited.

Over the years, he has been bragging to everyone that Ronnie is the most talented and powerful talent he has ever brought.

Moreover, the two are from the same place, so they can be regarded as hometown people.

Ronnie is not a person who is very good at chatting with others, even when facing his fellow countrymen who have led him in the youth team for four years.

Soon, he changed the topic to the purpose of the call.

"It's like this, Lionel, you have a lot of experience in youth training. Now I have some training questions and I want to ask you. I hope you can help me."

"I'm afraid it won't work, Ronnie." Pontes on the phone was a little regretful. "You know, I'm only good at cultivating the age group of 10-15 years old. I've taught you all my skills before. I'm afraid I can't answer your questions now. I suggest that you'd better ask Aurelio or Nuno."

Aurelio Pereira, this is Ronnie's mentor and the team's youth training director.

Nuno Nare was Ronnie's former youth training coach, and it should not be the case in the new season.

"What I want to ask is about this age group." Ronnie was a little embarrassed.

"Oh, let's hear it."

"It's like this. If there is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old player, many basic technical movements are not standardized. Is there any way to correct him and help him improve?"

"Sixteen or seventeen?" Pontes on the phone shook his head in embarrassment, "I'm afraid it will be difficult, because it has become a habit and formed muscle memory, but Ronnie, your technical movements are quite standard, and you don't need to worry about this problem."

"Lionel, I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about a friend of mine."

"That shouldn't be the case. Normally speaking, if the skills are not standardized, they will not be able to pass our team's assessment and cannot enter the youth training camp."

"He's not on our team."

"Other teams?"

"Ah."

"Your friend?"

"I just met today."

"Oh my God, it's absolutely unbelievable that you've made new friends, but it's also a joy, you've got friends, lol..."

Ronnie was awkward on the phone because he didn't feel lonely.

At best, he doesn't communicate much with other teammates.

How can a person who works hard all day have time to make friends?

"Seriously, Lionel, is there anything we can do?"

"He has missed the best age of technology shaping."

"I know you must have a way. This is your specialty, isn't it?"

"Well, there is indeed a way, but it is really difficult, because it takes a lot of effort to change a person's habits, do you think he can do it?"

"I don't know." Ronnie shook his head. He and Su Dong had only known each other for a short day. "But I hit it off with him. He is an avid football fan, and he seems desperate to train."

"same as you?"

"almost."

"There is still a chance." Pontes replied, "It can be corrected through training equipment and props, and the training needs to be slightly modified. I will think about it tomorrow and send a copy of the information to your mailbox."

"Tomorrow?" Ronnie frowned. "Come tonight, okay? Thank you, Lionel, I'll treat you to dinner another day."

"Are you in a hurry?"

"Well, we have an appointment for tomorrow morning."

"What time is it?"

"Five o'clock."

When answering, Su Dong's words sounded in Ronnie's mind: Have you ever seen Lisbon at 5 o'clock in the morning?

There was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, I've seen it at two o'clock in the morning.

"Sure enough, they are very similar to you, they are all lunatics." Pontes said on the phone.

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As a Virgo, Su Dong's requirement for himself is perfection.

When he returned to the dormitory, took a shower, and lay on the bed, he entered the Road to King system, and first added the potential values ​​of the four major attributes of technique, shooting, speed and strength to the full value of 99 points.

Later, he discovered that he still had a lot of champion points left, so he went all out and filled up the potential values ​​of the two attributes of defense and steals.

All of a sudden, he spent 27000 ball king points, and the ball king points that Su Dong had accumulated this afternoon were almost spent again.

However, looking at the potential value of 99 points on the personal attribute panel, I felt much better.

Virgo men are so unpretentious and boring.

Today's one-on-one duel with Ronnie, although the strength has improved slightly, the progress is not great.

Su Dong feels that he still needs to receive more professional youth training guidance, especially some of his unprofessional technical movements and skills need to be corrected.

But don't underestimate this.

Unprofessional technical movements and skills will not only affect the stability of performance, but also easily cause injuries.

Many people say that the reason why Ronaldo is frequently injured is related to his playing habits, especially the pendulum.

Many South American players are like this. At best, it is a flash of creativity or randomness. At worst, it is that the technical movements are not standardized and unscientific, and everyone does it spontaneously.

Of course, the players trained by the more standardized and scientific European youth training are more or less ingenious and lack some spirituality.

These are too far away from Su Dong, he has not yet reached that level.

Now, he still hopes to keep his feet on the ground and improve his strength as soon as possible.

At the very least, we must work harder to gain a firm foothold in the youth team of the Portuguese Athletic, even if this is only the youth training camp of the third-level team.

……

After practicing all day, he was tired and exhausted, and Su Dong fell asleep early.

In the early morning of the next day, before five o'clock, he was woken up by the alarm.

After brushing his teeth, washing his face and changing his clothes, he ran all the way to King Edward VII Park Stadium.

At the south gate of the park, he saw Ronnie walking from the east.

There was no one around, and the two easily saw each other, and they looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"What is this?" Su Dong saw a lot of things in his hands.

"Agility ladders, obstacle cones, obstacle poles..." Ronnie introduced the equipment in his hand, "All of them will be used in training later. This is what I carefully prepared for you, hell-style devil training."

After finishing speaking, Ronnie gave him a threatening look, "It's too late for you to regret it now."

Su Dong snorted a few times, didn't answer, walked over, took the equipment from Ronnie, and walked straight into the park.

How could he not know that this was prepared by Ronnie to help him correct those technical movements.

Although the two have only known each other for a day, they share similar interests, especially when they feel Ronnie's thoughts, Su Dong feels warm in his heart.

This was the first warmth he felt after coming to Portugal.

Ronnie didn't say much, and followed Su Dong into the park.

He did this purely because he admired Su Dong, a peer with a similar personality, and he didn't even think about asking for anything in return.

He simply regarded Su Dong as a friend.

Isn't that what friends are supposed to do?
The two did not go to the three-man training ground yesterday, but went directly to the largest seven-man training ground.

"Let me tell you, I learned this set of training methods from Lionel Pontes." While arranging the venue and placing the equipment, Ronnie introduced the origin to Su Dong.

"Surely you don't know Lionel Pontes?"

"Let me tell you, he is the best youth training expert in Portugal, especially good at training players in the 10-15 age group."

When he said this, Ronnie stopped, turned his head, and hit Su Dong with a smile, "Your current basic skills are probably equivalent to a 10-year-old child, and you are still far away from defeating me."

Su Dong knew it in his heart, but he didn't show any weakness.

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(End of this chapter)