I Want to Be the King of Football

Who is Portugal's No. 1 giant?

This honor has always been controversial.

Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and Porto all have supporters, but overall, Sporting Lisbon is basically ranked last and the weakest, while Benfica has the largest audience, and is even almost recognized as the traditional No. 1 giant.

In terms of the number of championships, Benfica has won 30 Portuguese top league titles and two Champions League titles at the same time. These two data are second to none in Portugal and are unmatched.

But the problem is that Benfica has been in turmoil since they last won the top flight in 1994.

Porto is currently recognized as the top team in the Portuguese Super League. From 1994 to the present, in seven years, Porto has won five top league championships, and thus won 18 top league championships, more than seventeen. Sporting Lisbon.

Not only that, Porto also won the European Champions Cup in 1987.

Sporting Lisbon is also a traditional strong team. It has won two top league championships in the past seven years. However, whether it is the total number of championships or the most valuable Champions League, Sporting Lisbon lacks a lot of honor.

Therefore, in the competition for the first giants, Sporting Lisbon has the weakest voice. At present, it is basically a competition between Porto and Benfica. The former is the upstart and the latter is the traditional tyrant.

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Su Dong walked into the honor room of the Stadium of Light and saw a dazzling array of championship trophies. From this, we can easily see the heritage of Benfica, as well as legendary stars and world-class players such as Eusebio and Rui Costa. , all from this team.

Many geniuses, such as Argentinian son Caniggia and Czech genius Bobosky, have left their footprints here.

Responsible for the reception is scout Abel Silva.

Since this time, he has been in contact with Su Dong and Mendes.

Although Atlético de Portugal is a partner team of Bellerences, at the beginning, Bellerences neglected Sudong so much that it was a little behind Benfica in many aspects.

Of course, as a satellite team, Bellerences still has an advantage when it comes to the transfer period.

The employees of the honor room are responsible for introducing Su Dong about the history of some important trophies, as well as the legendary players behind them.

When the visit was about to end, he looked forward to Su Dong and said, I hope to see your name here in the future.

Although a bit old-fashioned, I have to say that it is really exciting.

This is Benfica, the most traditional giant in Portugal.

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After visiting the honor room, before the game started, Abel Silva took Su Dong and his party to the home team's locker room.

The current Benfica manager is legendary player Tony.

To say that his career is quite brilliant, but to say that coaching, it is really not a drop.

I coached Benfica twice before, and I only took nine games once and only twelve games once. Of course, both times were firefighting.

Later, he went to coach Bordeaux in Ligue 1 and Sevilla in La Liga, and his results were also very average. Among them, Sevilla only took ten games and was dismissed.

But even so, he still became the coach of Benfica.

Tony obviously knew that Su Dong and his party would come to visit, but the competition was imminent, and his expression looked very solemn, which was related to Benfica's unsatisfactory results this season and did not meet outside expectations.

It took more than 10 million euros to buy back Simao, and more than 20 million euros were invested in the transfer market. This is definitely a huge investment for the Portuguese Super League team, but so far, Benfica is only ranked in the league. Fifth, also behind tonight's opponent Leiria.

Tony just kept his demeanor, shook hands with Su Dong politely, and dismissed him.

Then Su Dong met the long-famous Benfica top star Simao.

This is definitely a star with European-level strength, and it is also Benfica's strongest combat power at present.

I heard that you have been doing well recently. Simang was quite polite to Su Dong.

Su Dong also responded humbly, and by the way took out the pen and paper that had been prepared long ago, and asked for a signature and a group photo.

In addition to Simao, Portugal internationals Thiago and Maniche, who have performed well this season, are also on the list of Sudong's autographs and group photos, and one is German goalkeeper Robert Enke.

The German goalkeeper has performed very well this season and has received the attention of the giants including Barcelona and Manchester United. It is believed that it is only a matter of time before he joins the giants.

After walking around in the locker room, Su Dong asked for a few autographs and a group photo. He became familiar with the players of the Benfica first team, which was considered to have completed the purpose of the trip.

But when they walked out of the home team's locker room and were about to head to the fans' stands upstairs, they met Leiria's head coach, Portuguese Jose Mourinho, outside the visiting team's locker room.

Hey, Jorge, how did you get here?

Jose Mourinho saw Su Dong and his party from a distance and shouted at Mendes.

Ha, Jose. Mendes immediately greeted him. The battle is imminent, do you still have the heart to stay here?

Mourinho raised his eyebrows and raised his chin confidently, Who else knows and understands Benfica better than me?

Abel Silva, the scout on the side, was a little embarrassed, but couldn't say anything.

Mendes gave a noncommittal polite smile.

If I'm not mistaken, you are Su? Mourinho's eyes fell on Su Dong.

Among the group of four, Su Dong was the tallest and the most eye-catching.

Hello, Mr. Mourinho, I'm Su Dong. Su Dong took the initiative to reach out.

Su Dong still respects the best coach in the Portuguese Super League this season.

Leiria itself is not a strong team. Before Mourinho took over, their results were not bad, but they are currently ranked fourth in the league, which is definitely surprising. Mourinho's coaching strength is evident.

Some media even broke the news that Porto coach Machado's coaching performance did not meet expectations and is likely to be dismissed. Once Machado is dismissed, he will be replaced by Leiria's young coach Mourinho.

This is the great man who is about to take over Porto.

Although he was a little excited in his heart, Su Dong still had a calm attitude on the surface.

To put it bluntly, Mourinho has nothing to do with him.

Jorge, we haven't seen each other for a long time. After the game, sit down and have a drink? Mourinho invited.

Of course no problem. Mendes readily agreed.

Su, do you want to be together? Mourinho invited.

Su Dong looked at Mendes and nodded immediately, Of course, thank you.

After making an appointment for the meeting place, Mourinho said goodbye and left and walked into the visiting team's locker room.

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He deliberately stayed to block us.

Walking up the stairs to the stand, Mendes whispered to Su Dong.

This surprised Su Dong, even a little flattered.

is it possible?

Don't think too much, it doesn't mean how much they value you, because every team is very interested in making such a future investment, you are only seventeen years old, and the cost of signing you at this time is very low and very low. , but as long as you can become a professional player, that is hundreds of thousands or even millions of euros, what do you think?

Mendes' words were like pouring a bucket of cold water on Su Dong's head.

To put it bluntly, it is all about interests.

Leiria is only a hundred kilometers away from Lisbon. If they say they haven't heard of you, it must be false. Now it seems that they are also very interested in you, which is a good thing.

Su Dong understood what Mendes meant. The more teams were interested, the more sought-after the player was, and the more bargaining chips there would be.

Of course, the premise is that you must be able to clearly know your upper limit and where the opponent's bottom line is.

For example, with the current strength of Su Dong, it is basically impossible to forcibly ask for a place in the first team.

At this time, Su Dong felt the benefits of the broker.

Mourinho is very strong. I have been in contact with him for the past two years. He used to be an assistant to Robson, Van Gaal and others in Porto and Barcelona. The chairman election, the chairman who supports him is dismissed, and the new chairman is replaced by Tony.

When he said this, Mendes smiled at Su Dong, This guy must be punished, Benfica is going to suffer a little tonight.

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As it turns out, Mendes' guess was right.

Benfica didn't just suffer a little, but suffered all.

Mourinho's team is indeed inferior to Benfica in terms of strength, but this team responded with four, three and three, but the defense was quite good, the players were not strong enough, and the tactical execution was in place, which made the attack exist. The problem of Benfica is very depressed.

On the contrary, Leiria, with two counterattacks, Brazilian player Delle scored twice to help Leiria beat Benfica 2-0 away.

This made Abel Silva very embarrassed.

Originally, Su Dong was invited to watch the game on the spot because he wanted him to see a victory for the team, but he did not expect to lose like this.

If it wasn't for Leiria's lack of ability to take chances, it would have been a fiasco.

Combined with the confident look of Mourinho in the player channel just now, it is really a bit...

Instead, Mendes laughed secretly and raised his eyebrows at Su Dong, as if to say, look, am I right?

It was also the first time that Su Dong saw Mourinho coaching a game. It felt very stable. There were not too many surprises and surprises, which completely restricted Benfica. Except for the few dangers that Simao made, Thiago had a few passes. Off the ball, Benfica didn't give Benfica the slightest chance in the whole game.

Really a very strong head coach.

Su Dong thought to himself.

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After the game, Su Dong and his party did not leave.

Mendes didn't even hide from Abel Silva, and made it clear that the horse and horse told the other party that he just wanted to stay and meet Mourinho, and Abel Silva had nothing to do about it.

Next door to the stadium, in the cafe opposite the parking lot, Mourinho waited for about half an hour before arriving late.

He first apologized to everyone, and everyone understood it. After all, as a head coach, there are still many things to do after the game.

But no one thought that the Portuguese man, who had to report, had just finished apologizing, and immediately turned his head to look at Su Dong.

Su, if I were you, I would never consider joining Benfica.