I Want to Be the King of Football

I have something to go back to Alcochetty today.

At his home in downtown Lisbon, Lionel Pontes was having breakfast and talking to his wife, who was sitting across from him.

Aren't you on vacation? the wife asked strangely.

The league is suspended, and it will be Christmas in two days. What are you doing at the training base at this time?

I just received a notice that the very interesting guy is going over today. I want to go and see it. Pontes smiled.

Is that the Chinese you've been talking about a lot lately?

Um.

He really joined Sporting Lisbon? His wife was a little surprised.

Pontes nodded with a smile, a smile full of relief and excitement.

He has been observing Su Dong since August, and it has been more than four months now. Although he has never met Su Dong even once, he has been learning about Su Dong's situation and watching him from a semi-professional The team's youth team is an amateur player who can't play the game, and has gradually risen to the hopeful star who is now highly valued by Sporting Lisbon.

This is a very magical and wonderful process.

As a youth coach, nothing makes Pontes proud and excited.

That feeling is even stronger than watching Ronnie, Quaresma and others enter the second team and even the first team.

Because Ronnie and others are well-known geniuses, they were talented when they joined the team, but Su Dong was not.

He's a hapless bastard who made a way out of his life.

Pontes is a youth coach, and in his view, nothing can prove his worth more than Su Dong's success.

I've never seen him before, and I want to go see him today. Pontes said expectantly.

Of course, his wife supported it. In the past period, Pontes mentioned Su Dong a lot.

This should be the work that her husband is most proud of since he coached. It is normal for him to want to see Su Dong sign the contract in person.

Dad, can the person you mentioned be able to play in the team?

Although the son on the opposite side is only seven years old, he has also heard a lot about Su Dong.

Of course, I believe he will be successful, not only in Lisbon, not only in Portugal, and in a few years, he will shock the whole of Europe. Pontes said with great certainty.

Then you can ask him for an autograph for me. When he becomes famous in the future, I will show it to my classmates. The child was looking forward to it.

Okay, no problem.

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After breakfast and putting on his coat, Pontes went out.

Drive from the city to the Gama Sea Bridge and arrive at Alcochete.

Sporting Lisbon's training base is actually very small, because the club's financial resources are limited.

The entire training base is surrounded by a residential area and is T-shaped. To the north is a standard football field, which is the venue for youth team training and competitions, and to the south is a standard football field, which is dedicated to the first team.

In the middle of the two football fields, a long and narrow comprehensive training field and two small football fields the size of tennis courts are embedded.

A row of bungalows is on the west side of a football field, taking into account the role of trapezoidal stands.

That's all there is to the Alcochetty training ground.

Compared with the training grounds of those big European teams, the training grounds of Sporting Lisbon are really bad, but although the sparrows are small and complete, they should have all kinds of hardware and software facilities.

Pontes parked his car at the entrance, and as soon as he walked into the office of the training ground, he saw João Couto, coaches Paul Cardoso and Osvaldo Silva of the U17 youth team standing at the entrance. place.

The three were talking around the second team coach Jean James.

Seeing Pontes entering the door, everyone was a little surprised.

Lionel, aren't you on vacation? Paul Cardoso was a little surprised.

Pontes smiled slightly embarrassedly,

There is something, come and see.

Everyone raised their brows at each other, some tacit understanding.

The matter of Pontes and Su Dong has long been spread within the team.

Of course, no one will accuse Pontes of anything, after all, he did nothing to harm Sporting Lisbon.

On the contrary, this time, the reason why Su Dong joined Sporting Lisbon, Mendes said that Pontes' guidance is one of the reasons why Su Dong is focusing on consideration, so to some extent, Sporting Lisbon should reuse Pontes next. .

The Madeira coach is still very capable.

Why are you here? Pontes walked into the crowd and asked Jean James.

The latter shrugged, He's my player next, I'll definitely keep a close eye on him.

This reason is very strong, but everyone knows that it is very far-fetched.

Just as he was talking, there was another sound of parking outside the door.

Everyone thought that Su Dong had arrived, but they turned their heads to look, only to find that Nuno Nare pushed the door in at the same time.

Hey, Nuno, why are you here? Osvaldo Silva was surprised.

Isn't it just a new player joining?

How did the backbone of the entire youth team system come together?

Is it so exaggerated?

You know, when the team spent 300,000 euros from Belem to introduce midfield genius Hugo Pina, they never saw this group of people so enthusiastic, why are they all here now?

When Nare saw the crowd, he scratched his head embarrassedly, Aurelio told me that a training plan will be tailored for him next, and today he came to the team to sign, and he must be carried out. Physical examination, so I think it is necessary to go to the scene to understand the situation for the next work.

This reason is also strong enough.

After hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

In fact, everyone is tacit.

Except for Paul Cardoso and Osvaldo Silva, the two coaches who were in charge of the physical examination, the other three came specifically for Sudong.

Two youth training experts, the head coach of the second team, plus the two of us, such a lineup configuration is even bigger than when Jardel and Nikulei joined six months ago. Paulo Cardoso laughed.

Physical examinations for adult players are all carried out in hospitals. Sporting Lisbon usually only arranges team doctors to follow them, and then the tests at the training base are relatively simple.

Purely from the lineup, Su Dong's treatment is really luxurious.

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The coaching team has a luxurious lineup, and Su Dong's accompanying team is also not weak.

Agent Mendes and partner Manuel, needless to say, both Ronnie and Jose Semedo gave up their plans to go home for Christmas, and stayed in Lisbon to accompany Su Dong. to the team.

Everyone knows that Ronnie's friendship with Su Dong is invincible, but it's really surprising that Ronnie has reached this level.

The management also attaches great importance to it. Technical director Aurelio Pereira, football director Carlos Freitas, and senior management Mario Lino, all three giants are waiting at the Alcochetti Stadium on time.

For Su Dong, Sporting Lisbon is not only interested in his current strength, but also his amazing potential.

In just a few months, he has transformed from an amateur player to a star of hope. This level of progress is staggering.

Even if it wasn't that Sporting Lisbon had players and coaches involved from start to finish, no one would believe it.

But it did happen.

Because of this, everyone on the team is looking forward to seeing how much potential Su Dong has in the future.

As usual, before signing the contract, Su Dong has to carry out a series of medical examinations in the training base.

Su Dong's physical indicators are very good, the only big problem is that he is 1.9 meters tall but weighs only 70 kilograms, which is definitely unqualified.

And, that's when he's been sticking with it for a few months, practicing the body-strengthening workouts that Pontes has built for him.

According to scientific research, there are indeed certain differences in development between Eastern and Western people. For example, Eastern people are generally two years later than Westerners, that is to say, his height can be longer. Pontes solemnly analyzed. .

It's already 1.9 meters, do you want to grow any longer? Jean James was a little stunned.

Is this going to run two meters?

Look at it like this, you shouldn't be playing football, but you should be playing basketball.

Yes, I think it can be longer, so when we prepare a special strengthening training program for him, we must fully consider this point. My personal recommendation is two classes a week for muscle building, endurance, flexibility and coordination. Go hand in hand.

Pontes was quite satisfied with Su Dong's physical condition, except that he was a little thinner, and everything else was fine.

But for a center player who is 1.9 meters tall, being thin is a big problem.

Being thin means having no muscles, lacking strength to fight, and being unable to hold down the opponent's defender. This is a very serious problem.

In the past at Sporting Portugal, I faced players from low-level leagues, and the physical confrontation was not particularly obvious, but when I came to a team like Sporting Lisbon, I was aiming for the Portuguese Super League in the future, and I faced the best in all aspects. , the pressure is not the same.

In addition, I suggest that his physical training sessions should be strictly controlled, not like Ronnie did. Nuno Nare suddenly reminded.

After everyone heard it, they turned their heads in unison and looked at Ronnie who was accompanying Su Dong during the medical examination.

The team also had detailed muscle-building training for Ronnie before, but this guy was too greedy. He lied to Coto in the youth team that he didn't practice in the second team, and lied to James in the second team that he was in the youth team. Did not practice.

As a result, the original two classes a week became four classes a week.

It was not until much later that the coaching staff discovered his conspiracy and called to stop his training on the spot.

Fortunately, the whole process did not cause any damage, otherwise, it would be too late to regret it.

Ronnie is of African descent and has strong muscles. Su Dong can't do this. Pontes was also very cautious about this.

Jean James heard the advice of the youth training experts, but frowned at Su Dong's situation.

I'm 1.9 meters, I'm still growing taller, and I want to gain muscle, but don't train to become a second Jesswell. After speaking, the head coach of the second team let out a long sigh.

Gisvi was also a player trained by the youth training of Sporting Lisbon. He performed very well all the way. As a result, when he reached the stage of growing his body, his height suddenly increased rapidly, and his height rose to a very terrifying level.

As the body grows taller, the sensitivity declines, and the speed also declines, and finally becomes the current air tyrant player.

Will Su Dong do the same?

Pontes smiled and patted Jean James on the shoulder, and said confidently, You'll find out later.