I Want to Be the King of Football

For how to develop a young player, Sporting Lisbon has its own youth training system.

The means include but are not limited to: second team, loan, sale, sign-back clause...

There are different approaches for different players, and the key is which one is more suitable for the player when it is in the interests of the club.

Su Dong is only seventeen years old, and it is very difficult for any seventeen-year-old player to enter the first team.

A genius like Quaresma, he was only a month short of turning eighteen when he made his first appearance for Sporting Lisbon.

Is Cristiano Ronaldo talented enough?

He is the only one in the history of Sporting Lisbon. In one season, from U16 to U18 to the second team, and then to the young players of the first team, there has been a direct leap forward, but so far, he has not been in the first team. Even for a minute.

Youth training is very risky.

In other words, professional football itself is a very high-risk industry.

For example, Nikulei, who was powerful in the Romanian league, was unaccustomed to the conditions after coming to Sporting Lisbon. He even suffered an injury and was forced to suspend the game for a long time. This transaction caused a heavy loss to Sporting Lisbon.

If it weren't for the fact that the team has performed well in the Portuguese Super League and the Portuguese Cup, Boloni would have been under pressure from the board of directors and even questioned because of Nikolai's transfer.

In the same way, no one knows what will happen to the world tomorrow.

Young players are even more varied.

Maybe this season was great and the next season was a mess, who knows?

Seventeen years old, full of unpredictability, may be successful in the future, or may soon fall.

It's like at the beginning, Maridimo missed Ronnie because of being late, do they regret it?

definitely.

But it was an afterthought, and at the time, that was the norm.

For a player like Su Dong, the most important evaluation criterion for the technical team is whether the first team needs it?

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After hearing Aurelio's question, everyone looked at Boloni in unison.

If the player is in Boloni's plan, it is obvious that the club will pay attention to it and increase its training.

But if Boloni has no plan to give him a chance for the time being, the team will consider whether to accept offers from other teams at its discretion, because it is related to hundreds of thousands of euros in revenue.

Boloni also knew exactly what his choice would represent. After thinking about it carefully, he said: I will consider giving them a chance to play in the first team this season. I am optimistic that Su Dong can give the team a chance. Bring help.

After Pontes heard this, the whole person was relieved.

Obviously, this sentence basically means that the playing time of Su Dong's first team is getting closer and closer.

Even, his playing pick is likely to have surpassed Gisvey and Lawrenzo.

At least in the second team, Su Dong's performance has suppressed these two strikers.

Since that's the case, then it's decided. Aurelio immediately stated.

This decision is not difficult for Sporting Lisbon, because Su Dong is only seventeen years old.

For a 17-year-old young player, as long as the momentum of improvement can be maintained, it is an investment full of potential.

This is why the first team of Sporting Lisbon are basically veterans and teenagers.

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Now that the decision has been made, Pontes also raised some of the problems he encountered.

As I said earlier, I was amazed at the speed of his improvement, especially after training with the first team, and I found that we were starting to lose a little bit of him, especially in terms of physical training.

Pontes is not a professional fitness coach after all.

Some of his physical training is more aimed at teenagers under the age of 15. After Su Dong made rapid progress, he began to fail to keep up.

The first team also has physical fitness coaches, but they are more of a service to the whole team, and it is impossible to be responsible for Su Dong.

Before, he considered going to the gym, but I turned it down, because I didn't think the gym could provide him with a complete set of targeted strengthening physical training programs. I suggested that he hire a professional personal trainer.

The center's body is very important. Boloni also said before that Su Dong's body still suffers when facing adults.

It can be seen that the improvement of the body is imminent for Su Dong.

And Su Dong also found that Pontes' physical training seemed to be insufficient for him, because the speed of strength improvement had slowed down.

This is where the idea of ​​hiring a private tutor came into being.

Yes, the cost will be subsidized by half of the club. Aurelio made a decision immediately.

That's a benefit that clubs value.

Since we have to do our best to cultivate and invest more in the cost of hiring a personal trainer, for Sporting Lisbon, it is just an investment in the future.

In this regard, football director Carlos Freitas also has no opinion.

Naturally, Pontes will be in charge of this matter, and Su Dong will have his agent Mendes to come forward.

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Pontes and Mendes quickly informed Sudong that his personal trainer had been found.

Nuno Cruz, from Lisbon, Portugal, is thirty-five years old and turned out to be a professional player.

Ferreira, who has played in the lower leagues for a long time in his career, yes, the Ferreira that is now eighth in the Portuguese Super League, but in the late 1980s when Nuno Cruz played, this team Still struggling in the third tier.

After many teams, he went to Vicente, yes, the team that is currently ranked 13th in the Portuguese Super League, but in the early 1990s, he was still struggling in the second tier until later. Promoted to the Portuguese Super League.

Nuno Cruz helped Vicente rise to the Super League successfully, and once played the main force of the Portuguese Super League. Later, after the team was relegated, he went to the University of Coimbra, another team in the Portuguese Super League. Due to his age , he only played the main force in the first season, and then basically became a substitute, while studying at the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Science of the University of Coimbra.

It is the second-ranked institution in the Portuguese Institute of Sport, after the University of Porto.

After graduating from the University of Coimbra, he went to Loughborough University, ranked first in the world for sports. After graduation, he has been working in a well-known gym in Lisbon. He heard that Sporting Lisbon is hiring a personal trainer. Later, he went to apply for the job, and was recognized by Pontes and Mendes.

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Sudong first met Nuno Cruz in Alcochetty's gym.

He's a bit short, wearing a black loose T-shirt, doesn't look very strong, doesn't have the punchy feel of a fitness trainer, wears a pair of glasses, and holds a thick stack of material in his hand , which makes him look more like a teacher than a fitness trainer.

Nice to meet you, Su. When he saw Su Dong, Nuno Cruz immediately stretched out his hand and showed a very friendly smile, From today onwards, I will be your personal trainer.

Hello, Nuno. Su Dong shook his hand vigorously.

Nuno Cruz flipped through the information and scratched his head in embarrassment, In the future, I will be there every day you train, but in the morning...

It's okay, I'll come by myself in the morning. Su Dong understood.

At half past four every morning, this is a very troublesome thing for anyone.

Although it is a personal trainer, it is only a job after all, and he has his own family.

So, before joining the job, the two sides have already agreed.

Nuno Cruz's work begins when Sudong arrives in Alcochete.

Of course, he will also make arrangements for the morning training program.

Now let me tell you what kind of help I can offer you.

Having said that, Nuno Cruz handed Su Dong a piece of paper, which was listed very clearly.

I am your one-on-one training mentor, I will work closely with the team's coaching staff, and communicate and coordinate with the fitness coach and team doctor every day, if you have any problems with your body, or have any questions about life If you have any health problems, please feel free to contact me at any time.

This is a major aspect. As for training, I will design a set of targeted physical strengthening training programs for you.

I have seen the plan that Pontes has made for you before, and your current physical condition. My initial opinion is that your execution is very good, but the training plan is far from meeting your current needs. In one sentence , your body is not full.

Secondly, I am still a nutritionist. From now on, I will design the recipes for your three meals a day. I need you to cooperate with my arrangements as much as possible, which will be of great help to you.

Of course, considering everyone's eating habits, I need to understand you in all directions, and I can communicate and solve any problems.

Finally, what I want to tell you is that you are very important to Sporting Lisbon, but your body has not yet reached the requirements of the Portuguese Super League, let alone a Portuguese Super League giant like Sporting Lisbon, you need to make your body become Stronger, it makes you more confident and more energetic on the pitch.

Nuno Cruz was obviously an excellent communicator. His words were concise and to the point, and he easily won the trust of Su Dong, who also raised his own questions.

Is there a way to maintain flexibility and agility while strengthening the body's muscles?

After listening to Su Dong's concerns, Nuno Cruz smiled slightly, This is my job, Su.

A lot of people think that physical training will make the muscles hard and the body will become clumsy, but this is not normal, my role is not only to train your body, strengthen your muscles, but also make you stronger It’s not contradictory at all to be faster and more explosive, and at the same time more flexible and agile.”

After a pause, Nuno Cruz added: Of course, this requires a process, not just a training, not just in Alcochete, for example, there is no swimming pool here, and there is no professional Yoga instructor, but these are things I want you to learn and master.

Su Dong was a little surprised to hear that, even if you play football, you need to learn swimming and yoga?

This has never been heard before.

Perhaps seeing the surprise on Su Dong's face, Nuno Cruise smiled confidently.

Probably, you shouldn't think of me as a personal trainer, fitness trainer, or strength and conditioning coach, I prefer to call myself a performance trainer.