I Want to Be the King of Football

After Boloni announced the 18-man roster, everyone in the locker room turned their heads and looked at Su Dong in disbelief, with various emotions in their eyes.

Most of them are with doubts and surprises, but some people feel secretly happy, even gloating.

It was the first time that Su Dong encountered such a situation, but he didn't care what others thought, he was just surprised and lost.

Why can't I make it to the big list?

Su, come to my office. Before going out, Boloni stopped in front of Su Dong and said.

Su Dong also stood up, and in the eyes of everyone, he followed Boloni out of the locker room.

The two came to the head coach's office one after the other.

Sit whatever you want, Boloni said, pointing to the sofa.

It was not the first time for Su Dong to come here, so he just found a seat and sat down.

He was waiting for Boloni to explain to himself why he would miss the derby squad.

Boloni poured himself and Su Dong a glass of water, walked back and sat down opposite Su Dong.

Su, I'm sorry, for many reasons, I decided to let you miss the derby against Benfica.

Why? Su Dong looked up at the head coach.

Next weekend we will play Porto.

It was the final of the Portuguese Cup, in the vicinity of Lisbon, and it will be the last game of Sporting Lisbon this season, and arguably the most important game.

The league game against Boavista is certainly a strong dialogue, but in fact, before the game, Sporting Lisbon has established a certain advantage. As long as they do not lose, winning the championship is a high probability event.

If it is said that the championship of the league depends on accumulation, then the championship of the cup is a decided victory or defeat.

After Jose Mourinho took over at Porto, the results are obvious to all.

Halfway through the fire in Porto, Mourinho's situation is not optimistic.

European competition has been eliminated, and the league is gradually falling behind leaders Sporting Lisbon and Boavista. This has caused Porto to have suffered a setback on two of the three fronts, but they have performed well in the Portuguese Cup.

Anyone can see that Mourinho has not performed much surgery on Porto during the six months he has been in charge, and he has not even adopted the 442 or 433 formation that he was good at in Leiria. Limited by the current lineup of Porto.

But Mourinho did stabilize Porto's slump and began to bottom out.

Especially recently, Porto has swept the Portuguese Super League and won five consecutive victories, including a 2-1 home victory over Vicente, a 3-0 away victory over Serbia, a 3-0 home victory over Guimaraes, and a 4-0 away game. The bloodbath in Braga and the 5-3 home reversal of Santa Clara in the last round can be said to be big wins.

Compared with Porto's strength, Sporting Lisbon's recent state of decline is obvious.

Especially since the injury to Sa Pinto.

The 29-year-old popular Portugal international had to go to Madrid for surgery after suffering an injury. Not only will he miss the rest of the season, but he will also miss the upcoming World Cup in Korea and Japan.

Because of this, Boloni placed Ronnie on the 18-man roster.

Sporting Lisbon, which is in poor condition and plagued by injuries, does not have much chance of winning in the face of Porto, who is regrouped and strong.

For us, the last round of the league is the only meaning of the city derby, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, but I don't want you to play in this game, because I know that Mourinho and his team Will definitely focus on this game.”

Boloni looked at Su Dong with a sincere look on his face, and he tried hard to convince himself of Su Dong.

Of course, this is not to fear Su Dong, but because as a head coach, he needs the trust and support of the players.

Based on Su Dong's recent performance, he hastily excluded him from the roster. There is no suitable explanation, let alone Su Dong himself. It is estimated that the locker room will have opinions on him.

No one can guarantee that they will be the next one, right?

I'm going to let Nalizis come on, not only to give him one last chance, but more importantly, I'm going to let Mourinho not know what we think.

After Benfica, we will have closed training, and then I will focus on practicing your tactics. At the same time, in the Portuguese Cup final, I hope you can show your best form and performance.

In the end, Boloni's eyes were fixed on Su Dong.

Su Dong felt the trust in these eyes, and he believed Boloni's statement.

A football game is like a war, and soldiers never tire of deceit. This is what the ancestors said.

This kind of smoke bomb may be useless, but what if it does?

Don't worry, boss, I know.

Boloni breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: I heard that you were not selected for the national team list. After that season, will you go back?

Su Dong shook his head, If you don't go back, I made an appointment with Ronnie to go to Madeira to train together.

Well. Boloni nodded in appreciation, It's quite quiet there, you can concentrate on training and show a better performance in the new season.

Understood, boss. Su Dong agreed.

It's a vacation paradise, there are clouds of beauties, if you have a chance, make a girlfriend. Boloni joked rarely.

Su Dong shook his head and smiled wryly.

Since Ronnie made a fuss at the sky bar, everyone on the team knew that Su Dong didn't have a girlfriend.

High-quality potential stocks for singles.

Think about it, you know how popular such people are.

Since then, Su Dong has often encountered people who take the initiative to introduce him to girlfriends.

But he has yet to find one he likes.

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Su Dong's absence from the roster was quickly quelled in the locker room.

He accepted it himself, and Captain Barbossa and others also knew something, so naturally no one said anything.

However, Sporting Lisbon's performance against Benfica at the weekend was anything but ideal.

Boloni not only hid Su Dong, but also hid Quaresma and Ronnie in the ice. Both of them were included in the squad, but they did not play in the game. Sporting Lisbon also adjusted the past four, three and three play methods and adopted four or four. One by one tactics.

Needless to say, the derby at home was badly played, and the offense was slow to start.

Instead, in the 73rd minute, he was attacked by Benfica and scored a goal.

Here's a fantastic assist from Portugal midfielder Thiago.

Then the two teams played more and more with more fire, and the atmosphere on the field became more and more popular.

Naritsis came on as a substitute for captain Barbosa in the 79th minute, but he did not perform well in the following game time, as did Jardel, who started and played the whole game.

The Brazilian center didn't get enough support tonight.

On the contrary, Quaresma, who came on as a substitute in the 74th minute, dribbled the ball into the penalty area in the final stage of the game, passed two opponents in a row, and tripped in the penalty area.

This triggered a fierce conflict between the players of the two teams. Benfica defender Angel and midfielder Zahovic shoved Quaresma and were shown yellow cards by the referee. Since they both had yellow cards, they were both sent off.

Jardel took the penalty himself and scored the equalizer for Sporting Lisbon in one fell swoop.

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Jadel's form has slipped a lot lately.

In the stands, Su Dong looked at Jardel, who was racing in the stadium to celebrate his goal, and let out a long sigh.

Jardel was in high spirits early in the season, scoring the most efficient goals of his career this season, but recently, he has indeed been showing signs of fatigue.

It's normal. He is 29 years old. He wanted to move to the four major leagues during the winter break, but he didn't get any results. This seriously affected his enthusiasm. Coupled with the injuries over the years, multiple reasons have led to his current state. It is indeed a bit sluggish, and even if you don’t come out, you may not be able to improve next season.”

Obviously, Mendes is not optimistic about Jardel's prospects in Sporting Lisbon.

To put it bluntly, when he created the highest single-season scoring record in his career, when he caught up with the records of legendary stars such as Eusebio 30 years ago in the Portuguese Super League, he has no more in the Portuguese Super League. thirsty.

For professional players, not pursuing is a very scary thing.

Su Dong respected Jardel very much, and even his shooting skills and many shooting skills were taught by Jardel, which made him feel very complicated when he saw Jardel showing fatigue.

Aurelio and the technical team have made assessments, and they all agreed that letting him leave and seek new stimulation in the four major leagues is a good thing for him and Sporting Lisbon.

Really leave? Su Dong asked with concern.

It's not just about Jardel, it's about him as well.

Mendes shook his head, I don't know, his age and salary are not low, even if Lisbon Sporting makes concessions on the transfer fee, there are not many teams willing to accept his salary, which is why he did not have a winter break. The main reason for going.”

Su Dong nodded.

Many fans only see the transfer fee, but do not know that the salary of the player is also a key factor for the club to sign.

It is difficult to say whether Sporting Lisbon paid a lot of money to introduce Jardel a year ago or not.

In terms of performance, Jardel's record-setting goal brought Sporting Lisbon a Portuguese Super League championship and also reached the Portuguese Cup final, but from a business perspective, this transaction is indeed a loss, a loss A complete mess.

I have already entrusted my partners in Italy and the UK, and they will help find suitable teams. The biggest problem now is that Jardel may not be willing to go to the middle and lower reaches of the four major leagues that cannot play in the Champions League or even European competitions. team.

Mendes is also helpless.

Su Dong understands this very well, after all, people go to high places.

Sporting Lisbon is now the champion of the Portuguese Super League. According to the points of the European war, they can play the Champions League qualifiers in the new season. As long as they win the qualifiers, they can participate in the Champions League group stage. In this case, Jardel may not be willing to leave the team.

It's okay, whether he goes or not, I am confident that I will get more chances to play in the new season!

Su Dong's face was full of determination.

It's not a question of confidence, it's that he has to do it.