i want to be king

Chapter 108 Political Class and Face Slapping
On the Alcocheti first-team training ground, Boloni stood with his hands behind his back.

His eyes were fixed on the players in training, but his thoughts flew far, far away.

The current situation is very unfavorable for Nikule, and it is also true for Boloni.

Su Dong's performance is getting better and better, and Boloni can't hold back anymore.

Not to mention Su Dong's agent, even the outside media and fans are calling for him to play the leading role.

He is handsome, handsome, burly and fit, and has a pleasing style of play on the court, especially that Batty GOL kick, which makes many Sporting Lisbon fans love him.

In its report this morning, the public newspaper questioned Boloni from the air.

"When other teams dream of having a young player like Su Dong, why do you always pretend not to see it? Why do you want to put him on the bench and focus on the guy who doesn't even score?"

On the football field, as a striker, performance is their bounden duty.

Either it can score a goal, or it has a tactical effect.

Su Dong has both, and Nikule's tactical role is not obvious, and he still can't score a goal.

Thinking of this, Boloni secretly sighed in his heart, a little hated that iron could not be made into steel.

The midweek is the UEFA Cup, and the weekend is against Morelense, another newly promoted team.

Thanks to his previous playing in the Portuguese League, Su Dong is familiar with Cobb Yingluck University and Morelense.

More importantly, judging from the current situation, the three newly promoted teams this season, Morelense, the Portuguese national team and Cobb Yingluck University, are all in the middle and lower reaches of the Portuguese League. The key depends on the overall performance of these three teams.

Facing such a team, Sporting Lisbon should be harvested directly.

On the contrary, it is the UEFA Cup in the middle of the week.

Partizan Belgrade is strong. Before Sporting Lisbon suffered a [-]-[-] home draw with their opponents, they were at a disadvantage in terms of promotion. They must win the away game with all their strength. In contrast, this game is much more difficult.

Su Dong is in good form recently, and the voice of being the main force is also very high. It is reasonable to let him play in the UEFA Cup. Even if he really loses, the head coach does not need to take too much responsibility for the formation.

Nikule recharged his batteries and concentrated on preparing for the weekend against the newly promoted team, striving to break the scoring shortage as soon as possible.

Thinking of this level, Boloni has already made a decision in his heart.

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On the court, recovery training is over.

In the morning after every game, there is a recovery training session, the purpose is to adjust the physical condition of the players.

Due to the UEFA Cup in the middle of the week and double matches a week, there is no rest.

If it is a weekly match, then the afternoon and tomorrow morning will be off.

After training, it's pretty clear how close the players are to each other.

Su Dong, Ronnie and Pepe always get together, which surprises Boloni.

Because when he played Maritimo last season, Pepe almost had a big fight with Ronnie. Who would have thought that when he turned around, it was Su Dong and Ronnie who recommended him to Sporting Lisbon.

The friendship of young people is so nonsensical.

Andre Cruz is also very close to Sudong. He took the initiative to accompany Sudong to practice last year, and now he personally guides Pepe's defense. He seems to appreciate this Brazilian compatriot very much.

Tonito and Sudong are also very close. The Spaniard has been in the team for a long time. He was loaned out last season, but he has a good relationship with Ronnie, so they got together.

Although Captain Barbosa, Albertini and Quaresma are a little distant, they have a good relationship with Su Dong.

Seeing this, Boloni turned his head and looked to the side.

His compatriot, Nikulei, was alone, walking toward the locker room with his head muffled.

This made Boloni feel very helpless.

Football is an eleven-person sport that relies on teamwork.

The premise of teamwork is that you must be integrated into the team.

Only when you really integrate into the team and you perform well, everyone will praise you and agree with you more. Even if your performance is not ideal, everyone will understand and help you instead of complaining and accusing.

Obviously, Su Dong understands this truth, so he is always uniting the majority.

Nikule didn't understand. He still hoped that everyone would take the initiative to revolve around him as he did when he was playing football in Romania. Therefore, he was let go by everyone and became a very small minority.

Just because of this, Boloni is very hard to be optimistic about Nikulei.

What Boloni didn't know was that when Su Dong was in junior high school in China, political courses were compulsory.

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After the training session in the afternoon, Su Dong and his teammates practiced extra routinely.

This is his daily habit.

One of the additional training items is to practice long passes with Albertini.

The former Milan vice-captain's long pass is very good, his vision is also very broad, his experience is extremely rich, and he can always pass to a threatening area. What Su Dong needs to do is very simple, just run to catch the ball.

But Albertini's requirements are very strict, always asking Su Dong to stop the ball.

This requires Su Dong to constantly refine his footwork and study various techniques for stopping the ball and unloading force.

After more than two months of training, it was finally quite effective.

But today, Su Dong is eyeing another ability of Albertini.

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"Demi, our team doesn't seem to have scored a set kick so far this season."

After practicing the long pass and taking a break, Su Dong suddenly said.

Albertini was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Su Dong thoughtfully, "Speak up if you have something to say."

"That Belgrade Partizan centre-back, Milan Stojanovic, you remember?"

"Well, the one you hit on the face with the back of your hand."

Su Dong suddenly smiled bitterly, "Don't say that, I really didn't mean it."

"But you did slap someone in the face."

Su Dong was speechless and could only surrender.

"Okay, we played, but that's not the point. The point is, we're going to play in Yugoslavia in the middle of the week."

"and then?"

"That kid is only 1.8 meters three."

"Ok?"

"I am 1.9 meters five, a full twelve centimeters taller."

"Then you mean..."

"Their entire defense line, the tallest is another central defender Savage, 1.8 meters [-], still shorter than me."

Albertini immediately understood that Su Dong wanted to take advantage of his height.

"One problem, you never seem to score a header."

Su Dong clapped his hands vigorously, "You have finally reached the core. My header is actually very good, but no one passed it to me."

What's the matter with a 1.9-meter-five high center forward who is burly and good at confrontation, but no one passes the header?

Albertini heard Su Dong's complaints, he wanted to prove that he was comprehensive.

Su Dong's goal basically came from his right foot, but Albertini knew that he had been working hard on his left foot. The assist for the pass for Quaresma's goal came from his left foot cross. Although there are still some problems, at least it can come in handy.

Only this header...

"Maybe your skills are so conspicuous and your speed is so fast that everyone forgets that you still have a head."

Su Dong felt a little awkward, what do you mean I still have a head?

And no matter how it sounds, the meaning of Albertini's words is a bit like: You can obviously rely on your face for food, but you still have to work hard.

But now, Su Dong couldn't care less.

"Demi, I heard that your set-pieces are superb, shall we practice?"

"I'm better at scoring direct free kicks."

"There will always be some positions that are relatively biased, or corner kicks or something. You know, the guys in our team take free kicks like they are disabled. Last season, when we played Porto, there were a dozen free kicks in the front court, and there was no threat at all."

Su Dong was desperate for the free kick skills of other Sporting Lisbon players.

Albertini sounded quite comfortable with the sneaky flattery.

"Tell me, how do you want to practice?"

"You come to the free throw, I let Pepe stare at me, try to develop a tacit understanding."

Albertini pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "My free kick is called the falling leaf ball. It was first invented by the Brazilian superstar Didi who was at the same time as Pele. As the name suggests, this kind of ball is like a falling leaf. It will be a little erratic in the air. It does not rotate itself, but after flying for a certain distance, the falling speed will be faster and more sudden than the usual ball."

Perhaps seeing that Su Dong didn't understand, Albertini simply demonstrated it on the spot.

A fallen leaf ball 30 meters away, after a beautiful arc, fell into the blind corner of the goal where no one was guarding.

perfect!

Most importantly, handsome!

"Demi, how did you kick this kind of ball?" Su Dong asked curiously.

Falling leaves, this is Albertini's specialty.

"Want to learn?"

"of course."

"It's not that easy. It will take at least a few years of hard work. Apart from the technical essentials of free kicks, it depends on practice and repeated training over time."

"I can do this."

Albertini didn't doubt it, and he didn't want to hide his secrets, "Let's talk about set-piece coordination first."

Su Dong nodded hurriedly, this is the most urgent task at the moment.

"If you want to compete for this kind of deciduous ball, you have to pay attention to the speed of the ball. If the ball is fast, the drop point will appear later. Sometimes when you hit the goal directly, the ball will fly out of the field and it has not yet fallen. However, if the ball is slow, the drop point will usually appear earlier, but this kind of ball has no power."

"Whether it's a set kick or a direct free kick, the deciduous kick must be controlled according to the distance between the goal and the receiving point, and the responding player must know his teammates, what kind of power is used to kick it out, the speed of the ball is fast or slow, where the falling point is, and then use this to push the landing point..."

With the rapid changes on the court, it is impossible to have enough time to think about this issue slowly, so this requires the usual cooperation and a lot of practice in the usual training.

Seeing Su Dong thinking, Albertini smiled slightly and suggested, "Let's practice?"

He also wants to give full play to his own advantages, make himself perform better, and prove to everyone that he is not old.

Of course, Su Dong would not refuse, and immediately called Pepe over.

Ronnie and Andre Cruz had heard about it and were equally interested, so they followed.

For a while, a very funny scene appeared on the court.

Albertini was taking an indirect free kick, and Su Dong, Ronnie, Pepe and Andre Cruz went to grab points, bumping people upside down from time to time, so embarrassing.

(End of this chapter)