i want to be king

Chapter 109
On October [-], the second round of the first round of the UEFA Cup knockout round.

Sporting Lisbon played away against Partizan Belgrade.

This is the first time Su Dong played in the UEFA Cup in his career, which made him very excited.

As soon as the game started, he retreated to the center line to catch the ball, turned around and got rid of it, dribbled the ball to the front of the opponent's penalty area, and shot an angry shot, threatening the opponent's goal, and gave Sporting Lisbon a head start.

This kind of personal long-distance attack with the ball and single-handedly going to the meeting greatly boosted morale.

Subsequently, Sporting Lisbon turned away from the host and launched a fierce attack on Partizan Belgrade.

Ronnie, Sudong and Quaresma formed a trident in the frontcourt, attacking the Belgrade Partizan's defense in turn.

In the midfield, Tonito served as the attacking midfielder and was responsible for delivering shells to his teammates in the frontcourt. Barbosa and Rodrigo Tello were separated on both sides, and Albertini was dragged behind to form a small diamond-shaped midfielder.

Three, four, three, Boloni showed his determination to attack to the end in the away game.

After a two-to-two tie at home and two away goals to their opponents, Sporting Lisbon had no choice but to break the boat.

Su Dong was particularly active.

In addition to the head-starting heavy artillery fire at the beginning, he then continued to create opportunities for the team, connecting the two wings of Ronnie and Quaresma, supporting Tonito behind him, and connecting the frontcourt offense.

This allowed Sporting Lisbon to attack like a tide after the start.

No. In the 12th minute, Su Dong suddenly pulled to the left side. After responding to Ronnie's pass, he turned around and dribbled the ball along the left side.

Central defender Milan Stojanovic faced Su Dong, who was approaching with the ball and fast.

When he tried to step forward to block Su Dong, Su Dong kicked his crotch.

The ball passed through Stojanovic's crotch, and Su Dong quickly passed him.

Seeing that Su Dong was about to leave, Stojanovic made a decisive move and grabbed the jersey on Su Dong's chest.

……

"Beep!!!!"

"The referee Fritz Sturrick from Austria blew his whistle."

"Milan Stojanovic was shown a yellow card for a foul by Milan Stojanovic."

"Judging from the slow-motion replay, this is an undisputed penalty."

"At that time, Su Dong had already broken through Stojanovic's defense, but the central defender of Belgrade Partizan made a foul by pulling someone."

"Stojanovic should thank his partner Savage. If Savage hadn't returned to the deepest position in time, he would have been the last defensive player. This is not just a yellow card."

"The young player from China, Su Dong, the little god of war, performed very well tonight."

"In this attack on the wing, his speed is fully reflected."

"Look at Sporting Lisbon's set-piece coordination this time."

……

When Tonito walked to the penalty spot and was about to take the free kick, Albertini and Barbosa also leaned over.

The three got together and murmured for a while, and Barbosa didn't leave until the opponent's wall was set up.

Albertini and Tonito stand side by side, making it unclear who will take the penalty.

Among the crowd in front, the 1.9-meter-five Su Dong stood out from the crowd, a bit taller than the others around him, which also made him the key target of the guerrillas' defense.

Although Su Dong has never scored a header, but with his height, there is no need to say more about his deterrent power.

Ronnie, Pepe and Andre Cruz were all mixed in with the crowd.

Before kick-off, Ronnie walked to Su Dong's side and whispered: "I just told Pepe and Andre that you invite us to Romario for a meal, and we will help you create opportunities."

Su Dong raised his eyes, "You boy...can you use this to negotiate business?"

"Necessary." Ronnie laughed confidently, "You said, brothers will settle accounts, not to mention, we are not close yet."

Su Dong was speechless.

"Hurry up, it's about to start."

"Okay, if it succeeds, I'll treat you, but you'd better remember it for me." Su Dong threatened.

Ronnie grinned, he didn't care about the threat from Su Dong.

Soon, Ronnie winked at Pepe and Andre Cruz, tacit understanding.

……

The wall is in place and both Tonito and Albertini are preparing for the run-up.

The atmosphere inside and outside the stadium tightened, as if even the air had frozen.

As the two Sporting Lisbon free-throw shooters approached, the attacking players followed suit.

The man in charge of marking Su Dong was Savage, the tallest central defender of the guerrilla team. He was holding on to Su Dong's jersey tightly. When Su Dong started running, he wanted to keep up with him, but he was blocked by a curly-haired vicious man with a fleshy face, and the jersey slipped in his hand.

Oops!It's a block!

The same is true of several other guerrilla players. Only Milan Stojanovic, who is not tall, reacted. He was in charge of filling the position and rushed to Sudong immediately.

At the penalty spot, Tonito ran over quickly, but did not touch the ball, and Albertini behind him followed up with a kick.

The ball climbed rapidly and flew straight to the penalty area.

While watching the flying ball, Su Dong judged the landing point. At the same time, he also noticed Stojanovic who was marking at close range, and smiled secretly in his heart.

This kid is really unlucky!
When the ball flew into the penalty area, it suddenly fell, and the speed was extremely fast, which caused many people to make misjudgments.

But Su Dong was already in place, and he jumped up high.

Beside him, Stojanovic had just reached his position and before he had time to jump, he saw Su Dong jumping up. It felt as if a skyscraper suddenly rose from the ground, or as if a towering mountain collapsed towards him, which aroused a trace of awe in his heart.

Even if the gods descended to earth, it would be nothing more than that!

Su Dong didn't pay attention to what the defenders around him were thinking. After he jumped high, he saw the ball flying towards him very clearly. With all his strength, he pushed his head forward and directly hit the flying football.

After the ball was stressed, it immediately changed its original flight trajectory and went directly into the goal not far away.

Goalkeeper Latisha Ilic swooped in sideways, stretched his arms as far as he could, but was still out of reach.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"No.13 minutes, Sporting Lisbon's talented teenager Su Dong scored with a header and opened the scoring for the team!"

As soon as Su Dong landed, he didn't pay any attention to the stunned Stojanovic next to him, turned around and rushed out of the field quickly, running all the way, shouting and celebrating his goal.

Behind him, his teammates rushed to catch up one by one.

"It was an attacking set-piece from Sporting Lisbon."

"Albertini kicked a high-level free throw. Su Dong in the penalty area was like a god, and he scored a header from close range. This is his second UEFA Cup goal this season."

"At the same time, it was his first header."

"It was really surprising."

"From the slow-motion replay, it can be seen that Sporting Lisbon's set-piece coordination was very clever this time. Both Pepe and Ronnie participated in the pick-and-roll, which created opportunities for Su Dong."

"Sudong's header was also very beautiful this time, and he jumped very high. Stojanovic next to him was stunned and unable to stop him. He could only watch him score with his header."

"As expected of a little God of War!"

"Such a Su Dong is really unstoppable!"

……

After Su Dong opened the scoring, Sporting Lisbon's offensive kicked even harder.

The first half ended with Sporting Lisbon leading by one goal.

But after changing sides in the second half, it didn’t take long for Su Dong to create an opportunity at the front of the penalty area. He took the ball with his back and returned it. Tonito sent a diagonal pass to the right.

The ball crashed into the net!

Two to zero!
Sporting Lisbon's talented winger finally hits his trademark volley from the outside foot!

You know, what Quaresma practiced the most on weekdays was the outside instep volley.

Scored two goals in a row, took the lead, and reversed the decline in the first round at the same time. The overall situation is very good.

But the coach of Sporting Lisbon, Boloni, insisted on creating some accidents.

No.704 minutes, he replaced two players in one go.

Nikule replaced Sudong and Rui Bento replaced Ronnie.

The former is a match-up substitution, and the latter is to strengthen the midfield defense.

As a result, just 4 minutes after the substitution, Partizan Belgrade pulled back a goal, and the game was full of suspense again.

Then the home team launched an almost crazy offensive against Sporting Lisbon, especially in the 10th and [-]th minutes, with consecutive substitutions, all of which were to strengthen the offense. Tubakovic obviously wanted to score another goal.

But in the No.80 second minute, Quaresma reciprocated and used a quick counterattack to assist Tonito to score near the penalty spot in the penalty area, sealing the victory for Sporting Lisbon.

This goal also completely sentenced the Belgrade Partizan to death.

Two to two at home and three to one away. According to the away goal rules, even if Partizan Belgrade scored two goals in a row, Sporting Lisbon could still advance by virtue of away goals.

Is it possible to score three goals in less than 10 minutes?

Even the Belgrade partisans themselves find it unrealistic.

In the final match, Sporting Lisbon defeated their opponents [-]-[-], with a total score of [-]-[-], and successfully advanced to the second knockout round of the UEFA Cup.

But for Boloni, this is obviously not a very good result.

The performance of Nikule, who was replaced, was still sluggish. More importantly, without this substitution, it would be difficult for the guerrillas to make that goal. Would the game have fewer twists and turns?
More importantly, everyone in the locker room clearly saw that Boloni was still doing everything possible to create opportunities for Nikule.

Every head coach will have his own preferences, which is normal.

But Boloni trusts Nikule so much, is it really just because he likes this type of player?
(End of this chapter)