i want to be king

Chapter 114 Can Su Dong do it?
Boloni walked out of the office of technical director Aurelio Pereira with a complex expression.

At this moment, he looked like a crop that had just been baptized by a storm and was wilting.

Just now, in the office behind him, Aurelio expressed concern about his recent formation and locker room management.

Of course, this is a nice way of saying it. To put it bluntly, it is dissatisfaction.

Not only Aurelio, but also the outside media and fans are equally dissatisfied.

The most direct and main reason is that in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic yesterday, Sporting Lisbon lost [-]-[-] away to Slavia Prague, which made Sporting Lisbon directly sentenced to death.

Reversing an opponent is not an easy task.

Nikule, whom Boloni had high hopes for, misfired and even failed to create much threat. This is the most deadly.

From the post-match press conference, to the return to the airport in Lisbon, to the gate of Arcocheti this morning, countless people are asking him the same question: why Nikule?Why not Su Dong?
This made Boloni feel funny and novel.

Since when did Su Dong start to compare with Nikulei, and even suppress Nikulei?

You know, Nikule is a powerful scorer who scored 500 goals in a single season in the Romanian League. The center forward who spent [-] million euros on the introduction of Sporting Lisbon is well-known in European football.

But what about Su Dong?

, just a young player who has just emerged.

Shouldn't such a teenager play more as a substitute?

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Boloni walked along the edge of the training ground to the first team training building.

He was thinking about yesterday's game.

Slavia Prague is a team from the Czech Republic. The overall style is similar to that of Romania. Boloni originally hoped that Nikule could find the familiar feeling of playing in Romania in Slavia Prague.

But it turns out that Nikulei is still in the doldrums.

Boloni did not doubt the strength of his compatriots, what really surprised him was the performance of Slavia Prague.

The opponent in this game is the famous Czech coach Miloslav Beranek.

Few people have heard of this Czech head coach, but he is very famous in European professional football circles.

He did not have a very brilliant professional resume, and even he was very unsatisfactory in the early stage of coaching. What really made him famous in the European football coaching circle was in [-]. It took him two years to bring a small rural team, Schmel Bursani, an hour's drive from the capital Prague, to the Czech First Division at that time.

Why sensational?
Because the village where this team is located has only 380 nine people, even if all the fans in the surrounding villages and towns are added up, it is less than four digits. What an unbelievable achievement!
But just this is not enough to surprise the industry.

In Schmelbursani, Beranek trained a group of young players so outstanding that when he left the club to coach the Czech U2000s in 21, five players in the Czech national youth team were from this small country team.

More importantly, in the [-] European Youth Championship, Beranek led the Czech youth team to win the European Championship.

Among the five teenagers from Schmelbursani back then, Nemetz, Kolar and Simak are now famous Czech players, but the most famous one is the current main player of the Czech national team, Peter Cech.

The talented Czech goalkeeper who transferred to Ligue 400 Rennes for [-] million euros this summer mentioned Beranek in an interview. He said that when he was in Schmelbursani, Beranek told him, "You will become the best goalkeeper in the world."

Subsequently, Cech transferred from the country team to the giants Sparta Prague, creating the longest record of not conceding a goal in the Czech domestic league. He has not conceded a goal for [-] consecutive minutes in the European Champions Cup. Now he has firmly occupied the main position as soon as he transferred to Rennes.

From this resume, it is not difficult to see that Beranek's name is not particularly famous, but his coaching ability is very good.

It is no accident that Slavia Prague, under his coach, firmly froze Nikolai in the first round.

But Boloni didn't believe that Nikule couldn't get rid of the defensive dilemma that Beranek had arranged for him. Su Dong, who replaced him, could solve the problem?
Boloni is still very confident in his own vision. He believes that so far, Nikule's strength is still higher than that of Sudong, but because of various factors such as state and self-confidence, it has not been brought into play.

As long as you give Nikulei enough trust and support, I believe it can usher in an outbreak.

But why does everyone think that Su Dong should replace Nikulei?
Could it be that Su Dong could do what Nikule could not do?

Bologna didn't believe it.

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In the living room of the apartment in the Park of Nations, the video of Sporting Lisbon's away game against Slavia Prague is playing on the TV.

Su Dong crossed his legs, sitting in front of the TV, watching the game intently, and from time to time he took a pen in his hand to record his observations and some problems that appeared in the game.

It was a fiasco.

But even if it is a fiasco, there will be gains.

Not far behind him, Jose Semedo, Pepe and Tonito all waited boredly with their chins on their hands.

They don't know, what's the point of watching these game videos repeatedly?
Is it more fun than live football?

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"Su, have you gained anything from watching it for so long?"

Tonito sat beside Su Dong and asked with concern.

Ever since he became acquainted with Su Dong and others, this kid moved in confidently, saved a lot of rent, bought a car, and became a free driver for everyone in this apartment, taking them to the training base every day.

He didn't dare to snatch Su Dong or Ronnie's room, but put an extra bed in Pepe's room.

Not because he was polite, but because Su Dong practiced yoga in the room every day, and Ronnie often sneaked Jordana back for the night, which was not very convenient.

Su Dong turned his attention away from the TV, looked at Tonito, and boasted, "Beranec is still very strong."

"Of course, this is leading the Czech national youth team to win the European Cup."

"Nikulei is still in a hurry. He always drills into the penalty area, but he doesn't know that it is the area where the opponent's defense is densest. After entering it, he can only fall into close combat. This is not a good way."

Tonito nodded, "In the locker room at halftime, Boloni also reminded me so, but there was still no improvement in the second half. I think it is possible that once he leaves the penalty area, Nikule is not much of a threat?"

Su Dong was slightly taken aback, he found that it seemed to be the case.

When he was thinking about this question, he always involuntarily put himself into it, but he didn't realize that Nikolai was not Sudong, Sudong knew it, but Nikulei might not know it.

Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, Nikulei is still stronger than Sudong in terms of lethality and physical confrontation in the penalty area.

But Su Dongsheng is comprehensive.

Nikule just discovered that if he stays away from the penalty area, not only the threat of scoring is gone, but also the tactical effect is greatly weakened, so he knows that the penalty area is a quagmire, but he still has to drill into it again and again.

To be fair, Nikule also played a role in Quaresma's last goal.

"If it were me, I would focus on the perimeter of the penalty area and pull it out more. After connecting with the midfielder, there will be more choices. And I looked at it, and the defenders of Slavia Prague are not tall..."

At the end, Su Dong smiled mysteriously.

Tonito, Pepe and others looked at each other, and they all showed an urge to beat him up.

Normally, a height of around 1.8 meters 1.9 is considered the mainstream height in European professional football. Many outstanding players are basically in this position, but Su Dong is different. He is as tall as [-] meters [-]. What is even more frightening is that his speed and explosive power are also outstanding, and his feet are also very flexible. This is too hopeless.

With his height and long legs, Su Dong often only needs to use his body to lean on the defender to catch the ball, and the opponent's defender can't grab it at all.

In the same way, Nikulei is 1.8 meters [-] tall, not short, but his advantage is not as obvious as Su Dong.

Sometimes things just don't make sense.

What you can't do no matter how hard you try, others can easily achieve.

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On the weekend, in the ninth round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon challenged Guimaraes away.

Although it was affected by the disastrous away defeat in midweek, the morale of the Green Lions in the country is still strong.

Only 8 minutes into the game, it was Su Dong and Ronnie who cooperated ingeniously on the edge of the penalty area. After Su Dong opened the defensive player in the penalty area, he volleyed vigorously with his right foot and opened the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.

This is his fifth Portuguese Super League goal this season.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Sporting Lisbon once again played a round of mad attack.

Su Dong played the role of a pinnacle in the center position of the frontcourt, firmly suppressing the opponent's defender and creating a huge space for the midfielder. Tonito received the passes of Rui Jorge and Paulo Bento successively in just 3 minutes, scored twice, and scored two consecutive goals for Sporting Lisbon.

Although Guimaraes regained a game afterwards, Sporting Lisbon finally defeated their opponents [-]-[-] and retained their position as the league leader.

But Porto and Benfica have also won this round, especially Benfica, who beat Ferreira [-]-[-] at home.

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After a week of rest, the Portuguese Super League ignited the tenth round of the war.

But what is surprising is that in the home game against Vicente, Su Dong lost the starting list and Nikule replaced him.

Not only that, Boloni also adjusted the team's defense, and Pepe was excluded from the squad.

As a result, Sporting Lisbon conceded a goal in the first 3 minutes, and No. 201 minutes conceded another one.

Although Su Dong came off the bench in the second half, he failed to turn the situation around and eventually conceded another goal in stoppage time.

Zero to three, Sporting Lisbon suffered a disastrous home defeat.

Due to Porto's win this round, Sporting Lisbon handed over the leader's throne.

Boloni explained to the outside world that the purpose of the team rotation is for the UEFA Cup in the middle of the week.

(End of this chapter)