i want to be king

Chapter 12 The Portuguese Twins
In the next few days, Su Dong's life was very fulfilling, but also very monotonous.

He gets up at four o'clock in the morning every day. After scrubbing, he first does strength training at home.

Pontes arranged for him training programs such as push-ups, squats, sit-ups, pull-ups, and handstand support. He did 3 sets of each item. At the beginning, each set was 20. After one set was completed in one breath, he could take a short rest.

This may not seem like much, but in fact it is not the case at all.

The first is to move slowly.

Just like push-ups, with Su Dong's ability, it is very easy to complete 20 push-ups, but Pontes has a lot of requirements. He asked Su Dong to sink slowly, pause for a second or two, and then slowly prop up. It takes about 6 seconds to complete a movement, and the movements must be in place.

At the beginning, I didn't feel it, but after doing one set, Su Dong found that it was more tiring than doing two sets at one go.

This is true not only for push-ups, but also for squats, sit-ups, pull-ups, and handstand supports.

Ronnie relayed what Pontes said, these exercises can be done in the dormitory, they are very simple, but they can train every muscle in the whole body, and the handstand support mainly trains the balance and coordination of the body.

After being able to steadily complete the 3*20 training tasks, the next step is to increase the number and difficulty.

Needless to say the number, from 20 to 30, and finally to 50, according to your own training situation, add it slowly.

The difficulty is mainly reflected in some skills, such as push-ups. First, the hands are on the ground, as wide as the shoulders, then the distance is gradually shortened, and finally it becomes one-handed. The difficulty can be described as progressive.

The same goes for exercises like pull-ups and squats.

In the end, these seemingly simple, familiar drills turn into difficult moves.

Pontes originally asked Su Dong to practice once a day, and at the same time warned Su Dong that if he practiced too much, he might be overwhelmed, which might lead to injury. However, after Su Dong trained a set, he resolutely added training to himself, which became two training sessions a day, morning and evening.

In the system store, the amount of nutritious meals exchanged for King Points does not seem to be much, but it is strange to say that after Su Dong eats three meals a day, no matter when, no matter how much he trains, he will not feel hungry or full.

There is also the bull drink, after drinking it, the physical recovery speed is significantly faster.

With them, Su Dong has the confidence to practice twice a day.

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After training at home, Su Dong went out after breakfast.

He would strap heavy sandbags around his legs and waist and run all the way to King Edward VII Park.

Here, he undergoes basic training supervised by Ronnie, followed by two-person sparring.

In order to achieve a better training program, Su Dong wore a weight-bearing sandbag during basic training.

Jose Semedo also came once, but the Cape Verdeans were more likely to carry out his girl-hunting scheme.

Su Dong and Ronnie would stay in the park until the afternoon before going their separate ways and going back to their respective teams for training.

After the training, Su Dong had to receive one-hour special training from Martello, and he could not return to the dormitory until night fell.

At this time, he will conduct the second physical training of the day.

Finally shower and go to bed.

Such days are repeated every day, monotonous and boring, but full and compact.

Su Dong is feeling his progress every day, especially on the system's personal attribute panel, he can clearly feel the number is improving, and this feeling has brought him great encouragement and stimulation.

At the same time, it also made him more meticulous in execution.

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On Saturday, Sporting de Portugal ushered in the first game of the new season.

Since Su Dong just came to the team, he was not familiar with cooperating with his teammates, and at the same time he was playing away, so the head coach Antonio Pereira arranged for him to stay in the team and did not follow the team to the away game.

But he promised that in the second round of the home game next week, Su Dong would definitely play.

Although Su Dong really wanted to play a formal game, he could only accept the head coach's arrangement.

Although Pereira and the team were fully prepared, the first game of the new season was eventually lost, and it was still lost to a team that was close to the relegation zone last season. The final score was one to two.

After losing the game, the teammates felt bad, but they didn't feel sad for too long. After all, this is only a semi-professional league team. For the players of Athletic Portugal, playing football is more of an interest and enjoyment.

As long as they can keep relegation, the outcome doesn't really matter.

Anyway, the team will not be promoted to the Portuguese League.

Even after returning to Lisbon, many teammates have been impatiently calling friends and making an appointment to go to a nearby bar at night for the nationally focused match.

In the opening game of the Portuguese Super League of the new season, Sporting Lisbon will host Porto at home.

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Some people say that Lisbon is like a palette knocked down by God.

Bright is the most beautiful and moving color of the city.

Even the subway that travels has a different elegance from others.

Each platform is decorated with a different theme and is known as the largest art museum in Lisbon.

The four subway lines adopt four different colors, and the names are also very interesting.

The blue line is called Seagull, the green line is named after a caravel sailing ship developed by Portugal in the [-]th century, the yellow line is called Sunflower, and the red line is called Orient Navigation.

The Marqués de Pombal Square happens to be a transfer station between the Yellow Line and the Blue Line, and through these two lines, you can transfer to the Red Line and the Green Line after two stops, which is very convenient.

Take the yellow line from the Marqués de Pombal Square and arrive at the Alvalade Stadium in six stops.

It happens to be a transfer station for the Yellow Line and the Green Line.

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When Su Dong, Ronnie and Semedo walked out of the subway station amidst the crowds, they saw the magnificent Alvalade Stadium, which is currently the largest football stadium in Lisbon.

But soon it won't be.

In order to prepare for the European Cup in 4000, the Stadium of Light of Benfica, another giant in Lisbon, will be demolished and rebuilt after the end of this season. At that time, it will expand the stadium with a capacity of [-] people, which is bigger than the renovated Alvalade Stadium.

The periphery of the Alvalade Stadium, which is being remodeled, is covered with steel frames, leaving only the entrance for fans.

"Our youth team's training ground is just across the main road, called the Sports Tower Training Ground, but it has been sold. After this season, we will move to Alcocheti on the outskirts of the city. The Sports Tower will be transformed into an equestrian field."

Ronnie walked side by side with Su Dong, pointing to the dark place across the road and said.

Su Dong listened silently, still quite shocked in his heart.

This stadium is really big.

On the first day he came to Lisbon, he passed the stadium by car from the airport, but he was driving on the viaduct and looked at it from a distance, but now he is walking under the stadium, feeling like a dormant behemoth.

Both Ronnie and Semedo are very familiar with this place, because the youth training dormitory of Sporting Lisbon was at Gate [-] of this stadium last year. When the stadium began to be renovated, they moved to live in an apartment on Duke Lore Avenue.

Following the rolling crowd, following the instructions on the ticket, entered the stadium, and found the seat easily.

It happened to be on the second floor of the main stand with the most fans of Sporting Lisbon, the front row to the right of the center, and the location was very good.

When the three found their positions, the players of the two teams on the court were warming up.

Semedo nudged Su Dong secretly with his elbow, and pointed in the direction of Sporting Lisbon, "See? The one with the ball is Ricardo Quaresma, and he has entered the squad."

Following Semedo's gestures, Su Dong saw a short, thin-looking young Portuguese player who was skillful with the ball and fast. He shot a curved ball, but was blocked by the goalkeeper.

"The two tall ones with dark skin are Jadl. We used three main players from last season to replace him. I have always heard that he is going to Inter Milan."

Before Semedo finished speaking, he saw Jardl get a pass from his teammate in the penalty area, lightly dunked the teammate in front of him, volleyed vigorously with his right foot, and directly blasted the ball into the goal, winning warm applause from the fans.

He is the number one star of Sporting Lisbon in the new season.

"Another white player is Marius Nikule, who cost us nearly 500 million euros in transfer fees." Semedo said staggeringly, "Last season, our offensive power was the weakest among the top three teams. This season, we are determined to strengthen our offense."

Su Dong had read the report before. It is said that Nikule is the top scorer in the Romanian league. He scored [-] goals last season and performed very eye-catchingly. The head coach of Sporting Lisbon happens to be the Romanian Boloni.

It can be seen that the competition between the rich teams is really fierce and cruel.

Turning his gaze to the other side, Su Dong easily recognized Pena from Porto's players. He was the top scorer in the Portuguese Super League last season. He was 26 years old and was in his prime.

In addition to Pena, there are midfielder Costinha and central defender Andrade. Among them, Andrade is the second youngest central defender in the history of the Portuguese national team, second only to Cotto, who is only 22 years old.

The young central defender Ricardo Carvalho, who played very well in Arvika on loan last season, and the talented Postiga who has just been promoted from the youth academy this season.

If Quaresma is known as the most talented wing genius in Portugal, then Postiga is the super genius of the forward line that Portugal has high hopes for in the next ten years. Both are known as the hope of Portuguese football.

Amidst the crowd, Su Dong sat in the stands, looking at the familiar players in the stadium, he was full of envy.

This was the first time in his life to watch a top European mainstream league game live. When these familiar stars appeared in front of him, he really felt his own insignificance and insignificance.

The surrounding stands were filled with more than 5 Sporting Lisbon fans. From a distance, they were densely packed and very spectacular.

And these 5 people walked into this stadium and sat here, just wanting to watch them play football and watch them decide the outcome.

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