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Chapter 123 I Choose Both!

Sporting Lisbon reversed again! !

Why say it again?
Because this is not their first reversal in the European war this season.

The [-]-[-] victory over Thessaloniki at home, with a total score of [-]-[-], successfully advanced, which made Sporting Lisbon win a lot of applause after the game, and unlike the previous reversal, this time everyone directly ignored the away game.

Everyone knows that traveling long distances in European games consumes a lot of players and seriously affects the team's game state.

Therefore, the outside world basically maintains an objective attitude towards Sporting Lisbon's zero-to-one loss in the first round of the match between the two sides.

But after returning to the home court, they won four to zero, which is amazing enough.

Especially Su Dong's two shots and one pass.

Before playing against Slavia Prague, Su Dong played a key role with two passes and one shot, but now, facing Thessaloniki, Su Dong played bravely again, two shots and one pass, and won the best of the game again.

They both lost the first round away and reversed their opponents after returning to the home court. In the two key reversal battles, Su Dong contributed three goals and three assists, which played a key role and made the entire Portuguese football world aware of his growth and progress.

At the same time, everyone began to realize that the young Su Dong has become the core force of the Sporting Lisbon team.

The Portuguese Morning Post commented in the next day’s newspaper that Su Dong was relying on his outstanding performance to grab the starting position little by little. “At least now, no one will question whether Su Dong is worthy of the starting center position of Sporting Lisbon.”

The Morning Post reporter also interviewed Sporting Lisbon executives. According to the executive who did not want to reveal his name, Su Dong's performance is attracting the attention of many European football teams, especially the teams from the four major leagues.

"There are no secrets in European football. As long as you stand out a little bit, you will immediately appear on the scout list of other teams. As early as the end of last season, Su Dong's performance has attracted a lot of attention."

"Since this season, Su Dong has performed well on both fronts. The Portuguese Super League has scored six goals and four assists so far, and the UEFA Cup has scored five goals and three assists. Such statistics reflect the comprehensiveness of Su Dong."

"He not only scores goals, but also assists. Not only does he have a burly and strong body, but he also has lightning speed and delicate foot skills, and his movement frequency is also very fast."

"Some people say that his shooting is very similar to Batistuta, for which he has won the reputation of the little god of war, but others say that he is very similar to Kluivert, with very obvious tactical effects, and some people say that his sense of movement and grasp of fighters are very similar to Romario, the wolf of the penalty area. Now, some people are beginning to say that he charges like the Italian tank Vieri..."

"No one can clearly outline the characteristics of Su Dong, because he is very, very comprehensive."

"He is like a type of player that has never been seen in European football before, and no one knows what he will develop into in the future, but everyone is full of expectations and curiosity about him."

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Sporting Lisbon head coach Boloni also mentioned Su Dong publicly for the first time in an interview with media reporters at the post-match press conference. He said that he was satisfied and surprised by Su Dong's performance this season.

"He didn't look like a young rookie at all."

Boloni said that there are a group of outstanding young players in the Sporting Lisbon team, such as Quaresma and Ronnie, but no one is like Su Dong. "His growth rate is amazing. He is improving almost every game. This is the most incredible. He seems to have endless potential."

For the starting battle between Sudong and Nikulei, Boloni made his statement for the first time. He believes that he has no prejudice against Sudong.

"As a head coach, I can't just consider a certain player, I need to consider the whole team. Sudong is very good, but Nikule is also an important young player of the team. Both of them are the objects that I need to focus on."

But Boloni also admitted that now that Nikule has encountered problems and his state is at a trough, he needs time to adjust.

"I will give Su Dong more game time."

After reversing Thessaloniki, Su Dong made two shots and one pass, fulfilling his pre-match rhetoric, and Boloni was satisfied.

"This is the Su Dong we are familiar with. He is like never getting tired. He is always running hard, always creating surprises and accidents. No one will reject such a player."

But Boloni also reminded the Sporting Lisbon players that after reaching the top [-] of the UEFA Cup, every next opponent will be stronger and the game will be more difficult.

There is also the Portuguese Super League.

"At present, the Portuguese Super League has played [-] rounds. We are five points behind Porto and two points ahead of Benfica. This is a very embarrassing position. We need to invest more, go further to win more victories, catch up with Porto, and at the same time get rid of the pursuers behind us."

Boloni also said that Porto does have a certain advantage in the Portuguese Super League championship, but Sporting Lisbon still has a chance, provided that the team is united and plays well in every next game.

"I need the support of every player."

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The locker room reacted positively to Boloni's interview.

Especially on the morning after playing Thessalonia, Boloni had a brief exchange with Su Dong outside the training ground for a few minutes before training.

The main topic is still the question of the time of appearance.

Boloni said that the reason why he reduced Su Dong's playing time was mainly from the suggestion of the team doctor. Considering Su Dong's age, he did not want to give him too much pressure and burden in the game, so as not to cause long-term irreversible physical damage to him.

But Su Dong replied, "I think my body is very good, I need more competition training!"

He is very, very serious.

Mendes advised Su Dong to focus on the UEFA Cup, but Su Dong did not see it that way.

The UEFA Cup is very important, and he will definitely pay attention to it, but the Portuguese Super League is also very important.

"Whether it's the UEFA Cup, the Portuguese Super League, or the Portuguese Cup, as long as it's a competition, I can play!"

Su Dong doesn't care what other people choose, he wants it anyway!

For the first time, Boloni felt strong possessiveness and aggression from Su Dong.

Obviously, with the accumulation of competitions, experience gradually enriched, and self-confidence gradually built up, Su Dong became more and more like a wolf who had been hungry for an unknown number of days, bleeding, blood red eyes fixed on the prey.

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On the weekend, in the No.14 round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon challenged Leiria away.

Due to the fact that he played in the UEFA Cup in the middle of the week, Su Dong was a substitute for this game.

In the 204th minute of the first half, Leiria took the lead in scoring, and central defender Mioro took advantage of a corner kick to open the scoring.

Six minutes later, Joao Pinto pulled one back for Sporting.

After changing sides in the second half, striker Dojara scored another goal for Leiria in the No.604 minute, and 5 minutes later, midfielder Anquia scored from a long distance to overtake the score, [-]-[-].

Three minutes later, Su Dong came off the bench and replaced the veteran Barbosa to strengthen the offense.

No. 80 minutes, Pepe, who performed unsatisfactorily before and made repeated mistakes, finally atones for his sins. He used a corner kick to receive a pass from Albertini and scored a goal for Sporting Lisbon, [-]-[-].

In the closing stage of the game, Sa Pinto, whose appearances have dropped sharply this season, broke into the penalty area and equalized the score for Sporting Lisbon, [-]-[-].

This score was finally maintained until the end of the game.

Sporting Lisbon had a tough draw away to Leiria.

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After this round of the game, Benfica successfully reversed Sporting Lisbon and ranked second in the Portuguese Super League with the dual advantages of mutual record and goal difference. Porto narrowly defeated their opponents and continued to lead the way, extending their lead to seven points.

This is undoubtedly a rather desperate gap.

The problem exposed by Sporting Lisbon is obvious, that is, in the multi-line battle, the team's lineup seems a bit too thin, and the several rotation players arranged by Boloni are not in ideal condition.

For example, Joao Pinto and Sa Pinto, these two players were the main players last season, but they have been reduced to substitutes this season, and their state is also very unstable, especially Sa Pinto, who basically failed to regain his best state after the operation.

There is also the defense line. After Phil Babb left the team, Pepe's arrival made up for this position, but Pepe is young, sometimes too reckless and prone to mistakes.

Fortunately, Sporting Lisbon kept Andre Cruz before the season, otherwise, the situation would be even worse.

According to the public newspaper's evaluation, Sporting Lisbon's substitute lineup can barely cope with the Portuguese Cup.

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In the middle of the week, the fourth round of the Portuguese Cup.

Lisbon hosts Oliveira at home.

Nikolai was brilliant in this game and staged a hat-trick to help the team beat the opponent [-]-[-].

Substitute Ricardo Fernandez and veteran Barbosa both scored twice.

It is a good thing to win and advance at home, but no one will take such a game too seriously.

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On the weekend, the No.15 round of the Portuguese Super League is also the last game before the winter break.

Sporting Lisbon sits at home against the Portuguese national team.

This team is Ronnie's former club. Before he joined the Sporting Lisbon youth training camp at the age of 12, he had been receiving youth training in this team, but in the game, Ronnie played very excitedly.

The two wings of Quaresma and Ronnie have become more and more tacit, and their performance has become more and more brave, so that in many cases, Su Dong only needs to be responsible for outflanking and grabbing points in the penalty area.

No. 20 minutes and 8 minutes, Sudong outflanked the goal twice, sent Ronnie and Quaresma's wide crosses into the goal of the Portuguese national team, and scored two goals for Sporting Lisbon.

Two to zero!
In the end, Sporting Lisbon defeated the Portuguese national team with Su Dong's brace and scored all three points.

In this round, Benfica drew [-]-[-] away with Boavista, giving up the second place in the league.

But Mourinho's Porto defeated Wazim [-]-[-] away, took all three points and still led the way.

After the game, UEFA held the UEFA Cup round of [-] draw in Nyon, Switzerland.

(End of this chapter)