i want to be king

Chapter 14 Semedo's Sorrow
Edward VII Park in the morning is very quiet.

In the indoor football field near the South Gate, Su Dongzheng regarded the obstacle pole in front of him as a defensive dummy, rehearsing the shooting action again and again.

Or take a kick and shoot angrily, or turn around and hit the goal with the ball behind your back.

The difference is that every shot will simulate a different situation, and choose different footwork and angles.

This kind of training is very boring, but Su Dong doesn't seem to have this feeling. He repeats it over and over again on the court, sweating profusely.

Not far away in the shade on the sidelines, Ronnie and Jose Semedo sat on the ground, watching silently.

"Have you noticed that something is wrong with him these days?" Semedo asked suddenly.

"What's wrong?"

"It's hard to say, but it feels like he's practicing harder than before."

"Probably stimulated." Ronnie guessed.

"You mean, the opener?"

Ronnie didn't answer, and Sudong didn't say it, but he guessed so.

In fact, after the opening game, Ronnie himself practiced harder than before.

He was already behind Quaresma, and he didn't want to get further and further away.

If you work hard, you may not be able to catch up, but if you don't work hard, you will never be able to catch up.

"It's a good thing, isn't it?" Ronnie looked deeply at Semedo, his long-time roommate was a bit lazy, "To be honest, Jose, you should think about it, if this goes on, let alone the first team, I guess you will be loaned out sooner or later."

Jose Semedo did not perform well in the Sporting Lisbon youth academy, otherwise he would not have been cleared.

And after returning, he still doesn't seem to have learned the lesson.

After hearing this, Semedo showed a hint of dodge in his eyes, but his expression pretended to be indifferent, and he said with a smile: "It's not bad to go out on loan. Maybe you can't play in the team, and you will become the main force when you go out."

After finishing speaking, he laughed dryly to himself twice.

As if he didn't hear what he said clearly, Ronnie sighed and stood up from the ground, "Don't talk, I still have to practice. One day, sooner or later, I will kill Quaresma!"

After speaking, he quickly rushed into the field.

"Su, let me practice with you!"

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Jose Semedo lay lazily halfway on the sidelines, watching Su Dong and Ronnie compete one-on-one on the court, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a kind of envy and deep sadness.

He was born in a poor family of Cape Verde immigrants in Setubal, and he played football on the street since he was a child.

Although he is not tall, he is only 1.8 meters three, but he has the muscles and speed of an African player. He has been faster and stronger than his peers since he was a child. It is logical that he gradually stood out and was favored by some teams. He came to a giant like Sporting Lisbon for training early on.

That year, he was 12 years old.

According to Sporting Lisbon's youth training standards, Semedo's skills are not outstanding, and he can't even meet the team's requirements. The playing habit he has developed since childhood is to rely on his own body and speed.

This is very effective in the youth team, but if the body and speed can't grab the advantage, then he can't help it.

It's not that Sporting Lisbon didn't see this problem. They tailored a targeted training plan for him early on, but Semedo is not Ronnie after all. He can't bear that kind of boring and extremely boring training.

During the period when he was dismissed by Sporting Lisbon, he once learned from the painful experience and made up his mind to change his mind.

Because he knows that he bears the hope of the whole family.

His family members are counting on him to be able to play a world, become a professional player, even become a star, earn more money, and completely change the family's destiny.

This determination allowed him to return to Sporting Lisbon, but unfortunately it did not last long.

The outside world is so beautiful.

There is a group of beauties who will throw themselves into their arms whenever they hear the name of Sporting Lisbon; there is a group of reporters who are ready to invite them to eat, drink, dance and sing anytime and anywhere, just want to find out some secrets of the team from them;

Doesn't it taste good?

Why do you have to practice so hard?

Even running to the side of the road in the old city and listening to those street singers is much more interesting than training, isn't it?

Semedo didn't understand.

Children from poor families are precocious, and he understands it better than anyone else.

Every time he saw Su Dong and Ronnie, he wanted to make up his mind to work hard with them, but every time he couldn't hold on.

That is really too bitter!
He couldn't understand why Su Dong and Ronnie could persist?
It's as if Su Dong and Ronnie can't understand him, why can't they persist?
Perhaps, as Su Dong said, the weak will never understand the desire of the strong, and the strong will never understand the sorrow of the weak.

And thinking of this, Semedo stood up silently, without saying a word to his friends who were in the midst of a fierce battle, drooped his head, and left the Edward VII Park quietly.

The two people who were duel on the court were so focused that they didn't notice it.

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Portugal's second division is the third level of Portugal's league. It is divided into three groups according to the region, namely North, Central and South.

The Portuguese Athletic Club is located in the Portuguese League Two Southern Group, with a total of [-] teams.

This is also a game method adopted by the Portuguese Football Association considering the financial pressure of the low-level leagues, but the pressure in the southern group is relatively high, because there are several teams from the west of the African continent, Madeira Islands.

Athletic Portugal sits at home in the second round, and their opponent is Loretano, who scored all three points in the first round.

This team comes from the city of Relais on the south coast of Portugal. It also has a very long history. It is backed by the two major cities of Relais and Faro. Roletano has strong financial resources. This is one of the few professional teams in the Portuguese League Two. Every season, it aims to hit the Portuguese First Division.

Of course, this team is still in Portugal B, which shows that the goal has not been achieved.

But as an all-professional team, the strength is not bad.

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After all, it is the first home game of the new season, and the fans of the Athletic Club are still very supportive.

With 5000 seats, including standing tickets, the total capacity of the stadium is as high as 3000, and more than [-] fans have been welcomed in total.

They were all sitting in the stands on both sides, but they were of a certain size.

Don't be disgusted, according to the team's statistics, this kind of attendance is already considered very high.

For sports events with an average ticket price of around one euro, the average number of fans per game is around one thousand.

In other words, the so-called three major income channels for European clubs, match days, broadcast fees and commercial operations, are all completely missed by the competition, and the income of more than 1000 euros per game alone cannot support a team at all.

Therefore, sports clubs need to open more side businesses, including training courses, or contract some training business from the government, and the government will also provide appropriate financial support and various subsidies, such as stadium maintenance costs and so on.

And this is why Gorba suddenly valued Su Dong so much after the assessment.

If Su Dong plays well and sells him to a big team, he can earn five-figure or even six-figure transfer fees every minute.

It is basically impossible for a team like the Athletic to resist such a temptation.

Therefore, Su Dong was included in the competition list quite logically.

His performance in training is getting better and better, and Mattello speaks highly of him, but he still sits on the bench in this game.

"Pay attention to studying your opponent, I hope you will have a good performance after playing." Antonio Pereira encouraged.

Su Dong nodded silently.

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Loretano took the lead.

Although before the game, the players of the athletic club satirized the team in the locker room and made it to the top every year, but from another perspective, the strength of this team is indeed good, and only then does it have enough confidence and confidence to go to the top.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the game, Roletano took the lead against the guest.

Although the Athletic Club is playing at home, they are on the defensive.

But even so, he was still frequently attacked by Roletano into the 30-meter zone, and even near the penalty area.

The role of the old captain Mattello came into play at this time. In addition to standing in front of the goal of the athletics club like a pinnacle, he also actively directed his teammates to defend and instructed the team's defense line to move.

Looking at Martello on the court who is like a commander, and then looking at Antonio Pereira on the sidelines who is like an old monk, Su Dong finally understands why everyone believes that Martello will replace Pereira.

After all, it is a third-tier team. When the defense is stabilized, it is difficult for Roletano to create a threat.

Su Dong also began to care about the opponent's defense.

The opponent's two central defenders were a little taller than Su Dong, one of them was over 1.9 meters, and they were obviously a bit bigger than Su Dong. Looking at their running and kicking, Su Dong reckoned that if he still fought against them, he would definitely not be able to.

Their speed is slow and their flexibility is not enough, so they should run more, but the striker of the sports meeting is like a stubborn donkey, who keeps trying to compete directly with the opponent.

Perhaps, it's not that he is single-minded, but that he only knows this trick.

At this moment, Su Dong suddenly realized that comprehensiveness is so important.

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"Hey, Sue, why did they let you sit here?"

Suddenly there was a familiar shout from behind.

Su Dong stood up from the bench, turned his head to look, and found that Ronnie and Jose Semedo were sitting in the stands behind him, smiling wickedly at him.

"Why are you here?" Su Dong was surprised and walked over.

"Just find any reason, just ask for a leave." Ronnie said nonchalantly, "But you, why didn't you play? That guy is much worse than you, and he can't even hold a ball."

In the end, Ronnie looked disgusted.

Although he disliked Su Dong every day, it was a dislike among friends, but in his heart, Su Dong had made great progress, much better than the attackers in the competition.

"The coach asked me to observe and observe first, and it is estimated that the second half will be played." Su Dong replied.

"What's there to watch? Those two guys are stronger than you, but they're clumsy, slow, and inflexible. Just kick them like you kicked Jose."

Jose Semedo on the side listened with displeasure.

No, brother, what do you mean by that?
How do they compare to me?
Also, don't make it sound like I'm easy to deal with, okay?
Although I am indeed not your opponent, it shouldn't hurt me like this.

"Su, hurry up and tell your coach, go up and kill them both."

Semedo didn't dare to get angry at Ronnie, so he could only vent his grievances on Loretano's two hapless central defenders.

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