i want to be king

Chapter 19 Ronnie's Call for Help

The brace against Loretano has greatly improved Su Dong's status in Portugal.

Although the club also attached great importance to him before, after this game, everyone is clearly aware of his potential and future.

At the age of 16, with such performance and the speed of improvement shown in the past period of time, Su Dong's future is definitely worth looking forward to, and such a player may not stay in Sporting Portugal for long.

Not only Mattello and others were friendly to Su Dong, but even the main striker who was stepped down by him did not resist him.

One reason is that Su Dong is now highly praised by the team, and the other reason is that they all feel that Su Dong won't stay for long.

If that's the case, then why bother?

The Portuguese League Two does not have much influence. It can even be said that after leaving the home court, not many people pay attention at all.

After scoring twice, Su Dong was excited all night, but soon returned to normal.

He is still the same as before, getting up at four o'clock in the morning every day, doing physical training first, then going to the Edward VII Park Stadium, practicing with Ronnie until the afternoon, then returning to the club for training, and then having an hour of extra training with Mattello.

What is different from the past is that there are two more people as sparring partners.

One is the midfielder who sent Sudong a through ball against Loretano, who came from Benfica's youth training Canelas.

The 21-year-old player's passing is very good, he is also very thoughtful, and his foot skills are also very good, but he is short and weak, which makes him suffer a lot in the adult team.

Although he didn't know each other before, after playing a game, he became friends with Su Dong.

The other is also the right winger Baru who sent a wonderful pass for Su Dong.

This player is 24 years old and of African descent. He came from the youth training of Belerences. His basic skills are solid, but he is not outstanding. His biggest advantage is his speed and his physical confrontation is also very good, which is very lethal in low-level teams.

Both Canelas and Baru are full-time players of Athletic de Portugal, which shows that the club recognizes their strength.

With the addition of two people to practice with, the training items will be much richer. It is said that it was personally arranged by the head coach Gorba.

All of these are all expressing their attitude to everyone, that is, the club has been cultivating Su Dong as the number one hopeful star in the team, and the ultimate goal is to hope to get a transfer fee from Su Dong.

In this regard, Su Dong did not resist.

Seemingly treating players as commodities, isn't it a win-win situation?
Besides, when it came time to transfer, I still had to use Su Dong's opinion as a reference in the end.

After all, he only signed a youth training contract.

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In the full rhythm of life, another week passed quickly.

The Portuguese League B ushered in the third round of the competition.

This time Athletic Portugal is playing away again, and the opponent is strong. It is the second team of the Portuguese Super League team Maritimo.

As one of the strong teams in the Portuguese Super League, Maritimo's second team is not bad. In the league of Portugal Second South, it has always been ranked in the middle and upper reaches, a little higher than Sporting de Portugal.

Unlike the away game in the first round, this time the away game is far away from the Madeira Islands outside the European continent.

The Madeira Islands are located in the west of the African continent, adjacent to the Canary Islands of Spain. They are all famous tourist destinations. There are flights from Lisbon to Madeira Islands every day, and the journey takes about two hours.

Although it is possible to go back and forth on the day of the game, it is really too rushed, so I usually go to Madeira Islands one day in advance, stay for one night, recharge my batteries, and return that night after the game.

The same is true for Athletic Portugal this time around.

When coach Pereira announced the squad for the game, Su Dong was selected without any surprise.

Although Pereira told him later that he would still be a substitute for this game, Su Dong was still very happy.

Consecutive selection to the big list has proved everything.

On the evening before the game, Su Dong finished training and when he returned to the dormitory to pack his luggage, he received a call from Ronnie.

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"How did you come?"

Su Dong ran downstairs quickly and saw Ronnie standing at the intersection downstairs with big and small bags in his hand, so he hurried over to meet him.

"When I think that I won't see you tomorrow, I can't help but want to come and see you." Ronnie looked very worried.

"Aren't you going to invite me to go upstairs?"

Su Dong hesitated for a moment, but still invited the guests upstairs.

The apartment he lives in is said to be an apartment, but it is actually a single room, and it is an old and dilapidated single room. Not only are the facilities aging, but they are also very imperfect, and the corridors and corridors are also pitch black.

As soon as Ronnie came in, he frowned tightly and never let go.

Originally, he often complained in front of Su Dong about the situation when he lived at Gate [-] of the Alvalade Stadium, saying how bad the conditions were, and the four-person room and so on.

As for his accommodation conditions, Su Dong never mentioned, and Ronnie never asked, but today he specially came here at the address Su Dong disclosed at the beginning, but he did not expect to see such a bad accommodation environment in Su Dong.

I'm afraid there is nothing good here except cheap.

"My former agent rented it to me." Su Dong noticed Ronnie's face and explained.

"I don't have high requirements for where I live, as long as it allows me to concentrate on playing football, so I never thought about changing it."

Ronnie nodded hastily, this is indeed Su Dong's character.

After entering the door, I saw floor mats in the room, an iron rod hanging in the aisle, and some sandbags in the corner. These were bought by Ronnie and Su Dong for physical training.

Taking advantage of Ronnie's inattention, Su Dong turned around and replaced two bottles of Bull from the system, and handed Ronnie a bottle.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Su Dong asked with a smile.

Ronnie knew that Su Dong should be going to the team to report and gather soon, so he didn't delay any longer.

"Didn't you tell me this morning that you are on the squad and are going to the Madeira Islands?"

"Well." This is what Su Dong told him in the morning.

"Then you probably don't know that the home court of Maritimo II is right in front of my house."

"What?" Su Dong was a little surprised.

How could it be at Ronnie's doorstep?

"I joined Andorinia when I was nine years old. Our training ground is just a few hundred meters north of the Maritimo Training Center, and my home is on the hillside to the west of the Maritimo Training Center, away from the tourist area where tourists gather."

Su Dong nodded, but soon thought of another question, "But I remember, you used to be in the National Sports Youth Training Camp."

"That's right." Ronnie nodded with a smile. "Originally, I almost joined Maritimo, and I even bought their jersey, but they didn't pay much attention to me. They were absent during the negotiation, which made us feel angry, so I went to the National Sports, which is dozens of kilometers away, which resulted in me only training three times a week."

Only then did Su Dong suddenly realize that it was so.

"The people in Maritimo are probably going to regret it until their intestines are green."

Ronnie shrugged, nonchalantly.

Although he has not yet emerged, it is impossible for Maritimo to miss such a player without regret.

But who can blame this?
"You want to ask me to bring something?" Su Dong looked at the big and small bags in Ronnie's hand.

Ronnie nodded and handed the bag over, "These are some gifts I bought for my family, and there is also a Sony game console. I originally wanted to take a leave of absence and send it back by myself, but now that you are about to go there, help me take it back, okay?"

"Of course." Su Dong nodded without hesitation.

This was the first time Ronnie asked him for help, and he couldn't refuse anyway.

Besides, as far as he knew, Funchal, where Maritimo was located, was very small, and the place where the team lived was probably not far from Ronnie's house, and it was only a taxi ride away.

"Thank you." Ronnie thanked.

Su Dong hurriedly told him not to be polite.

Ronnie sat for a while, hesitant to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything more. He just said that he would call home tonight, and then wrote an address to Su Dong, asking him to tell the taxi driver and he would know the place.

After Su Dong collected the address and sent Ronnie downstairs, he went back to pack his things.

At 19:[-] that night, Sporting Portugal will arrive at TAP Portugal from Lisbon Airport to catch the last and cheapest discounted flight to Madeira Islands.

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Madeira Islands, known as the island of eternal spring.

As the name suggests, here is like spring all year round, the temperature never exceeds 33 degrees, warm in winter and cool in summer, very suitable for vacation.

Every year, countless tourists come south from the European continent to travel to Madeira Islands.

The Portuguese Athletic team arrived late at night and went directly from the airport to the hotel. The hotel they stayed in could not be a high-end hotel, but it was very close to the competition venue.

The next day, it was another fine weather with a blue sky and no clouds in the sky.

As usual, Su Dong got up early in the morning, practiced for a while with the simple fitness equipment in the hotel, had breakfast with the whole team, found the head coach Pereira and captain Mattello, and asked for a short leave.

Although the coaching staff forbade the players to go out without reason, the coaching staff didn't feel embarrassed when they heard that Su Dong was going to give something to his friends. They just told him to pay attention to safety, especially to remember the phone numbers of the coach and the captain, and contact them as soon as possible.

Under the advice of the coach and the captain, Su Dong took the taxi arranged for him by the hotel.

As soon as he got in the car, Su Dong handed the address written by Ronnie to the driver.

"Falcao Village, I know this place, next to the San Antonio Cemetery." The driver knew the address as soon as he saw it.

He drove Su Dong out of the hotel and drove all the way north.

The taxi was called by the hotel, and Su Dong was not worried about safety, he just asked the driver to wait for him later, and left after delivering the things.

"It should be that Ronaldo asked you to send it here?" The driver asked gossipingly while driving.

"How do you know?" Su Dong was a little surprised.

"He is considered a small celebrity here, with the same name as Ronaldo, and he plays football well. Before that, some reporters came from Lisbon to report and interview, and many of us here know it."

Su Dong smiled slightly, not surprised by this.

"However, something happened to their family recently."

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(End of this chapter)