i want to be king

Chapter 251 Giant Killer

"Hello, nice to meet you, Professor Cruise."

"Hello."

On the second day of the first battle, in a Spanish restaurant in the center of Lisbon, Rodrigo, a reporter from the national newspaper, finally met Nuno Cruz, a professor at the University of Lisbon in Portugal who had been admired for a long time.

What really interested Rodrigo was another identity of Nuno Cruz, the leader of Sudong's personal trainer team.

For a long time, Rodrigo tried to find Su Dong for an interview through the channel of Valencia and his agent, but Su Dong was not very enthusiastic about it. Even after joining Valencia, he has accepted only a handful of interviews.

So much so that some people say that Su Dong is more introverted than Aimar.

Seeing that Su Dong's interview appointment was nowhere in sight, Rodrigo simply found another way, tried every means to contact Nuno Cruz, and took advantage of his vacation today to conduct an exclusive interview with him.

"Sorry to bother you when you are on vacation." Rodrigo said with a smile.

Said it was an apology, but in fact there was not much apology on his face.

Perhaps, as the uncrowned king, he is used to this kind of interview.

"It's okay, I'm actually still working today." Nuno Cruz replied lightly.

"Still working?" Rodrigo was a little surprised, but quickly thought, "Oh, the University of Lisbon?"

"Yes, I promised them two classes this week and one more in the afternoon."

"I'm so lucky for your student!" Rodrigo said politely.

Nuno Cruz smiled lightly, he knew very well why the Spanish reporter came to him.

"I'm very interested, Professor Crews. As a university professor and as a professional player's personal trainer, do you think there is any difference between these two professions?"

"The biggest difference should be the difference between the degree of completion of theoretical research and practice."

"From your point of view, how complete do you think your practice on Su Dong is?"

Cruise thought for a while and said with a smile: "Two hundred percent!"

"Exceeded expectations?" Rodrigo was a little surprised.

"It's way too much."

Rodrygo nodded, "This morning, I went to Sporting Lisbon's Alcochetti and Sporting Lisbon to interview. I asked many people, including Su Dong's former coaches, former teammates, former club management and so on."

"I found that all of them are very shocked by what Su Dong has achieved now, yes, shocked! Because they all thought that it was already a great thing for this player to play professional football. Who would have thought that he would be far ahead of the La Liga scorer list at the age of 19?"

"As a personal trainer, what do you think of their shock?"

Cruise listened very seriously, nodded and said: "Actually, I am as shocked as they are."

After a pause, he continued: "The reason why I agreed to be Su Dong's personal trainer was because he was a professional player that Sporting Lisbon favored. He wanted a professional personal trainer, so he found me. This is my luck."

"But Su Dong has said on many occasions that you have helped him a lot." Rodrigo said.

"He's humble." Cruise laughed. "He's always like this. I've been in China for a long time. I think the Chinese are a very humble group. You can see the Chinese people's modesty in Su Dong. He's not hypocritical, but he's very humble, which makes him always attribute his achievements to the people around him."

"Yes!" Rodrygo nodded, "He scored a goal, and he always praised his teammates and the people who passed the ball to him."

"This is Su Dong! A humble person, this is a virtue, I think."

Europeans are not very humble, and Nuno Cruz tried hard to make them understand this Chinese virtue.

"As a personal trainer, how would you rate your employer?" Rodrigo asked again.

Nuno Cruz laughed again.

Rodrigo immediately wrote a sentence in the notebook: Every time Su Dong was mentioned, he would laugh, from the bottom of his heart.

"We have been fighting side by side for more than two years, and we stay together almost every day. In fact, I didn't realize that we are an employment relationship at all, and I don't even think that we are a cooperative relationship. We are like friends, friends who trust each other."

Rodrigo became interested as soon as he heard it, "How much can you trust each other?"

"You know, he's very popular with girls now, and there are often... sorry, I can't disclose more specific information. I can only say that female stars and models who are well-known in the streets of Spain, and even famous in Europe, keep calling him, and he always passes them to me to answer."

"why?"

"He's a guy who's not good at saying no."

"But some people say that he is difficult to approach." Rodrigo asked again.

"Maybe, in fact, every player is like this, if you want to play without distraction, you can only make yourself inaccessible, because he has the same time as us, only 24 hours."

"How do you rate Sudong's first season at Valencia?"

Cruise thought for a while and said: "I have discussed this issue with my colleagues, and we all feel that it has exceeded expectations. He has done better and improved faster than we expected."

"What kind of player do you think he will be?"

"I don't know, he's always creating unexpected surprises. My colleagues always say that Su Dong's whole body is like a mystery. Sometimes he makes people feel that he seems to have reached his limit, but it didn't take long for us to find that he broke through again."

"It's like the sideways volley shot against Real Madrid last night. It requires too much on the body. With his height and weight, I think it is difficult to find a second person to complete it in today's world football."

Rodrigo nodded, "Indeed, the professional circle has a very high evaluation of this ball. The main reason is not for viewing, but for difficulty. Many people think that it depends on your personal coaching team. What do you think?"

"I think this statement overestimates us and underestimates Su Dong."

"In fact, as Su Dong's personal trainer, we are very relaxed, because as long as we make a plan, he can complete it meticulously and do our best."

Immediately afterwards, Rodrigo asked several things about Sudong's daily training and competitions. Nuno Cruz also gave answers as much as possible to satisfy the curiosity of the opponent and outside fans.

But the problem has gradually become acute.

"I heard such a rumor from my colleagues in Lisbon that they suspected that Su Dong might not like women." Rodrigo smiled ambiguously at Cruise.

After Nuno Cruz finished listening, he couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, "This is the biggest misunderstanding of him."

"Is not it?"

"I guarantee it with my personality, absolutely not! He only likes women, and he is very demanding and picky about girls."

"You mean, he hasn't met a woman who makes him fall in love?"

"Yes."

"why?"

"He often said that he was an unpretentious and boring virgin man!"

Rodrigo suddenly realized and made it clear.

Virgos are known to be picky.

Su Dong was born in September, isn't he a Virgo?

"There is another question. With the outstanding performance this season, many people think that Real Madrid and Barcelona are interested in Sudong. Which team do you think Sudong is more suitable for?"

"I don't know." Nuno Cruz instinctively didn't want to answer this question.

But Rodrigo didn't intend to let him go, after all, Cruise was the most trusted person around Su Dong.

"From the point of view of influence and performance, Real Madrid must have the upper hand, and Real Madrid has his idol Ronaldo; but if you look at the actual situation of the team, Barcelona seems to have an advantage, because Barcelona now needs a striker who can score goals. Su Dong is undoubtedly the most suitable, and Cruyff also said that Su Dong has the genes of Barcelona football."

Nuno Cruz listened silently and finally shook his head.

"I think he should stay in Valencia!" This is a panacea answer, certainly not wrong.

"Then if you have to choose between Real Madrid and Barcelona?" Rodrigo pressed on.

"I don't understand, Valencia is now the leader in La Liga, and the Champions League has reached the top [-], why do they have to go to Real Madrid and Barcelona?" Nuno Cruz asked rhetorically.

"They are the best team in the world, and they can make Su Dong's career go further."

"Maybe, but this is not what I am good at, and I never express opinions and opinions casually on areas that I am not good at." Nuno Cruz once again refused to answer related questions.

This has been a hot topic in the Spanish media recently.

Both Mendes and Su Dong's press consultants have reminded the people around Su Dong that at such a time, they must not say a word wrong, otherwise it will bring a series of unnecessary troubles.

If Nuno Cruz makes a choice now, the headlines will definitely be published tomorrow.

"The last question, many people say that Su Dong is a giant killer. This season, almost all the goals of La Liga teams have been scored by him. The stronger the team is, the more this is the case. Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are like this. What do you think will happen against Barcelona?"

Nuno Cruz smiled slightly, this question is not difficult to answer.

"I look forward to his goal!"

……

Rodrigo's interview did not get the answers he wanted most, but he also dug out enough content.

Including some inside stories that are usually not known by others.

For example, Su Dong originally liked beautiful women, but he is still single because he is too picky.

Or, Su Dong basically doesn't have any holidays, even when others are on holidays, he is always training.

Either at home or at the training base.

This is a player who has broken away from low-level fun and worked very hard!

This type of player is very rare, not even seen before.

Nuno Cruz said he was a genius, full of unpredictability.

Perhaps, the so-called genius is elusive.

At the end of the interview, Rodrigo "kindly" reminded Barcelona to be careful.

"The next target of the giant killer is you!"

(End of this chapter)