i want to be king

Chapter 35 Is that an exaggeration?
"I have something to go back to Alcocheti today."

At home in downtown Lisbon, Lionel Pontes was having breakfast and talking to his wife sitting across from him.

"Aren't you on vacation?" My wife asked strangely.

The league is suspended, and it will be Christmas in two days. Why are you still going to the training base at this time?
"I just received the notice that that interesting guy is going to visit today, I want to go and see." Pontes laughed.

"Is that the Chinese you mentioned a lot recently?"

"Ah."

"He really joined Sporting Lisbon?" His wife was a little surprised.

Pontes nodded with a smile full of relief and excitement.

He began to observe Su Dong in August, and it has been more than four months now. Although he has never met Su Dong even once, he has been learning about Su Dong's situation. He has watched him gradually improve from an amateur player who can't play in the youth team of a semi-professional team to a star of hope that Sporting Lisbon is now highly valued.

This is a very magical and wonderful process.

As a youth training coach, nothing makes Pontes more proud and excited than this.

That feeling was even stronger than watching Ronnie, Quaresma and others enter the second team or even the first team.

Because Ronnie and others are well-known geniuses, they were very talented when they joined the team, but Su Dong was not.

He is an unlucky guy who made his way out by resigning himself to life.

Pontes is a youth training coach. In his opinion, nothing can prove his worth more than Su Dong's success.

"I've never seen him before, and I want to see him today." Pontes said expectantly.

Of course his wife supported it. In the past period of time, Pontes mentioned Su Dong a lot.

This should be the "work" that my husband is most proud of since he coached. It is normal for him to want to see Su Dong sign the contract in person.

"Dad, can the person you mentioned be kicked out of the team?"

Although the son on the opposite side is only seven years old, he has heard a lot about Su Dong.

"Of course, I believe he will succeed, not only in Lisbon, not only in Portugal, but within a few years, he will shock the whole of Europe." Pontes said with great certainty.

"Then help me find him for an autograph. When he becomes famous in the future, I'll show it to my classmates." The child looked forward to it.

"Okay, no problem."

……

After breakfast, Pontes put on his coat and went out.

Drive from the urban area to take the Vasco da Gama Bridge and arrive at Alcocheti.

Sporting Lisbon's training base is actually very small, because the club's financial resources are limited.

The entire training base is surrounded by residential areas and is T-shaped. The north side is a standard football field, which is the venue for youth team training and competitions. The south side is also a standard football field, which belongs to the training ground for the first team.

Between the two football fields, a long and narrow comprehensive training field and two small football fields the size of tennis courts are embedded.

A row of bungalows is on the west side of the football field of the first team, taking into account the function of the trapezoidal stands.

That's what the Alcochetti training ground is all about.

Compared with the training grounds of those big European teams, the training grounds of Sporting Lisbon are indeed terrible, but although the sparrows are small and complete, they should have all kinds of hardware and software facilities.

Pontes parked the car at the door, and just walked into the training ground office, he saw the head coach of the U17 youth team, Joao Couto, and coaches Paulo Cardoso and Osvaldo Silva standing at the entrance.

The three were talking around the head coach of the second team, Jean James.

Seeing Pontes enter the door, everyone was a little surprised.

"Lionel, aren't you on vacation?" Paul Cardoso was a little surprised.

Pontes smiled a little embarrassedly, "There is something, come and see."

Everyone raised eyebrows at each other, a little tacitly.

The matter of Pontes and Su Dong has already spread within the team.

Of course, no one would blame Pontes for this, after all, he did not do anything to harm Sporting Lisbon.

On the contrary, this time, the reason why Su Dong joined Sporting Lisbon, Mendes said that Pontes' guidance is one of the reasons Su Dong focused on, so to some extent, Sporting Lisbon should reuse Pontes next.

The Madeira Islands coach is still very capable.

"Why are you here?" Pontes walked into the crowd and asked Jean James.

The latter shrugged, "He's my player next, and I'll definitely keep a close eye on him."

This reason is very strong, but everyone knows that it is far-fetched.

Just as he was talking, there was another sound of parking outside the door.

Everyone thought it was Su Dong who had arrived, but when they turned their heads to look, they found that it was Nuno Nare who pushed the door in at the same time.

"Hey, Nuno, why are you here?" Osvaldo Silva was surprised.

Isn't it just a new player joining?
How did you get all the key members of the youth team system together?
Is it so exaggerated?
You know, when the team spent 30 euros from Belém to bring in the midfield genius Ugo Pina, they never saw this group of people so enthusiastic. Why are they all here now?

When Nare saw everyone, he scratched his head in embarrassment, "Aurelio told me that a training plan will be tailored for him. Today, when he comes to the team to sign a contract, he will definitely undergo a medical examination, so I think it is necessary to go to the scene to understand the situation for the next work."

This reason is also strong enough.

After hearing this, everyone laughed out loud.

In fact, everyone is tacit.

Except for Paul Cardoso and Osvaldo Silva, the two coaches in charge of the physical examination, the other three came here specifically for Sudong.

"Two youth training experts, the head coach of the second team, plus the two of us, this lineup configuration is even bigger than when Jadr and Nikule joined half a year ago." Paul Cardoso laughed.

The physical examinations of adult players are all carried out in the hospital. Sporting Lisbon usually just arranges the team doctor to follow them, and then the examination at the training base is relatively simple.

From the lineup alone, Su Dong's treatment is really extravagant.

……

The coaching team has a luxurious lineup, and Su Dong's accompanying team is also not weak.

Needless to say, agent Mendes and partner Manuel, both Ronnie and Jose Semedo gave up their plans to go home for Christmas and stayed in Lisbon to accompany Su Dong to the team.

Everyone knows that Ronnie and Su Dong have an irresistible friendship, but it is indeed surprising that they are so irreversible.

The management also attaches great importance to it. The technical director Aurelio Pereira, the football director Carlos Freitas, and the senior management Mario Lino, the Big Three are all waiting at the Alcochetti Stadium on time.

For Su Dong, what Sporting Lisbon is most interested in is not only his current strength, but also his amazing potential.

In just a few months, the degree of progress from an amateur player to a star of hope is staggering.

Even, if Sporting Lisbon hadn't involved players and coaches from beginning to end, no one would believe it.

But it did happen.

Because of this, the whole team is looking forward to it, wanting to see how great Su Dong's future potential is.

According to the usual practice, before signing the contract, Su Dong had to undergo a series of physical examination items in the training base.

Su Dong's physical indicators are very good. The only big problem is that he is 1 meters tall but weighs only 9 kilograms, which is absolutely unqualified.

Moreover, this is after he has persisted for several months and practiced the physical strengthening training that Pontes created for him.

"According to scientific research, there are indeed certain differences in the development of Eastern and Western people. For example, Eastern people are generally two years older than Westerners. That is to say, their height can be longer." Pontes analyzed seriously.

"It's already 1.9 meters, and it needs to be longer?" Jean James was a little stunned.

Is this going to run two meters?
Looking at it like this, you shouldn't come to play football, but you should play basketball.

"Yes, I think it can grow longer, so when we prepare special intensive training programs for him, we must fully take this into consideration. My personal suggestion is to increase muscle twice a week, and courses such as endurance, flexibility and coordination go hand in hand."

Pontes is quite satisfied with Su Dong's physical condition, except for a little weight loss, everything else is fine.

But for a center player with a height of 1.9 meters, thinness is a big problem.

Being thin means that you have no muscles, lack strength to fight, and cannot hold down the opponent's defender. This is a very serious problem.

In the past at Sporting de Portugal, they faced players from low-level leagues, and the physical confrontation was not particularly obvious, but in a team like Sporting Lisbon, they aim to play in the Portuguese Super League in the future, facing the best in all aspects, the pressure is not the same.

"In addition, I suggest that he strictly control his physical training courses, don't be like Ronnie did." Nuno Nare suddenly reminded.

After hearing this, everyone turned their heads in unison and looked at Ronnie who was accompanying Su Dong during the physical examination.

The team also planned detailed muscle-building training for Ronnie before, but this guy was greedy for too much. He lied to Coto on the youth team that he hadn't practiced in the second team, and on the second team lied to Yames that he hadn't practiced in the youth team.

In this way, the original two class hours a week became four class hours a week.

It was not until a long time later that the coaching staff discovered his "conspiracy" and stopped his training on the spot.

Fortunately, no damage was caused during the whole process, otherwise, it would be too late to regret.

"Ronnie is of African descent and muscular. Sudong can't do this." Pontes is also very cautious about this.

Jean James heard the advice of the youth training experts, but frowned at Sudong's situation.

"It's 1.9 meters. I'm still growing taller, and I need to build muscle. Don't train me to be the second Giswi." After finishing speaking, the head coach of the second team let out a long sigh.

Gisvi was also a player trained by Sporting Lisbon's youth training, and he performed very well all the way. As a result, when he reached the stage of growing his body, his height suddenly skyrocketed, and his rise was terrifying.

As the body grows taller, the agility decreases, and the speed also decreases, and finally becomes the current air fighter player.

Will Su Dong do the same?

Pontes smiled and patted Jean James on the shoulder, and said confidently, "You'll find out later."

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(End of this chapter)