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Chapter 63 Is Su Dong Worth Entrusting?

Chapter 63 Is Su Dong Worth Entrusting?
Sitting on the visiting team's bench at Bophim Stadium, Su Dong has been paying close attention to the situation on the court all the time, so much so that he forgot to go to the sidelines to warm up and exercise his muscles when the time comes.

It was a nationally televised game against Portugal.

There are broadcast cameras in the middle of the Bophem Stadium and around the stadium, and they will pay attention to every move in the stadium.

Of course, the director will only push out the scenes that the fans are most interested in, and most of the captured shots will not be seen by the fans, and no one will pay attention to the unknown pawns on the bench.

The most, the most, is that when shooting the head coach Boloni on the sidelines, he accidentally photographed the bench.

……

The game was actually pretty boring.

Setubal is based on defense and counterattack, and Sporting Lisbon is also seeking stability in the away game, and neither side takes risks easily.

The midfielders have invested heavily, but they have failed to achieve results.

Boloni let Joao Pinto act as a shadow striker and ambushed behind Jardl in the hope that he could hold the ball within the 30-meter area and pass it out.

This may seem like a simple task, but under the strict strangulation of the opponent, the players in the Lisbon Arena performed quite poorly. Even in the first half hour, Joao Pinto did not even give even a threatening pass.

Elio Sousa and Sandro Mendes, the pair of defensive midfielders, performed very maturely and steadily, suppressing Joao Pinto.

Sporting Lisbon is also trying to advance from the wing, but Barbosa on the left is not good at breaking through with the ball. Left back Rui Jorge is actively pushing in, but the effect is not very obvious. Paulo Ferreira is very stable on this side.

Although Quaresma on the right performed as usual, he was still too sticky to the ball.

The style of play is very entertaining, and the kicks are also very good-looking. Even if it is edited into a few short videos, it must be very exciting, but if it is enlarged to the entire game, at least the first three to 10 minutes, he did not create a threat.

This is the difference between the video highlights and the whole game.

Sporting Lisbon could not break the stalemate, and Setubal was also patiently waiting for an opportunity.

The game went on like this dullly.

Just when Sudong began to feel a little restless, the midfielder suddenly intercepted the ball, and Barbosa sent a diagonal pass. Jardel quickly rushed into the penalty area, like pulling onions from dry land, and scored a header to break the deadlock for Sporting Lisbon.

In an instant, the entire Borfim stadium was booed.

The fans at the scene will certainly not applaud Jardl's goal.

But Sporting Lisbon is very excited.

This goal came at the right time.

Jardl himself was also quite excited, running around the field to celebrate, and even ran to the bench to high-five with Ronnie, Su Dong and other teammates.

……

"This is the number one star!" Su Dong exclaimed.

Although Boloni didn't like it, many people even questioned Jardl's tactical value, thinking that he could only score goals, but at critical moments, Jardl could score.

This is the value of Jardl!
"It's amazing. He seized such a tiny opportunity. His sense of smell is too keen." Ronnie also admired it very much.

Just now, at the moment when Setubal turned from defense to offense, after midfielder Barbosa successfully intercepted the ball, Jardl stepped in immediately, successfully reversed offside, and hit the goal with a header in the penalty area.

The whole goal reflects Jardl's keen sense of smell and astute movement.

Of course, there is also his ability to beat Hugo Costa and head the ball.

"The deadlock was broken now, and Setubal couldn't sit still." Ronnie said excitedly.

Su Dong also nodded frequently.

After Sporting scored, Setubal had to be more proactive.

In this case, Sporting Lisbon will have more space to attack and more counterattacks.

The situation is very good.

But just when Su Dong and Ronnie thought that Sporting Lisbon had already grabbed the three-pointer with one hand, the situation on the field changed again.

Just 7 minutes after Jardl scored, Sporting Lisbon's Quaresma was too sticky to the ball and failed to pass the ball in time. After being intercepted, he quickly counterattacked, drove straight along the right, and passed into the penalty area.

Andre Cruz missed a good opportunity when he was competing with the opponent's striker, and was grabbed by the opponent. The header flew to the penalty spot, and the midfielder Sandro Mendes, who was inserted in the back row, pushed directly to equalize the score for Setubal.

Everyone was stunned.

Su Dong even looked at the Setubal players who were celebrating wildly on the court in disbelief. Hearing the cheers in his ears, not only a sentence came to mind.

Anything is possible in football!
At the same time, he also remembered a piece of data that Pontes had told him.

The most dangerous moment in the game is often when you feel safe.

Many of the goals were spread over the 10 minutes following the previous goal.

It seems to be to confirm this statistic of Pontes. Just 2 minutes later, there was another mistake on Quaresma's side. Rui Bento's pass was interrupted and he counterattacked again.

Hugo Henrik scored another goal for Setubal and managed to turn the score around.

Two to one!

In just 10 minutes, the situation reversed again and again.

First, Sporting Lisbon scored a goal, and then Setubal scored two goals in a row to reverse.

If this is a TV series, the plot is really a twist.

And losing two goals in a row, Sporting Lisbon suffered a painful blow.

Five minutes after the goal, the first half ended.

……

Under the coach's call, Su Dong stood up from his seat like other substitute players.

They need to go to the field for warm-up training during the intermission.

The starting players walked from the court to the aisle one after another, preparing to return to the locker room. The head coach Boloni has long since disappeared. It is estimated that he went back to the locker room early to prepare for the tactical arrangements and adjustments for the second half.

One to two behind Setubal, which makes every Sporting Lisbon player feel unacceptable.

There must be a counterattack in the second half.

But the key is, how to kick the threat?

"Quaresma behaved like a coward today. He entered the frontcourt and couldn't even hold the ball securely." Ronnie said angrily.

Su Dong nodded, this is a serious problem, but not only Quaresma.

In fact, everyone in the frontcourt of Sporting Lisbon couldn't hold the ball.

Barbosa is a midfielder who plays wide, needless to say, Joao Pinto is suppressed by the opponent's double midfielder, Quaresma is too sticky to the ball, but it is more reflected in the advancement, Jadl's back to take the ball...Let's forget it, let's talk about his goal.

Facing a team like Setubal, Sporting Lisbon lacked the ball with their backs when attacking, which is very terrible.

It's very simple, if you want to dribble the ball head-on, you must have space.

Jardl's goal is a typical example of hitting the opponent behind.

But if the opponent retreats tightly and falls into a positional battle, they must get the ball with their backs.

Setubal knows this very well, so Campos does not easily give Sporting Lisbon players the opportunity to dribble the ball head-on.

If Nalicis is here at this time, Boloni will probably consider a substitution.

Nalicis's height and weight can indeed carry people, but the problem is that his skills are very rough, and his stability and delivery of the ball are very problematic.

Su Dong knew very well what the team needed to do.

But he didn't know, did Boloni trust himself?
……

The starting players of the two teams returned to the court one after another.

Except for the players and coaches, no one knows what happened in the locker room during the ten minutes of halftime.

After the head coach Boloni followed the team, he walked out of the player tunnel and stopped. After looking around, he called out to Su Dong and waved, "Su."

Su Dong saw Boloni's gesture from a distance, and ran over immediately after hearing the shout.

"How is the warm-up going?" Boloni asked with concern.

"Very good, you can play anytime." Su Dong said seriously.

Boloni looked at him deeply, nodded and said, "Get ready. Also, don't be idle after the second half starts. Pay more attention to that Paul Ferreira."

Su Dong was a little surprised. He is a center forward, and he should pay attention to the opponent's central defender after playing.

As a right-back, isn't Paulo Ferreira a wide player to watch out for?

But Su Dong didn't ask much, didn't think too much, just nodded.

As long as he can play, he must unconditionally perform the tasks assigned by the head coach, even if he is asked to play as a defender.

That's the work ethic of being a professional player.

……

The second half of the game is about to start.

Su Dong slowly walked back to the bench, joined other teammates on the bench, and sat back on the bench.

"What did the head coach call you to do?" Ronnie asked enviously.

Everyone knows that this means that Su Dong is very likely to come off the bench in the second half.

"He made me prepare and pay attention to Paulo Ferreira."

Ronnie frowned, "Shouldn't this be my concern?"

In the information given by the coaching staff before the game, Ronnie focused on Paulo Ferreira because he can play on both sides.

"I don't know, maybe the team has changed their tactics." Su Dong guessed.

Sure enough, after changing sides to fight again in the second half, Sporting Lisbon's tactics underwent some fine-tuning.

Joao Pinto, who was more active in the middle, began to appear on the left, and Barbosa returned to the middle of the midfield. This made Sporting Lisbon look more like a four-three-three formation, just pulling the two wingers back.

And Su Dong quickly figured out that Boloni was treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and wanted Joao Pinto to try on the left side to see if he could hold the ball on this side.

But Setubal's coach Campos quickly saw through this. Paulo Ferreira and Sandro Mendes frequently double-teamed Joao Pinto.

After all, Joao Pinto still plays as a midfielder in the middle, and his ability to hold the ball with his back is not strong.

The whole start was still very dull. After Sporting Lisbon changed its style of play, the situation still did not improve.

This made the head coach Boloni on the sidelines frown.

He knows exactly what the team is facing and what needs to be done.

The point is, he can't be sure whether Su Dong is worth entrusting himself to?

A 17-year-old player, can he really play at such a critical moment and play the tactical role that he and everyone in the team expect?

Boloni himself has no confidence.

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