i want to be king

Chapter 81 Absence of the Derby

After Boloni announced the 18-man roster, everyone in the locker room turned their heads and looked at Su Dong in disbelief, with various emotions in their eyes.

Most of them are with doubts and surprises, but some people feel secretly happy, even gloating.

It was also the first time for Su Dong to encounter such a situation, but he didn't care what others thought, he just felt surprised and disappointed.

Why can't it make the big list?

"Su, come to my office." Before going out, Boloni stopped in front of Su Dong and said.

Su Dong also stood up and followed Boloni out of the locker room under everyone's gaze.

The two came to the head coach's office one after the other.

"Sit wherever you want." Boloni pointed to the sofa and said.

It was not the first time for Su Dong to come here, so he just found a guest seat and sat down.

He was waiting for Boloni to give himself an explanation to see why he was absent from the derby squad.

Boloni poured a glass of water for himself and Su Dong, walked back and sat down opposite Su Dong.

"Su, I'm sorry. Due to various considerations, I have decided to let you miss the derby match against Benfica."

"Why?" Su Dong looked up at the head coach.

"Next weekend we play Porto."

It was the final of the Portuguese Cup, which was just around Lisbon, and it would also be the last game of Sporting Lisbon this season, and it can even be said to be the most important game.

The league match against Boavista is certainly a strong dialogue, but in fact, before the game, Sporting Lisbon has established a certain advantage. As long as they don't lose, then winning the championship is a high probability event.

If it is said that the championship of the league is based on accumulation, then the championship of the cup is a game to determine the outcome.

"After Mourinho took over Porto, the coaching achievements are obvious to all."

Halfway to fire Porto, Mourinho's situation is not optimistic.

Eliminated from European competition and falling behind leaders Sporting Lisbon and Boavista in the league, Porto have suffered setbacks on two of the three fronts, but have performed well in the Portuguese Cup.

Anyone can see that during the six months of coaching, Mourinho did not perform major operations on Porto, nor did he even adopt the [-] or [-] formations that he was good at in Leiria. This is somewhat limited by the current Porto lineup configuration.

But Mourinho did stabilize Porto's decline and began to bottom out.

Especially recently, Porto swept the Portuguese Super League and won five consecutive victories, including a [-]-[-] home defeat to Vicente, a [-]-[-] away victory over Seychelles, a [-]-[-] home victory over Guimarães, a [-]-[-] away bloodbath in Braga, and a [-]-[-] home victory over Santa Clara in the last round.

Compared with Porto's strength, the recent decline of Sporting Lisbon is obvious.

Especially since Sa Pinto got injured.

After the 29-year-old Portugal's popular international footballer was injured, he had to go to Madrid for surgery. Not only will he miss all the remaining games of the season, but he will also miss the upcoming World Cup in Korea and Japan.

Because of this, Boloni put Ronnie in the 18-man squad.

Sporting Lisbon, which is in poor form and plagued by injuries, faces the reorganized and strong Porto, and Boloni really doesn't have much chance of winning.

"For us, the only meaning of the last round of the league is the derby in the same city. Its victory or defeat has nothing to do with the overall situation, but I don't want you to play in this game, because I know that Mourinho and his team will definitely focus on this game."

Boloni looked at Su Dong sincerely, trying hard to win his trust from Su Dong.

Of course, this is not because he is afraid of Su Dong, but because as the head coach, he needs the trust and support of the players.

Based on Su Dong's recent performance, Mao hastily excluded him from the big list. There is no suitable explanation, let alone Su Dong himself. It is estimated that the locker room will have opinions on him.

No one can guarantee that he will be the next one, right?
"I'm going to let Nalizzis play, this is not only to give him the last chance, more importantly, I want to make Mourinho uncertain about our ideas."

"After playing Benfica, we will conduct closed training, and then I will focus on rehearsing your tactics. At the same time, in the Portuguese Cup final, I hope you can show your best state and performance."

In the end, Boloni fixed his eyes on Su Dong.

Su Dong felt the trust conveyed by these eyes, and he believed what Boloni said.

A football game is like a war, and the soldiers never tire of cheating, this is what the ancestors said.

This kind of smoke bomb may be useless, but what if it works?
"Don't worry, boss, I understand."

Boloni breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I heard that you were not selected for the national team list. After that season, will you go back?"

Su Dong shook his head, "I won't go back, I made an appointment with Ronnie to go to Madeira Island for training together."

"Yes." Boloni nodded appreciatively, "It's quite quiet there, so you can concentrate on training and show better performance in the new season."

"Understood, boss." Su Dong agreed.

"It's a vacation paradise, full of beauties, if you have a chance, get a girlfriend." Boloni joked rarely.

Su Dong shook his head in embarrassment and smiled bitterly.

Ever since Ronnie made a fuss in the sky bar, everyone in the team knew that Su Dong didn't have a girlfriend.

Single quality potential stock.

If you think about it, you know how sought-after such a person is.

Since then, Su Dong often encounters someone who offers to introduce him to a girlfriend.

But he hasn't found anyone he likes yet.

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The matter of Su Dong's absence from the squad was quickly calmed down in the locker room.

He accepted it himself, and captain Barbosa and others also learned some inside information, so naturally no one said anything.

However, in the game against Benfica at the weekend, Sporting Lisbon's performance was not ideal at all.

Boloni not only hid Su Dong, but also hid Quaresma and Ronnie. Both entered the squad, but did not play the game. Sporting Lisbon also adjusted the past [-] play and adopted [-] tactics.

As a result, needless to say, the derby at home was played very badly, and the offense was delayed.

On the contrary, in the No.703 minute, he was attacked by Benfica and scored a goal.

It was a wonderful assist from Portugal midfielder Thiago.

Then the two teams played more and more heatedly, and the atmosphere on the court became more and more heated.

Nalicis came on as a substitute for Captain Barbosa in the No. 709 minute, but in the ensuing game time, he did not perform very well, and the same was true for Jardl, who started and played the whole game.

The Brazilian center didn't get enough support tonight.

On the contrary, Quaresma, who came off the bench in No. 704 minutes, broke into the penalty area with the ball once in the final stage of the game. After passing two opponents in a row, he was tripped in the penalty area.

This triggered a fierce conflict between the players of the two teams. Benfica defender Angel and midfielder Zahovic pushed Quaresma and were shown yellow cards by the referee. Since they both had yellow cards, they were both sent off.

Jardl took the penalty himself and scored the equalizer for Sporting Lisbon.

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"Jadl has slipped a lot lately."

In the stands, Su Dong looked at Jardl who was galloping in the stadium to celebrate the goal, and let out a long sigh with mixed feelings.

At the beginning of the season, Jardl was in high spirits. This season he created the most efficient scoring record in his career, but recently, he has indeed shown fatigue.

"It's normal. He is 29 years old. He wanted to transfer to the four major leagues during the winter break, but he didn't get anything. This seriously hit his enthusiasm. Coupled with the injuries over the years, multiple reasons have caused his current state to be a bit sluggish. Even if he doesn't come out, he may not be able to improve next season."

Obviously, Mendes is not optimistic about Jardl's prospects in Sporting Lisbon.

To put it bluntly, when he created the highest scoring record in a single season in his career, when he caught up with the records of legendary stars such as Eusebio 30 years ago in the Portuguese Super League, he no longer had any desires in the Portuguese Super League.

For professional players, not pursuing is a very scary thing.

Su Dong respected Jardel very much, and even his shooting skills and many shooting skills were taught by Jardl, which made him feel very complicated when he saw Jardl showing fatigue.

"Aurelio and the technical team have made an assessment and agreed that letting him leave to seek new excitement in the four major leagues is a good thing for him and Sporting Lisbon."

"Do you really want to go?" Su Dong asked with concern.

It's not just about Jaddr, it's about him as well.

Mendes shook his head, "I don't know, his age and salary are not low. Even if Sporting Lisbon made a concession on the transfer fee, there are not many teams willing to accept his salary. This is the main reason why he didn't make it through the winter break."

Su Dong nodded.

Many fans only see the transfer fee, but they don't know that the player's salary is also a key factor for the club's main consideration for signing.

It's hard to say whether Sporting Lisbon spent a lot of money to introduce Jardl a year ago or not.

In terms of performance, Jardel's record-breaking goal brought Sporting Lisbon a Portuguese Super League championship and also reached the Portuguese Cup final, but from a business point of view, this deal is indeed a loss, a mess.

"I have entrusted my partners in Italy and the UK, and they will help find suitable teams. The biggest problem now is that Jardl may not be willing to go to the middle and lower reaches of the four major leagues that cannot play in the Champions League or even European competitions."

Mendes is also helpless about this.

Su Dong understands this very well, after all, people go to high places.

Sporting Lisbon is now the champion of the Portuguese Super League. According to the points in the European war, they can play in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers in the new season. As long as they win the qualifiers, they can participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage. In this case, Jardl may not be willing to leave the team.

"It's okay, whether he goes or not, I am confident that I will get more opportunities to play in the new season!"

Su Dong's face was full of determination.

This is not a question of confidence, but that he has to do it.

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(End of this chapter)