Chapter 113: Never give in!

"I will never take the initiative to talk to him!"

In the Romario Seafood Restaurant in downtown Lisbon, Su Dong spoke in a loud and firm voice with an extremely firm attitude.

Ronnie, Pepe, Albertini, Andre Cruz and others sitting in front of him all felt his unquestionable determination. He had decided not to give in!

Albertini's proposal was prudent and cautious. He believed that Su Dong should take the initiative to talk to Boloni to communicate their ideas and ease the current tension.

Now everyone can see that Sporting Lisbon's problems are very serious.

Boloni wanted to help his confidant Nikulai out of the quagmire, but Nikulai performed poorly, while Sudong shined instead.

So here comes the question.

The better Su Dong performs, the more it seems like he is putting head coach Boloni on the fire.

Boloni has always attached great importance to team discipline and is even a little stubborn, so he reused Nikulai almost out of spite.

The more skeptical the outside world was, the more he trusted Nikulai.

He wanted Nikulai to prove his quality and also his coaching ability.

In fact, there is a way to resolve the problem. That is for Su Dong to take the initiative to take a step back and ease the relationship with Boloni.

After all, the other party is the head coach of the team.

But Su Dong was unwilling to do so.

"Yes, last season he gave me the opportunity to play in the first team. He trusted me and even let me start in the Portuguese Cup final, which made me very grateful to him for a while, but so far this season, I don't think I have done anything wrong. I have never even said a bad word about him outside."

"But what did he give me in return?"

The problems in Eastern Europe and Bolsonaro have never been accidental.

In addition to Sporting Lisbon, similar situations will be encountered in Porto, other teams, and even in all teams.

There are only eleven players on the field, and the head coach has his own ideas and preferences for using players, which can even be said to be stubborn. This will inevitably bring some unfairness and lead to conflicts within the team, which is also normal.

What is rather unusual is that Su Dong is only eighteen years old. Boloni believes that he should suppress this young player, otherwise the authority of the head coach will be affected. At the same time, he also has to help his compatriot Nikulai regain his confidence and form.

But at this point, can Su Dong still hold back? "From the day I decided to take the initiative to ask to return to the second team in front of everyone, I knew that I had no way out."

"As long as I don't perform well, he will take me out of the game roster at any time, or even demote me to the second team to show his authority as the head coach. So I have no choice but to keep working hard to perform better."

“To me, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.”

Su Dong spoke very firmly, and people like Albertini and Andre Cruz could understand his mood and situation.

Ronnie was even more indignant. "I think what Su Dong said is right. Why is it that Nikulai can still be trusted and get so many opportunities even though he performs like that, but Su Dong can't?"

"Since he is unfair to us as a head coach, why should we compromise and seek reconciliation with him?"

"If you ask me, even if there is a reconciliation, it should be Boloni who takes the initiative to find Su to reconcile. At worst, we can go to other teams to play. As long as we perform well, why should we be afraid of having no place to play?" Ronnie said at the end, even talking about leaving the team.

Pepe on the side also nodded repeatedly indignantly.

Albertini and Andre Cruz looked at each other, both showing helpless expressions.

They were not afraid, but hoped to help Su Dong ease the relationship with the head coach. But now it seems that these young people have completely different ideas from them.

Or should we say, they all have more personality.

"That's right!" Albertini nodded and smiled, "Seeing you like this, I really feel that I'm getting old."

Andre Cruz nodded with a wry smile; he felt the same way.

"Demi, Andre, I know you mean well."

Su Dong also understood the two veterans' feelings towards him, "But don't worry, this is not a bad thing for me!"

He is now full of anger and wants to confront Boloni head-on. If he takes the initiative to reconcile, his anger will be released.

"I will prove it to him and to everyone!"

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October 20th, the seventh round of the Portuguese Super League.

Sporting Lisbon will host their city team Belenenses at home.

As all the international players have returned to their home countries to play for the club, Bologna was a little stretched in its lineup for this game.

Tonight against Belarence, he fielded a front trident combination of Joao Pinto, Sudon and Ronnie.

All the players participating in national team games and training camps were excluded from the starting lineup. Nicolaj was not even included in the roster, but everyone knew that this was because Boloni was protecting his compatriots.

After Su Dong started the game, he performed as hard as ever.

In the 29th minute, Sudong cleverly ran into an open space in the penalty area, received a pass from Joao Pinto, and scored in the penalty area, opening the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.

These are his three Portuguese Super League goals this season.

Afterwards, the game entered a stalemate until the 89th minute, when Quaresma, who replaced Ronaldo, received a pass from Sudong on the right side of the penalty area. He relied on his personal ability to dribble past the defender and shot with the outside of his foot, scoring another goal for Sporting Lisbon.

2-0! Sporting Lisbon defeated Belarence by two goals thanks to goals from Sudon and Quaresma.

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The focus of this round is Porto's home game against Benfica.

Just four minutes into the game, midfielder Thiago scored the first goal for Benfica, but then Benfica defender Bonfim scored an own goal.

In the 71st minute of the second half, Deco scored the winning goal.

In the end, Porto reversed Benfica 2-1 at home.

After seven rounds of matches, Porto and Guimarães are tied for the top spot with 17 points.

Mourinho's team has been in excellent form so far this season.

With the victory in this round, Sporting Lisbon is closely behind in third place with 16 points. Benfica, Belarence and Braga all have 13 points.

After seven rounds, the situation of the new season of the Portuguese Super League has begun to take shape.

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Mourinho's Porto has made great progress in overall strength thanks to its summer shopping spree, and has performed very steadily in the new season.

Guimaraes has not encountered a strong team so far, and the top position is more like a weekend day trip.

Sporting Lisbon and Benfica are still the teams with the greatest hope of challenging Porto's dominance, while Boavista, one of the top three teams last season, is currently ranked only ninth, with its performance plummeting.

This is also not accidental.

Boavista sold several core players in this summer's transfer window, which resulted in a significant loss in the team's overall strength. Coupled with fighting on two fronts, it was difficult for them to focus on the Portuguese Super League.

Like Sporting Lisbon, Boavista participated in the UEFA Cup after being eliminated from the Champions League and also advanced from the first round.

The first leg of the second round will be at the end of October, with Sporting Lisbon facing Slavia Prague from the Czech Republic.

Porto's opponent is Austria Vienna from Austria, while Boavista meets Anloxus from Cyprus.

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October 26th, the eighth round of the Portuguese Super League.

Sporting Lisbon will challenge Boavista away.

Last season's champion and runner-up battle, now that time has passed, the two teams are in completely different situations.

Bologna once again arranged Sudong to start, but this also made everyone in the Sporting Lisbon locker room clearly know that in the UEFA Cup midweek away game against Slavia Prague in the Czech Republic, Nikulai will start.

Partnering with Sudong are Quaresma and Joao Pinto.

As the saying goes, even a broken ship still has three pounds of nails. Although Boavista’s strength has been greatly damaged, it still has the confidence to compete in a strong dialogue.

They also suffered from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, so they attach particular importance to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

It was not until the 44th minute that Sudong took advantage of Tonito's cross from the wing, overpowered the Boavista central defender, and headed the ball into the goal from close range, scoring the first goal for Sporting Lisbon.

But Boavista equalized the score in the 70th minute of the second half.

Ronnie replaced Quaresma in the 82nd minute. Just five minutes later, he received a deft heel pass from Su Dong in the left rib area of ​​the frontcourt, dribbled into the penalty area, and shot into the goal, making it 2-1!

The tacit cooperation of the two young players at the last minute of the game helped Sporting Lisbon win three points again.

Since Porto was tied 2-2 by Leiria in this round away game, and Guimarães lost 2-3 to Vazm at home, Sporting Lisbon successfully reversed Porto and Guimarães and topped the Portuguese Super League with three points in this round.

This is also the first time that Sporting Lisbon has rebounded strongly after a poor start and topped the Portuguese Super League standings.

The entire Portuguese football world and all Sporting Lisbon fans have spoken highly of a group of young players led by Sudon, Ronaldo and Quaresma, as well as Pepe, who started as a central defender in recent games.

These four young players are all under 20 years old and are in a period of rapid growth.

In an interview with the media, technical director Aurelio highly praised the performance of these young players in the team, believing that they demonstrated the outstanding youth training level of Sporting Lisbon.

"A lot of people say that with young players we will have nothing, but I don't see it that way."

"I think with this group of talented young players we can win it all!"

But just when Aurelio was feeling proud and ambitious, in the UEFA Cup in the middle of the week, Sporting Lisbon flew away to challenge Slavia Prague.

The starting lineup was just as expected by the outside world. Boloni arranged Nicolae to start and rotated the starting lineup.

As a result, we lost the ball within ten minutes of the start of the away game.

Another one was lost in the 40th minute, and the third one in the 87th minute.

Fortunately, at the last minute of the game, Quaresma scored a goal for the team.

In the end, Sporting Lisbon took away a humiliating 1-3 defeat from Prague.

Although there is an away goal in hand, it is undoubtedly a very unfavorable situation for the two-round match.

Boloni's use of troops was once again severely criticized by the outside world, especially his behavior of letting Su Dong, who was in good form, sit on the bench throughout the game, which caused confusion among the media and fans.

(End of this chapter)