Chapter 117 The God of War Attacks!

God of War strikes!

The day after the match against Slavia Prague, the front page of Portugal's Morning Post featured a cover of Su Dong celebrating his goal in last night's match, with such a striking headline.

Portuguese media said that in this focus match that attracted the attention of the entire Portuguese football world, Sudong, who started the game, helped Sporting Lisbon to a 3-0 victory with his outstanding performance of two assists and one goal, and reversed Slavia Prague with a total score of 4-3.

But after briefly introducing Su Dong's wonderful performance in the game, the Morning Post quickly shifted the topic to Su Dong's tactical role, believing that in this game, Su Dong fully demonstrated his characteristics as an all-around center.

"He is 1.95 meters tall and weighs 82 kilograms. This physique is often the template of a traditional center forward, but we can see that Su Dong's playing style and technical characteristics are completely different from those of a traditional center forward."

"He has a giant body, but has amazing speed and explosive power. He is very skilled at footwork and has a wide range of activities. These characteristics make his threat range greater than that of a traditional center forward. He can even take the ball and create threats from any position within a vast 30-meter area."

"In offensive battles, his giant body and strong confrontation are enough to allow him to firmly lock his position and gain an advantage. In mobile battles, his speed, explosiveness and dribbling ability make defenders miserable, especially when combined with his giant body, he becomes unstoppable."

"Slavia Prague head coach Beranek said in the post-match press conference that Su Dong's physical talent is amazing. In addition to his giant body, he also has lightning speed, which makes it difficult for defenders to stop him after he starts to run. This is fully reflected in his two counterattack assists."

"'He is the most special player I have ever seen.' Beranek spoke highly of Sudon."

"The Czechs believe that Su Dong has excellent physique and speed, as well as excellent flexibility and footwork. He can even use the Marseille turn to fool defenders. This ensures that he can get the ball with his back and turn around at any position on the court. After turning around, his speed and explosive power come into play, so he has a terrifying ability to get the ball and move forward."

"He is very smart. When he encounters a defensive player who is not as physically strong as him, he makes full use of his body. When he is not physically strong, he uses his speed, skills and flexibility. This allows him to have an unequal advantage when facing any type of defender and then turn the advantage into opportunities."

"Beranek believes that Sporting Lisbon's front trident will be the most anticipated players in European football in the next ten years, especially Su Dong."

"He may change or even subvert the traditional offensive tactics!"

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In addition to the front-page headlines focusing on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the Morning Post also reported on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the subsequent second edition.

This time they got all kinds of data from the game, including speed.

One of the data is the most surprising. That is, when Su Dong assisted Ronnie in scoring the goal, his maximum speed of long-distance dribbling reached 35 kilometers per hour, which is a very amazing data.

Especially for a center forward who is 1.95 meters tall.

"According to the official evaluation data given by Sporting Lisbon, Su Dong's speed is second only to Cristiano Ronaldo in the current Green Lions, but his height is 10 centimeters taller than Ronaldo."

The Morning Post specially interviewed Sporting Lisbon's first-team coach Pontes.

This coach, who has been training and leading Su Dong in competitions since he joined the team, also has a very high opinion of Su Dong.

"Su Dong now has all the abilities a center forward must have. He has an excellent body. With his body, he also has excellent skills and is very fast. He can hold the ball and make passes, which is incredible."

Pontes also recalled the situation when Sudong had just joined Sporting Lisbon, and believed that Sudong at that time was far from being as good as he is now, but he has been improving and working very, very hard.

"Yes, we were shocked by his physical examination after he joined the team because his speed and explosiveness were very fast."

“But it’s his hard work that has really gotten him to where he is today.”

"He gave me the feeling that he wanted to train 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so much so that I often had to remind him that he had to take a break."

Pontes also mentioned Nuno Cruz as a personal trainer.

"Su Dong had a very ambitious dream, which made him realize very early that he had to better tap the potential of his body. So he took out most of his salary and hired a high-level personal trainer at a high salary to train himself in the most scientific way, including daily eating habits and so on."

"What impressed me most was that he lived in Madeira for more than two months this summer, training in the gym and on the court every day. He did not rest on weekends, but hiked around the island to challenge his limits."

Pontes believes that Su Dong is already a very competitive player and it is not surprising that he has achieved his current results.

“Who is more qualified to start?”

"It's hard for me to say, but I think Sudong is fearless. He likes competition and is not afraid of it. He has always worked very hard. Coupled with the characteristics and potential he has shown on the court, I believe he will become one of the best players in Portugal and even European football in the future."

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Like the Morning Post, Public News also used Suarez as the front-page headline, but unlike its competitors, Public News specifically interviewed the legendary European football star Luis Suarez and emphasized that he is also an advisor to the chairman of Inter Milan.

Luis Suarez was interviewed after watching the game live. He said he was surprised at Su Dong's speed of progress because when he first saw Su Dong, he was not so good.

"I recommended Su Dong to Inter Milan, but they thought he was too young at the time. Now, I don't think Sporting Lisbon will accept any transfer fee below 5 million euros, which is ten times what he paid to join Sporting Lisbon."

In more than half a year, it has skyrocketed tenfold, which is quite astonishing.

As one of the first people to be optimistic about and come into contact with Sudong, Suarez said that Sudong is still very immature.

"There is no doubt that he is tall and fast, with excellent skills, but he is not strong enough. He now looks like a cunning fox, with very smart movement and a strong ability to seize opportunities, but this is not enough. He needs to continue to improve."

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Suarez believes that if Su Dong wants to further improve his strength, he must make himself stronger. "The premise is that it cannot affect his speed, explosiveness and flexibility, as well as the frequency of his footwork. This is very difficult."

“But as far as I know, Su Dong’s personal trainer has been working hard on this.”

"Besides that, I think Su Dong should further improve his inverted foot ability."

"He has two headers this season, which is not bad, but his left foot has not performed very well, which is a serious problem, because we all know that if you only use one foot to kick the ball, it is easy to be restricted by the opponent. He needs to improve the accuracy of his left foot, which can greatly improve his competitiveness on the field."

Finally, Suarez mentioned Sudon's goal statistics this season.

"From the Portuguese Super League to the UEFA Cup, he scored a goal for every three shots, which is a very high efficiency. But if we watch the game carefully, we will find that in fact, many times, he seems to lack confidence."

"As a center forward, he should be more greedy. In many cases, whether there is an opportunity or not, he should dare to shoot. It would be best if he could control his shot conversion rate to around five to one."

"Of course, I think the reasons for Su Dong's current situation are very complicated. There are both his past experiences and his current embarrassing situation in the team. I think the management and coaching staff of Sporting Lisbon should give him more trust and support, so that he can become more confident, so that they will gain a more greedy and more terrible striker."

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If Luis Suarez only made the suggestion in a tactful way, then the News Daily made an open comparison and believed that Sudon was more qualified to start than Niculai.

"First, our newspaper's fan data survey shows that Su Dong is more passionate and energetic, while Nikulai seems a bit dull, which makes Su Dong more likely to be liked by fans than Nikulai."

"Secondly, Su Dong has faster speed and explosive power, and better footwork. With Ronaldo and Quaresma performing well this season and gradually becoming the main players of the first team, Su Dong can cooperate with them more easily, while Nikulai seems out of place."

"Third, Su Dong looks like a core player. Not only does he perform well himself, but he can also help his teammates become better. This can be clearly seen from the data comparison of players such as Ronaldo, Quaresma and Tonito. On the other hand, Nikulai is far inferior to Su Dong in this regard."

"Fourth, from the end of last season to this season, Su Dong has maintained a steady upward trend. In contrast, Nikulai has never really proved himself in the one and a half years since he joined the team. He can't even speak Portuguese and has to bring a translator with him when he goes out. He can't integrate into the team at all."

"Finally, Sudon is more focused on football. Apart from eating and sleeping, he spends most of his time training. He is the first to arrive at the training ground and the last to leave. On the other hand, apart from daily training, we rarely see Nikulai in Alcocheti. He is a qualified professional player, but this is far from enough."

The News Daily finally concluded that Sudong is more qualified than Nikulai to be the starting center forward of Sporting Lisbon.

At the same time, they asked head coach Boloni many questions raised by the media and fans.

"With so many advantages, why is Boloni still reluctant to establish Su Dong as the main center forward?"

(End of this chapter)