Chapter 104 Today is my birthday!
In the 70th minute, no more, no less, Su Dong slowly walked to the sidelines.
At this moment, the Sporting Lisbon fans at the Alvalade Stadium had already received the news.
It’s finally time to change people!
Last season, the little god of war Su Dong, who stepped forward and saved the team at critical moments, is finally going to play again.
No one knows what exactly happened in the locker room, and the media outside are all making groundless accusations and spreading confusing information, but one thing is certain, that is, Su Dong has not played yet so far this season.
This is his first show of the new season!
This makes Sporting Lisbon fans full of expectations.
They expect Su Dong to inject fresh blood into the dull Sporting Lisbon just like he did last season.
In the stands, sitting among the fans, Jorge Mendes was also looking forward to it.
"It's finally time!" There was some nervousness in Mendes' voice.
Jorge Manuel also looked serious, "Can he really do it?"
They all knew very well what Su Dong had done in order to be able to play.
To put it mildly, he took the initiative to ask for playing time. To put it more seriously, he took the lead in forcing the head coach to resign.
How to distinguish the severity of the problem depends on Su Dong’s performance in the next game.
"Jorge, we are agents, not gods. Our mission is to help players and serve them well, so our creed should be that we must trust our players at all times."
Mendes looked firmly at Su Dong who walked to the sidelines, waiting for a substitution. He was still wearing the No. 36 jersey.
"Su Dong made a brave choice. All we need to do is support him and handle everything for him to the best of our ability, including his future situation in the team after he messed up tonight."
“So, you had dinner with Aurelio Pereira?”
Mendes chuckled, "No matter how we perform tonight, this meal will be meaningful."
If the performance is good, of course we will continue to promote it. If the performance is average, then Aurelio can mediate. Even if the performance is very bad, there will be another explanation to prevent head coach Boloni from taking the opportunity to suppress the team.
That's what a broker is supposed to do.
As for what happens on the court, just leave it to the players.
"Don't worry, he has been preparing for today for a long time, and you may not have noticed."
"Pay attention to what?" Jorge Manuel asked curiously.
Mendes smiled, "Today is his birthday."
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September 13th is Su Dong’s birthday.
Su Dong stood at the edge of the court, took a deep breath, and tried to regulate his breathing.
The benefits of learning yoga were reflected. He could easily make his breathing smooth and steady. At the same time, he also threw away all distracting thoughts in his mind and focused on the competition.
On the sidelines, the fourth official held up his number plate.
No. 36 Su Dong replaced No. 7 Nikulai.
This was the first time the Romanian center was substituted this season.
In the stands, Sporting Lisbon fans burst into warm applause. It was obvious that they had endured Niculai's disastrous performance for a long time.
If Jardel hadn't left, they would have chanted Jardel's name.
Nikulai walked to the sidelines very frustrated.
He messed up his performance. This wasn't the first time, and it probably wouldn't be the last.
He tried very hard to express himself, but the people around him did not cooperate with him at all.
This made him feel very annoyed, but helpless.
He felt isolated.
Except for head coach Boloni, no one in the team seems to trust him.
Would the situation improve if he was replaced by a young player? Nikulai snorted coldly. He didn't think a 17-year-old boy could change anything.
So, when he walked off the stage, he didn't even want to high-five Su Dong and just walked straight past him.
Su Dong was originally planning to give him a polite high-five and hug, but he was stood up, and he felt a little annoyed.
"Just sit on the sidelines and watch carefully!" Su Dong said.
Nikulai suddenly stopped and looked angry. Wasn't this kid too arrogant? But he forgot that ignoring Su Dong when he walked off the court was also a very impolite behavior.
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Su Dong took his first step onto the court, sprinted straight ahead, and quickly rushed to the front court.
He didn't try his best, he just wanted to find the feeling of sprinting.
"Yeah! Sue, come on!"
Ronnie, who had just replaced Tonito, shouted excitedly.
Su Dong raised his right fist high, appearing very confident.
Captain Barbosa, veteran Albertini, Andre Cruz, and even Quaresma, who was silent on the right, all made gestures to Sudon or shouted encouragement from afar.
"Come on! Come on! Pass the ball to me!" Su Dong shouted loudly.
…
The first touch after coming on the court came less than a minute later.
Sporting Lisbon cleared the ball in the penalty area and kicked it directly to the center line.
Su Dong retreated to his own half and used his body to block Santa Clara's deep-lying midfielder Pavard.
Parva tried desperately to push Su Dong away from behind, but found that he couldn't do it at all.
After suppressing Parva with his body, Su Dong stopped the ball with his chest. He turned around calmly, kicked the ball, accelerated, and his legs burst out with amazing power, passing Parva in an instant.
The results of his special training throughout the summer finally showed up at this moment.
After rushing past Pavala, Su Dong strode with the ball straight to the Santa Clara penalty area, quickly forming a three-on-four situation in the frontcourt.
Su Dong dribbled the ball in the middle, while Ronaldo and Quaresma moved forward on the left and right.
This scene made the Sporting Lisbon fans in the stands exclaim in surprise.
"This is Sporting Lisbon's most threatening attack so far in this game. Let's see how Su Dong passes the ball."
"Su Dong used his dribbling to attract two defensive players and passed the ball diagonally behind the right side."
"Quaresma, follow up and shoot directly!"
"Goalkeeper Jorge Silva has made a great contribution!"
"Santa Clara's goalkeeper saved Quaresma's one-on-one shot at the crucial moment."
"But this attack by Sporting Lisbon was very beautiful!"
"Su Dong is indeed the key man of Sporting Lisbon. After coming on as a substitute, he planned a beautiful counterattack with his first touch of the ball, which put Santa Clara's goal in danger."
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Amid the cheers from the audience, Nikulai's face was extremely gloomy.
He felt like he had been slapped hard in the face.
But he didn't think it was because Su Dong was stronger than him.
"Why did these guys from Santa Clara act so difficult just now, but now they are deliberately letting us win?"
"And Quaresma, he has never been willing to cooperate with me, but now he takes the initiative to get close to Su Dong, why?"
Nikulai wanted to rush onto the court to question them properly, but he couldn't.
He could only sit on the bench and watch the game coldly.
Another person who was also in a very difficult situation was Boloni in the home team's coaching booth. His situation was also very embarrassing.
From a professional perspective, the ability and tactical role that Su Dong demonstrated after coming on as a substitute were truly eye-opening.
Even the most ordinary fans can see this.
Boloni was happy that the situation changed after Su Dong came on the court, but on the other hand, he was very worried about the situation that would follow.
He wants to win, but is afraid of winning. He is very conflicted!
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Santa Clara once again attacked into Sporting Lisbon's penalty area.
Portuguese Super League teams still focus very much on offense.
But this attack was intercepted by Andre Cruz. Albertini made a long pass from the right side outside the penalty area, sending the ball across the center line and directly into the Santa Clara's defense line.
Near the center line, Su Dong rushed forward quickly like an arrow.
The person responsible for marking him was Santa Clara's defensive core Sergio Nunes.
This central defender, who once played for Benfica and Porto, has the quickest reaction and is a typical Portuguese central defender. He is 1.84 meters tall, but very fast and flexible. He took the lead to block Su Dong and chased after the ball.
In his impression, as long as he blocked Su Dong and quickly passed the ball back to the goalkeeper, he would be safe.
After they crossed the center line, they moved forward side by side.
Seeing that he was about to miss a great opportunity, a thought flashed through Su Dong’s mind.
Use your body to knock him away! This is definitely Vieri's [Indestructible] consciousness, full of domineering power.
Su Dong almost without thinking, while running quickly, got close to Nunes and bumped Nunes hard with his shoulder.
The Portuguese center back staggered and his steps became disordered, but he still stood in front of Su Dong.
Su Dong reacted faster. He took a step forward and inserted from Nunes' left side. He pushed Nunes away with his shoulder and took the lead to kick the ball to his side with his right foot.
Thus, the situation was reversed.
Nunes, who originally had an advantageous position, is now at a disadvantage.
But the Portuguese center back was also very cunning. He reached out and grabbed Su Dong's right hand, refusing to let go and trying desperately to entangle Su Dong.
Su Dong tried his best to speed up, but his right hand was held tightly. He had no choice but to drag Nunes forward. This situation was very similar to a training program designed by Nuno Cruz for Su Dong.
Su Dong really dragged Nunes forward a few steps and then made a diagonal pass with his left foot.
The ball slid to the left side of the penalty area.
A green lightning bolt quickly cut into the penalty area and Ronnie rushed over.
Stop once and fight again!
The ball went in! ! ! ! ! "GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 74th minute, Sporting Lisbon successfully equalized the score!"
"A crucial goal from Cristiano Ronaldo!"
The Madeira boy yelled excitedly, turned and rushed to the sidelines, jumped directly onto the billboard, and yelled wildly at the fans in the stands.
Su Dong let go of Nunes' hand, rushed to the sidelines quickly, and hugged Ronnie tightly.
Ronnie's speed is really too fast.
According to Nuno Cruz, this is a talent given to him by the African ancestry of his ancestors.
At this moment, Ronnie pulled up his jersey hard in front of all the fans in the stadium.
The white vest inside did not have his declaration of love for Jordana written on it, but instead had a picture of a cake with the number eighteen on it.
“Happy birthday, bro!”
"Happy birthday!"
The Sporting Lisbon players who ran over to celebrate the goal also came forward to congratulate them.
(End of this chapter)
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