Chapter 115 Marseille Round
November 14, Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon.
The game is about to start.
The players of both teams set up their positions in their respective half of the court.
Su Dong and Ronnie stood in the center circle, ready to serve at any time.
"After the game starts, try to pass the ball to me as much as possible." Ronnie said eagerly.
As long as Su Dong is on the court, he has a lot of say in the distribution of the ball in the frontcourt.
Many times, midfield passers such as Tonito, Joao Pinto and others would pass the ball based on Su Dong's running position.
This is why many people say that Su Dong is the team's frontcourt offensive core, and as long as he is on the court, Sporting Lisbon's offense will be much smoother.
"Lucas Dosek is not that bad. I am confident that I can beat him." Ronnie said confidently.
Su Dong smiled slightly and nodded, "Okay, go ahead!"
Dosek is the right back of Slavia Prague, while Ronnie plays as left winger tonight, and the right winger is Quaresma.
"By the way, remember, Thomas Hrdlicka is a left-footed player." Su Dong suddenly remembered and reminded.
Thomas Hrdlicka and Martin Muller are the central defenders. The former is a 20-year-old young player and the latter is a 32-year-old veteran, which is very similar to the current combination of Andre Cruz and Pepe of Sporting Lisbon.
But Su Dong always felt that the combination of Andre Kruse and Pepe was much more powerful than the central defender combination of Slavia Prague.
Especially Pepe, this kid plays football as if he is risking his life.
He was already very fierce in Maritimo before, and now with a veteran like Andre Cruz to clean up his mess behind him, he is even more fierce and lawless, frequently rushing forward to steal the ball.
This guy is also quite good at one-on-one fighting.
Because of this, after losing 0-3 to Vicente, the media's accusations against Boloni focused on two points.
One is Su Dong in the frontcourt, and the other is Pepe in the back line.
And tonight, Boloni's tactical arrangement for the team is to attack fiercely from the beginning.
With a 1-3 loss away from home, Sporting Lisbon cannot be conservative at all tonight.
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With the whistle of Greek referee Doros, the game officially kicked off.
Su Dong kicked the ball to Ronnie, who quickly knocked it back to the back line.
The three players in the frontcourt of Sporting Lisbon sprinted forward at the fastest speed, and midfielder Tonito followed up immediately.
This is the best and strongest attacking combination that Sporting Lisbon can currently put together.
After several passes, Albertini made a long pass to the front court.
Su Dong heard the reminder from his teammates in the midfield and backcourt, and while sprinting forward, he did not forget to look back at the path of the ball, determined the landing point, and promptly occupied the best position. He stopped the ball with his chest and quickly knocked it back to Tonito.
The Spanish midfielder followed up, stopped, and then made a straight pass to the right.
Quaresma quickly moved up the right, caught up with the ball and made a cross.
But Slavia Prague's left-back caught up in time and kicked the ball out of the baseline.
The subsequent corner kick created chaos in the penalty area but failed to create a shooting opportunity.
Sporting Lisbon created a threat with their first attack.
Afterwards, the Green Lions showed no signs of retreating, but continued to press forward.
The opponent's goalkeeper kicked the ball out of the goal, but Pepe decisively rushed forward, overpowered the opponent's forward, and headed the ball back.
Su Dong once again took the ball with his back, blocked the defender with his body, stopped the ball, and tried to turn around, but the opponent decisively fouled him, giving Sporting Lisbon a free kick outside the 30-meter mark.
Sporting Lisbon quickly took a free kick and continued to attack.
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"We can see that Sporting Lisbon played very aggressively after the opening."
"Su Dong's tactical role in the frontcourt is very obvious. Whether it is a pass from behind or a header in the frontcourt, he has played a key role, which makes him stand out on the court."
"But we also need to see that Slavia Prague still maintains the stable defense of the first round, but compared with Nikulai, their defense line is more flexible."
"It's obvious that Beranek is very clear about Su Dong's characteristics. He knows that Su Dong has a large range of activities and it is difficult to restrict him one-on-one, so he not only lets the two central defenders rush to the front at any time, but also the midfielders actively rush to support him."
"So, sometimes it looked like there were three players double-teaming Su Dong."
"The game has just begun. Next, it depends on whether Su Dong and Sporting Lisbon can break through Slavia Prague's defense."
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The pace of the game is extremely fast.
The ball changed hands back and forth.
Sporting Lisbon took advantage of its home field and suppressed its opponents from the very beginning.
Slavia Prague seemed very passive.
In the first three minutes of the game, Sporting Lisbon entered the opponent's penalty area twice, and the Czech team didn't even enter the penalty area.
Su Dong has been trying to connect with Ronnie, but the other party is also very clear about the tacit cooperation between Su Dong and Ronnie, so he always cuts off the connection between them.
It's not just the connection between Sudong and Ronaldo, the same is true for Sudong and Quaresma.
Obviously, Beranek's targeted defense is to cut off the connection between Sporting Lisbon's front trident and isolate them.
But Su Dong soon found an opportunity.
Tonito dribbled the ball across the center line and quickly passed it to Su Dong's feet.
Su Dong, holding the ball with his back, sent it directly to the left, not letting it stay under his feet at all.
Ronnie raced forward along the left byline, but Lucas Dosek was close on his inside.
After receiving the ball on the left sideline, Ronnie could no longer move forward and could only stop suddenly and dunk the ball back.
Dosek also stopped immediately and followed Ronnie closely.
One on one!
Ronnie was very confident. He kept moving closer to Dosek with the ball, constantly changing his feints all over his body.
Dosek's defense was very solid and he didn't fall for Ronnie's feints at all, which made the Portuguese a little depressed.
When Su Dong saw this, he immediately ran over and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Ronnie spotted the opportunity, created a gap with a fake move, and then passed the ball.
He still remembered Su Dong's reminder that Thomas Hrdlicka was a left-footed player.
Sudong faced to the left, with Hrdlicka on the right side of his shoulder, and Ronnie passed the ball to his left foot.
Hrdlicka saw the path of the ball and took a step forward to try to grab the ball, but Su Dong took a step ahead with his right foot and blocked the opponent with his body. He lightly pulled the ball with his left foot, slightly changing the direction of the ball and slowing down its speed.
At the same time, Su Dong turned around, opened his right hand slightly, intending to block Hrdlicka, and rushed forward quickly, kicking the ball into the penalty area with his right foot.
At this time, the left-footed Hrdlicka basically lost the defensive chance to stop Su Dong.
The whole process happens in the blink of an eye.
Everyone inside and outside the court just saw Su Dong turn around and pull the ball, and then he got rid of the defender.
"Marseille turn!!!"
"Su Dong used a Marseille turn to get rid of Hrdlicka's defense."
"Veteran Martin Muller is very experienced and has been assisting in defense from behind, stepping forward to fill in the gaps as soon as possible."
Su Dong only felt a flash of a figure in front of him, and his reaction was extremely fast. He braked suddenly, stopped the ball with his right foot, turned to the right, and after breaking into the penalty area, he made an emergency stop and changed direction in a very short time.
Martin Muller was also very surprised. He had never expected that the tall and burly center forward of Sporting Lisbon would be so flexible and move so quickly. Only after Su Dong stepped one step away from him did he steady himself and try to intercept.
But how can it be too late?
Su Dong just pushed Martin Muller away, and without waiting for the opponent to react, he chased him and shot with his right foot.
"BARTY GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
“The ball goes in!!!!”
"This is Su Dong's signature goal!"
After Su Dong fired that fierce shot, he rushed out of the court excitedly, clenching his fists and roaring all the way.
"A very exciting attack from the 18-year-old young player from Sporting Lisbon, Su Dong!"
"He made full use of his excellent physical fitness, skillful footwork, and flexible sudden stop and change of direction to trick the two central defenders of Slavia Prague, and scored a stunning goal in the penalty area for Sporting Lisbon!"
“One to zero!”
Su Dong ran along the sidelines, listening to the cheers of the fans all the way.
This was the treatment he had always dreamed of.
It was just like when he saw Jardel score against Porto for Sporting Lisbon.
Finally, he jumped high over the billboard and waved his fists at the fans in the stands.
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In front of the home team coaching seat not far behind Su Dong, Boloni looked at Su Dong's celebrating back with a complicated expression. Looking at the Sporting Lisbon players who kept rushing over to celebrate his goal, he felt a burning sensation on both sides of his cheeks, as if he had been slapped in the face.
Only four minutes!
What Nikulai, whom he trusted, couldn't do after more than 90 minutes, Su Dong accomplished in just four minutes.
What can he say? What else can he say? In the face of such ironclad facts, any tactical theory, any possibility analysis, is useless.
No one cares who is stronger between Sudong and Nikulai, no one cares whether Nikulai needs help or needs to regain confidence, and no one cares whether his prestige as the head coach will be shaken.
Everyone only cares about one thing, that is: Su Dong scored a goal!
A goal was scored just four minutes into the game!
Boloni felt very clearly the pressure and resistance from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
So far, this kid has not even taken the initiative to talk to him, but he is holding back his energy and working hard on the court.
At this moment, Boloni panicked for the first time.
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Not far from Boloni, Slavia Prague head coach Beranek shook his head in frustration and looked at Su Dong in the celebrating crowd, his face full of disappointment and surprise.
He considered himself to be a good judge of talent, and potential rookies rarely escaped his notice, but this time he still underestimated the strength and performance of the 18-year-old player.
"This kid is not simple!"
(End of this chapter)
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