Chapter 127 Can we turn things around?
In downtown Lisbon, next to the Parque des Nations, the sky bar was bustling with people.
Powerful music was floating in the air, and everyone in the bar was excited.
Not to mention young players like Ronnie and Tonito, even veterans Albertini and Andre Cruz started to shake from time to time. The usually serious captain Barbosa showed his friendly side, which was rare.
Tonight, it is another gathering of Sporting Lisbon's first team.
The sponsor of the banquet was Su Dong, because he had just signed two commercial sponsorship contracts that made everyone in the first team envious, and the sponsors were all world-class brands.
Everyone knows that signing with such a big brand is not just about monetary gain, but it also significantly increases the player's popularity and influence, which often gives the player a huge advantage when signing with other commercial brands in the future.
In other words, starting from signing contracts with Nike and Pepsi, Su Dong's commercial value will continue to rise.
Of course, in order to increase commercial value, Su Dong needs to continue to improve on the court.
Compared with previous parties, there were a few new people at this party.
Jose Fonte, Nani and Moutinho, who started training with the first team during the winter break, were all invited to participate.
Among the first-team players, only Nikulai and Gisvi did not come. The former's reason was that he had family matters, but in fact everyone knew that he had never been fond of Su Dong because Su Dong had now taken away his starting center position.
As for Gisvi, he has no conflict with Su Dong, but he has not returned to the team since he went home for Christmas.
It's rare for the players to get together, and beautiful women are an indispensable part of the encounter.
Every time Sporting Lisbon players have a party, Ronnie's girlfriend Jordana will invite a lot of beautiful girls to attend. Jose Semedo has met many girls from such parties, and he changes girlfriends very frequently.
As the hottest rookie in Sporting Lisbon's first team and having just signed such a heavyweight contract, Su Dong's prospects were not only envied by his teammates, but the beautiful women present were all very enthusiastic. Not to mention those who flirted with him, many of them took the initiative to throw themselves into his arms. This made Su Dong, who had never been in a relationship, feel a little overwhelmed.
In the end, it was Jose Semedo who stepped in to help him resolve the situation.
This is also a very interesting phenomenon.
At the beginning, many people thought that Su Dong was deliberately being reserved, but gradually, as they got to know him more deeply, they found that Su Dong really was not very interested in matters between men and women, and he devoted himself wholeheartedly to football training.
After making this clear, the beauties who were keen on attending such gatherings did not feel bored. Instead, they looked up to Su Dong even more. At least they all clearly realized that Su Dong was a very serious person.
This kind of person is usually not extravagant, but once you knock on his heart, he will most likely go all the way to the end.
For these girls, meeting football stars is of course their goal, but meeting a diamond bachelor like Su Dong is what they dream of.
Therefore, every time they get together, they will try their best to impress Su Dong.
But so far, no one has been able to make a breakthrough.
However, this would actually be a good thing for Jose Semedo.
The Cape Verdean teenagers always took the initiative to block these suitors for Sudong, and they all wanted to get to know Sudong through Jose Semedo. However, the development of things is often unpredictable, and the two sides always come together and start talking without realizing it.
In this regard, Jose Semedo's talent is indeed much higher than his talent on the court.
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"Have you noticed that this guy is really good at chatting, especially when it comes to pleasing girls? He's amazing!"
Ronnie looked at Jose Semedo in the distance, who was still talking eloquently surrounded by a group of beauties, and was full of admiration.
If he had Semedo's eloquence, coupled with his current status and position, he could change his girlfriend every week without repeating the same one.
"This kind of thing also depends on talent." Su Dong said with a smile.
Anyway, Jose Semedo is a person who is naturally easy to get close to, which is indeed a kind of talent.
"Honestly, Sue, there are so many beauties, with all kinds of styles, skin colors, and figures. Have you never met one you like?" Ronnie felt very strange.
He even really doubted whether Su Dong was not interested in women?
Of course, every time he joked about this, Su Dong would scold him.
Su Dong thought about it, shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, but I just don't feel anything."
"Feeling?" Ronnie was a little puzzled. "Come on, brother, there's no need to talk about feelings for this kind of thing. You'll have feelings after dating for a while. Or, make an appointment, go out and get a room, and be honest with each other, then you'll have feelings, right?"
In the end, this experienced person just drove away.
Su Dong raised his hand in frustration, indicating that he was naive and did not understand what he was saying.
"Ronnie, Ronnie." Andre Cruz quickly stopped Ronnie, a novice driver whose driving experience was not yet up to the renewal period. "You can't ask like this. You have to ask in a different way. Sue, what type of girls do you like?"
Ronnie clapped his hands vigorously when he heard this. He was indeed an experienced driver. "Not bad, Su, tell me about it."
The people around also became interested and started paying attention.
Su Dong has a bright future now. If there is such a person among your relatives or friends, you can introduce one to him.
"What type?"
"Yes, tall, short, good figure, appearance, personality, job and so on."
"Long hair or short hair?" Ronnie added.
"Yes, yes, try to describe it as clearly as possible." Andre Cruz seemed to be a matchmaker.
Su Dong was a little embarrassed when he saw everyone looking at him, but after thinking for a while, he replied, "I'm 1.95 meters tall. I can't be too short. If I'm too short, it will be difficult for me to see people when I go out, right?"
Everyone nodded, it was indeed true.
"At least 1.75 meters tall, preferably around 1.80 meters tall, that's a good match." Albertini, who is from the fashion capital of Milan, strongly suggested.
"It's hard to find girls who are 1.8 meters tall. Even among models, most are around 1.75 meters tall." Ronnie is quite knowledgeable about this and it is probably related to Jordana's profession.
"I don't have high requirements for looks, figure, hair length, job, etc. The most important thing is that the personality must be able to accommodate me. In fact, I am a picky Virgo."
When everyone heard this, they suddenly understood something.
It can be seen that Su Dong really doesn't like these beauties present.
It's not because he's arrogant, but because he's picky, the kind that would rather have nothing than have something of poor quality.
"To be honest, brother, I'm really curious now, can you meet the person you like in the future?" Ronnie was looking forward to it.
Everyone is looking forward to it too.
On the surface, Su Dong seemed to have no requirements except for height, but in fact, his requirements were too many, too complicated and too detailed.
There is a saying that goes, having no requirements is the highest requirement.
"Don't talk about me, talk about our team."
Su Dong was not interested in continuing to dwell on personal emotional issues and immediately changed the subject.
"The first game after the winter break is against Porto. Is it possible to turn things around in the second half?"
This question immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding Sporting Lisbon players, and many people gathered around.
The ones who have the most say here are the veterans in the team, who are all very experienced.
"Looking at the standings, we are seven points behind Porto. They are 39 and we are 32. If we win the 16th round, then there are only four points left. We still have a chance, and we are at home," Barbosa analyzed.
"There is definitely a chance." Albertini also expressed his opinion on this issue. "I specifically looked at Porto's performance in the first half of the season. It was really stable. They got 39 points in 15 games and only drew three games. They won six games and drew one at home, and won six games and drew two away. I have to say that this report card is really terrible."
Everyone knows that the home and away factors in European leagues make away games more difficult than home games, but Porto completely ignored the home and away differences, which is quite terrifying stability.
"Also, at the beginning of this season, Mourinho adopted a 4-3-3 formation. The combination of their three midfielders Costinha, Maniche and Deco is very, very stable, both offensively and defensively. In almost every game, even in European competitions, they can firmly suppress their opponents."
Albertini glanced at everyone when he said this, "To be honest, even if we play at home, our midfield will not have any advantage against a team like Porto."
Although this may not sound good, it is the truth.
It is no coincidence that Porto is able to make progress on three fronts: the Portuguese Super League, the Portuguese Cup and the UEFA Cup.
Last summer's shopping spree greatly enhanced Porto's overall strength and lineup reserves.
If I really want to talk about hard injuries...
"That's the offense, which is the only weak spot among Porto's three lines." Albertini reminded, "Pay attention, it's relatively weak, not bad. Postiga, Dellei and Jankauskas are all very strong forwards."
Pena, the former top scorer of the Portuguese Super League, was sold, and McCarthy, the team's top scorer last season, was loaned from Celta Vigo and was returned. This is why Porto's forward line is a bit thin this season.
"Deco's performance this season has created career highs, both in offense and assists," Su Dong reminded.
"That's right." Albertini smiled approvingly. "This is Mourinho's strategy. When the forward line is weak, he uses the midfield to attack from behind. Deco is currently the most important core player for Porto."
Everyone also knows that it is extremely difficult to reverse Porto.
"We have no choice now. If we want to turn the tide, we must win this home game. At the same time, we must keep close to Porto before the European games in February. We must not lose any more points. We must win all the games and wait for our opponents to lose points."
Albertini is very experienced in this regard. "If at any time we reduce the points gap from seven points to two points, or even one point, then all the pressure will be on the opponent."
"But no matter what, we have to win the first game after the winter break, otherwise..."
(End of this chapter)
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