Chapter 132 A Genius Who Is Not a Genius
At the moment the goal came, the entire Alvalade Stadium seemed to have turned into a raging sea.
The hoarse shouts of tens of thousands of fans gathered into shock waves, sweeping every corner of the stadium.
The moment Su Dong landed, he let out a roar, turned around and rushed out of the court.
At the most critical moment, Klose's [Aerial Overlord] played an important role, allowing him to block the position in advance, forcing Jorge Costa to jump early to intercept, but he failed to head Ronnie's pass.
On the contrary, it was Su Dong who took the lead.
This is not only because of the seven centimeters height difference, but also because of their jumping ability.
It can be said that this simple jump is the result of more than a year of hard training by Su Dong, especially the strength training with Nuno Cruz, squats and other leg muscle training, which have made Su Dong's jumping ability improve by leaps and bounds.
Not only is he more flexible than before, he can also jump higher.
This allowed him to head the ball over Jorge Costa's head and into Porto's goal.
In the eyes of fans, perhaps this is just a moment, but for Su Dong, it is the result of more than a year of hard training.
How could he not be excited? Not only him, but everyone in the entire Sporting Lisbon team rushed towards Su Dong frantically, including goalkeeper Thiago.
Everyone rushed to the sidelines and hugged Su Dong, who had excitedly taken off his shirt to celebrate. They all shouted and roared. They all knew that this goal was too important and too crucial.
Even the head coach Boloni on the sidelines was so excited that he rushed out of the command area. Finally, after being reminded by the fourth official, he barely controlled himself, returned to the coaching seat, and hugged the coaching staff.
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"Let's watch the slow motion replay again."
"First, Su Dong retreated to receive the ball and passed it to Rui Jorge, who passed it forward and made an empty run to receive the ball, and then passed it back to the wing."
"Roney got the ball, he saw Su Dong in the penalty area, made a fake move, dribbled back and crossed with his right foot."
"It was a good cross, but it was a little too high."
"Jorge Costa jumped up but still couldn't reach it. On the contrary, Su Dong behind him jumped higher."
"If we freeze the picture, we can see the comparison between the two people when they jump to the highest point. Su Dong is obviously much higher than Jorge Costa. It is really unbelievable."
"Su Dong's jumping ability is amazing!"
"And even before the two of them took off, we could clearly see that it was Su Dong who took the best position first."
"It's obvious that Ronnie knows how high to pass the ball, and Su Dong also knows where Ronnie should pass the ball. The two of them cooperate very well."
"It was definitely a great aerial combination between two young players from Sporting Lisbon."
"The key still lies in Su Dong!"
"As we mentioned at halftime, Porto's attack was all talk and no action. A very important reason for this is the lack of a strong support point in the middle. Before, it was McCarthy, but now it can only be Postiga. This seriously limits Porto's offensive threat in the frontcourt."
"Sporting Lisbon is different. The front two wings play very actively. Su Dong plays a key role in the middle. He is like a core. Everyone around him revolves around him, and the whole offensive system is complete."
"So, we can say that the biggest difference between Porto and Sporting Lisbon tonight is that the Green Lions have a Sudon, while Porto lacks a Sudon."
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The moment Mourinho saw the goal conceded, he could hardly conceal his inner disappointment. He shook his head and turned back.
He knew that Jorge Costa had done his best.
The key lies in the Soviet Union.
This kid always surprises people at critical moments! Who would have thought that he could jump so high? The key point is that he predicted the landing point of the football so quickly and accurately that Jorge Costa had to jump early.
Of course, even if Jorge Costa got the best position, he might not be able to get the ball faster than Su Dong.
Thinking of this, Mourinho shook his head and sighed bitterly.
Walking to the visiting team's coaching booth, he glanced at his assistant Faria, who was very embarrassed.
Before the game, he analyzed in front of the coaching staff that Su Dong had two major weaknesses, one was his left foot and the other was the prediction of landing point.
As it turned out, he was only half right.
Su Dong's left foot is really bad. He didn't get any good chances throughout the game, but his prediction of the landing point...
"I'm sorry..." Faria said ashamedly.
Mourinho patted Faria on the shoulder and consoled him: "It has nothing to do with you. It's not the data that's wrong, it's this kid..."
When this happens, there are basically only two possibilities.
One possibility is that Su Dong was lucky and happened to score a header; another possibility is that Su Dong has improved again!
Mourinho is not afraid of Su Dong being lucky, but he is afraid of the latter.
That means that Sporting Lisbon's forward strength has improved a step further.
This guy might be even scarier than Jadel! ...
"You know what, Javier?"
In the stands, Mendes looked at Subiraz with a smile, "In the past week-long winter training camp, he has been working hard on headers and ball prediction. He knows his weaknesses and is willing to work hard to make up for them."
Subiraz nodded continuously. "Last time we went to Alcochete, he was indeed training on heading and predicting the ball's landing point."
He forgot about it after watching it at that time and didn't take it seriously. Now thinking back, it was probably that kind of hard training that allowed Su Dong to score this goal.
One minute on the court, ten years of hard work off the court.
"In my opinion, Su Dong is not a genius, but he is definitely a genius." Mendes smiled confidently.
"Why do you say that?"
"He is not a super talent in the traditional sense. He does not have the explosive muscles of Ronaldo, nor the dazzling footwork of Quaresma. When I first saw him, he was really not a genius, even worse than the young players I had seen."
"But you know what? He is a genius. His talent lies mainly in hard training. He is the most hardworking player I have ever seen, even more so than Ronnie, the training maniac. He knows his weaknesses and shortcomings very well, so he works hard to train and make up for them wherever he is lacking."
"And you can imagine, he is only 18 years old. You can point out a lot of his weaknesses and shortcomings now, such as his left foot, his shooting skills, or something else, but I guarantee that if he is given time, he can make up for all of them. By that time, what do you think he will be like?"
Mendes' words left Subirat speechless.
Isn’t it?
What will the Soviet Union be like by then? …………
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Mourinho did not make any more substitutions, but instead changed the formation.
Jankauskas and Dellei formed a double striker, with Deco pressing forward and lurking behind them.
Clayton is still on the wing, with Maniche further to the right.
This made Porto look like a 4-4-2 with a small diamond formation in the midfield.
Anyone can see that Mourinho is risking his life.
Losing the ball in the 78th minute was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Porto, who had been attacking for a long time.
At the same time, we cannot lose this game.
If they lose, the lead will be reduced from seven points to four points, which will be very unfavorable for the subsequent league.
At least get a draw anyway.
So, Porto began to attack desperately.
Sporting Lisbon also made substitutions immediately afterwards.
Paulo Bento replaced the exhausted Barbosa and continued to use the three defensive midfielders formation.
Obviously, Sporting Lisbon's strategy is to hold on to the one-to-zero lead at all costs.
But at the same time, Bologna did not move the trident in the frontcourt.
The trident headed by Su Dong will remain, ready to counterattack at any time.
There was a very tearing scene on the field. Porto pressed forward and attacked frantically, while Sporting Lisbon retreated across the board, but refused to make substitutions and kept on keeping up the pressure.
This scene lasted until the 87th minute.
Veteran Jorge Costa finally couldn't hold on for the whole game and made mistakes due to huge exhaustion.
When he was pressing forward to participate in an attack, Su Dong, who was following him all the way back, intercepted the ball and snatched it away.
After being robbed, Jorge Costa immediately counterattacked on the spot, and all Porto players immediately returned to defense.
But Sudong reacted faster. After grabbing the ball, he turned nimbly to get rid of Jorge Costa's entanglement and quickly passed the ball to the right side to the feet of Quaresma who was unguarded.
Sporting Lisbon quickly formed a two-on-three situation in the frontcourt.
Quaresma rushed forward with the ball and Ronaldo sprinted all the way.
The two attracted the attention of all Porto's defensive players, especially when Quaresma was about to rush into the penalty area, Carvalho stuck to him closely.
But no one expected that Quaresma suddenly stopped and dribbled the ball, then quickly passed it horizontally.
At this moment, Ronaldo has rushed to the left side of the penalty area, ready to receive Quaresma's pass at any time.
Who was the ball going to? Everyone's doubts were soon revealed.
A green figure rushed forward quickly, like a green arrow.
Jorge Costa chased him desperately, shouting, "Watch out for Su Dong!"
But the scene was filled with noise, and the cheers from tens of thousands of Sporting Lisbon fans completely drowned out Jorge Costa's shouts.
Su Dong rushed to the front of the penalty area. Facing Quaresma's light cross pass, he didn't even stop the ball. After standing firmly on his left foot, he bent the bow and drew the arrow with his right foot.
"Su Dong is catching up!!!"
"Just kick the ball!"
“ICONIC BATI GOL!!!!!”
“The ball goes in!!!!”
"A long shot from the edge of the penalty area!"
"From Sudong!"
"Bati GOL from the little god of war!!!"
“It’s wonderful!”
"A quick counterattack by Sporting Lisbon once again broke through Porto's defense!"
"A long shot from Su Dong went straight to the lower left corner of the goal, and Baia was powerless to stop it!"
“Two to zero!”
“This is definitely the winning goal!”
"Sporting Lisbon defeated the visiting Porto in the crucial championship match!"
(End of this chapter)
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