Chapter 134 Future Superstar
Future Superstar!
On the day after the peak showdown between Sporting Lisbon and Porto, Portugal's Morning Post once again used Su Dong as the front-page cover, with a prominent headline to praise the 18-year-old center forward.
In the news, the Morning Post first used a report to introduce this nationally watched focus battle, emphasizing Porto's strong strength advantage, but at the same time also gave affirmation to Sporting Lisbon's defense.
"For more than an hour, Su Dong has been patiently waiting and looking for opportunities."
"Jorge Costa and Carvalho, the best central defender combination in the Portuguese Super League this season, never left him any gaps, and their performance of zero mistakes was almost perfect, so Su Dong could only rely on consuming opponents to create opportunities."
"This is a tactic that hurts the enemy by a thousand while hurting yourself by eight hundred."
"Fortunately, Su Dong finally got his chance. He first scored the first goal for Sporting Lisbon with a high header. Then he retreated to defend, stole the ball from Jorge Costa, passed it to Quaresma, and then he made a high-speed run and shot to score, securing the victory for Sporting Lisbon."
“The two goals reflected Su Dong’s tactical value inside and outside the penalty area.”
"Although he is only eighteen years old, his tactical role is far beyond his age."
"At the Alvalade Stadium, Sudon reminded us of Kluivert in the past and made us believe that he will be a superstar player in European football in the future."
In addition, the Morning Post also used a report to explain the importance of this game to both sides.
Commentators said this was an important node in the battle for the Portuguese Super League title this season.
"Porto is already seven points ahead. If they lose this game again and the gap widens to ten points, the league title race will become a foregone conclusion. This is something that none of Porto's opponents can accept."
The Morning Post believes that Sudon's two goals at a crucial moment successfully sniped Porto and brought suspense back to the race for the Portuguese Super League title. This has important positive significance not only for Sporting Lisbon, but also for all Porto's opponents and the entire Portuguese Super League.
"For Su Dong, these two goals have brought his Portuguese Super League goals this season to eight, which is very close to double figures. So far, he has scored in both matches against Porto."
"Now, the biggest suspense of the Portuguese Super League is, after experiencing this heavy blow, can Porto quickly get out of the shadow and turn the situation around? And can Sporting Lisbon rely on this victory to continue to chase Porto?"
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The Portuguese newspaper Publico used the headline "18-year-old supernova shines throughout the game, Green Lions win the key match", and the cover showed the scene where Su Dong jumped high and headed the ball into the goal, beating Jorge Costa.
In the report, Public News believes that Su Dong's two goals allowed everyone to see his strength and potential, but also created another feud in the history of the two teams' confrontation.
"If Porto eventually misses the league title, the battle directed by Sudon will be remembered by fans of both teams."
The report also stated that the 18-year-old Sudon represents the future of Sporting Lisbon. Together with the 19-year-old Quaresma and the 17-year-old Ronaldo, Sporting Lisbon's front trident is very young and has unlimited potential.
"This is not an easy match. This is a peak showdown that represents the highest level of the Portuguese Super League."
"But it was in such an important game that Sudon, Ronaldo and Quaresma all played their best. Sporting Lisbon's frontcourt attack repeatedly created threats and finally broke Porto's goal twice."
The Public Daily believes that Su Dong, who scored twice, deserved to be elected the best player of the game.
"Although many people recognize the performances of Andre Cruz and Albertini, in fact, throughout the game, Sudon's tactical role and threats have been restraining Porto, preventing the league leader from fully devoting themselves to the attack."
"In the final stages of the game, his double goal caused Porto to suffer an unprecedented setback this season. This is not only reflected in the three points in this game, but is more likely to lead to Porto's overall defeat in the Portuguese Super League."
"With these two goals, Su Dong has scored eight goals in the Portuguese Super League this season. This is not the most in the Portuguese Super League, but he is the youngest. More importantly, Su Dong also has five assists."
The Public News also specifically listed the data on the Portuguese Super League scorer and assist lists this season.
Statistics show that Sudon is currently ranked third in the Portuguese Super League scorer list with eight goals, behind Benfica winger Simao's ten goals and Nacional's Brazilian striker Adriano, who has scored nine goals.
Currently on the scorer list, Sudon is the same as Porto's Postiga and Santa Clara's Fabricio Chiara, all of whom have scored eight goals. Farifa from Beiramar, Thiago of Benfica and Deco of Porto have all scored seven goals and are tied for sixth place in the scorer list.
In addition to the scorer list, Su Dong is tied for the top spot on the assist list with five assists.
The person who had the same number of assists as Su Dong was Porto's midfielder Deco, who also had five assists.
After listing this data, the Public News expressed its affirmation of Su Dong's performance this season in an astonished tone.
Deco is considered to be the best and most stable player in the Portuguese Super League in the past two or three seasons. Many people even believe that Deco is the best player in the Portuguese Super League this season.
"But judging from the statistics, Su Dong's performance is not inferior to Deco at all. He scored eight goals and made five assists. He even scored one more goal than Deco. What everyone must pay attention to is that except for missing the first round of the league, Deco played all the other games, while Su Dong missed many games or became a substitute."
The Public News believes that Su Dong's playing time is far less than Deco's, but the data he provides and his performance on the field are in no way inferior to Deco, which undoubtedly proves Su Dong's value and role.
"He is vastly underestimated."
"Everyone, including us, had seriously underestimated how important Sudon was to Sporting Lisbon."
“Perhaps Boloni should reconsider his position on Sudong.”
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The long reports in the Morning Post and Public News spread throughout Portugal at an extremely fast speed.
Especially the data analysis reported by the public shocked everyone.
Before this, no one had even thought that Su Dong had been unknowingly compared to the Portuguese Super League's top star Deco. How incredible this was.
But now, his statistics and performance are no less than Deco's.
As the Public News said, Sudong's role and performance have been seriously underestimated.
Because of his age, because he was suppressed by Boloni, and because he was not taken seriously.
But now, with the performance against Porto, Su Dong’s importance has become very obvious.
In an interview with the media, Sporting Lisbon midfielder Albertini praised Su Dong's performance.
"He is already a vital core player for the team. He is growing at an incredible speed and is improving in every game. The future is unimaginable."
"I have sent information to Milan's scouts and told them that he will be the most promising center forward in European football in the next ten years and they should seriously examine this player."
In addition to Albertini, Porto coach Mourinho also publicly expressed his interest in Sudong at the post-match press conference, and said that it would be a wonderful thing if Sudong could be introduced during the winter break.
"There is no doubt that he will be the final piece of the puzzle on our tactical board!"
"I believe he will make us stronger and more aggressive!"
The recruitment from the sworn enemy made Sporting Lisbon fans feel an unprecedented threat.
Many fans called the club management and asked them not to sell Su Dong under any circumstances.
"Without Su Dong, what can we use to compete with Porto for the championship?"
"This is a conspiracy by Porto. They just want our star player and the Portuguese Super League title at the same time!"
"We must keep Su Dong, he is the team's hope for the Portuguese Super League title!"
When interviewed by the media, Sporting Lisbon fans were worried about the team's decision.
There was even an emotional female fan who threatened, "If you dare to sell Su Dong, I will die in front of you!"
In response to the pressure from the fans, technical director Aurelio Pereira immediately accepted a public interview and said, "The club has no intention of selling Su Dong. He is one of the most important players in our team. We have no reason to sell our best and most promising players during the winter break."
Public opinion quickly followed suit.
The Morning Post interviewed an anonymous person inside Sporting Lisbon who said that Sporting Lisbon would not sell Sudon during the winter break.
"With Nikulai's poor performance, selling Su Dong would be tantamount to suicide. No one would do such a stupid thing."
But the anonymous person also revealed that he does not rule out selling Su Dong this summer.
"We all know that the team needs to raise more funds to renovate the stadium and run the team. It is difficult for us to retain outstanding young players like Su Dong. This has been the case for so many years."
The club's public statement gave fans reassurance.
As for summer transfers, that is not something they can control now.
Su Dong did not make any statement on this. He did not even accept media interviews, and his agent Mendes did not make any public statement. This quickly put to rest the rumors of Su Dong's transfer during the winter break.
But everyone knows that as Su Dong's performance becomes more and more outstanding, he begins to attract more and more attention and favor from teams.
Porto is just the beginning.
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No one knew that when the outside world's public opinion gradually subsided, somewhere in Madrid, Javier Subirat, who had met Su Dong several times, handed over a player's information.
This thick file of player information contains all the players that Subirat has been observing recently.
The top piece of information belongs to Su Dong of Sporting Lisbon.
(End of this chapter)
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