Chapter 153 God's Left Foot [Sixth update, please subscribe! ]
The spacious balcony faces the Riverside Park, and in the distance is the Vasco da Gama Bridge, which looks like a crawling dragon. The scenery is extremely beautiful.
In the gentle breeze, Pepe and Jose Semedo sat comfortably in the chairs, crossing their legs.
Semedo held a stopwatch in his hand and looked at it from time to time.
"Seven minutes."
"Come on." Pepe shouted with a smile.
There were two yoga mats between the two people, with a person standing upside down on each mat.
Both Su Dong and Ronnie crossed their fingers to protect their heads, their elbows were as wide as their shoulders, their wrists, elbows and heads were pressed against the mat, in a balanced state, and their bodies and legs were straight in a straight line.
This is the king of yoga poses, the headstand.
As one of the most difficult yoga poses, handstand places very high physical demands on the trainee. It requires not only core strength in the waist and abdomen, head strength, and muscle strength in the shoulders and arms, but more importantly, the body's balance ability.
Pepe has been practicing yoga with Su Dong and Ronnie for almost a year. Although he has excellent muscle strength, his flexibility and balance are insufficient, which makes it difficult for him to do a standard straight handstand like Su Dong and Ronnie.
Every time Pepe sees the two of them doing a handstand, his face is filled with envy.
"Eight minutes." Jose Semedo was in charge of the timekeeping.
Su Dong always maintained a steady breathing rhythm, his mind was clear.
Elbow stand looks very dangerous, and you may be scared when you first start practicing it, but after practicing for a while, it becomes nothing.
The wrists, arms and elbows basically bear most of the body's weight, and the head bears the lightest weight. However, this pose can train the whole body and has a very good effect. At the same time, it can keep the mind calm, overcome fear and increase self-confidence.
Every time he finishes doing a handstand, he feels a sense of relaxation and comfort all over his body.
"Nine minutes, keep going," Jose Semedo shouted.
Su Dong still maintained a straight and stable posture, but Ronnie seemed to be starting to tilt.
Slowly, as time passed, after struggling for ten minutes, Ronnie was the first to come down.
Su Dong followed closely behind and came down as well.
Ronnie felt comfortable with his best friend's action.
In fact, he knew that Su Dong could definitely hold on longer. For example, he could stand upside down in the room for a long time every morning. But in order to accommodate him, Su Dong would finish almost at the same time as him every time.
Every time, Ronnie smiled and punched him lightly, with tacit understanding.
"I heard that in the league match this weekend, Boloni will let Nicolae start." Ronnie took the towel from Jose Semedo and said while wiping the sweat.
Su Dong nodded, he had heard it too.
"This is the direct lineage. We can't compare to it." Ronnie sneered.
Actually, it’s normal if you think about it.
Nikulai came to Sporting Lisbon for Bologna. If Bologna did not protect him, what would others think? But as a competitor of Nikulai, Su Dong must be very unhappy about this kind of differential treatment.
"Don't worry, I don't care how he performs in the league this weekend. I only care about Porto." Su Dong replied.
"You're right. At least this season, Nicolaj can't shake your position as the main player in any way," Pepe said.
Up to now in the Portuguese Super League and the UEFA Cup, Sudong's role has been obvious to all. Whether from the perspective of the locker room or from the perspective of the media and fans, Boloni does not have the courage to beat Sudong.
Even if Nikulai is used at the weekend, the reason is simply that Su Dong is too tired and needs a good rest to prepare for the second round of the League Cup next week.
In other words, Nikulai came on as a substitute for Su Dong.
"Mourinho is very good at organizing defense. Have you figured out how to do it?" Ronnie asked with concern.
Su Dong nodded and narrowed his eyes slightly, looking straight at the Vasco da Gama Bridge in front of him.
"I need to practice my left foot!"
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After returning to the room, taking a shower, changing into dry pajamas, Su Dong lay back on the bed.
While closing his eyes to rest, he entered the system store of Road to King of Football.
There are two star ability cards in the shopping cart, one is Ronaldo's [Flying Fairy from the Sky], and the other is Maradona's [God's Left Foot]. These two star ability cards are what Su Dong has always dreamed of.
The former is his idol Ronaldo, and the latter is the football king Maradona, both of whom are extraordinary.
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe today are no longer what they were a year ago.
Now, his skills and physical attributes of a ball player have been fully developed, but unfortunately, his defensive attributes are still a little short of reaching the upgrade conditions. He needs to play a few more games and participate more actively in defense.
At the current rate, Su Dong believes that upgrading to [Ball Soil] is just around the corner.
Originally, he wanted to wait until he was upgraded before exchanging for a star ability card, but now it seems that time waits for no one.
Porto's defensive ability under Mourinho's coaching is really impeccable.
Especially Carvalho.
This guy is not tall, but he is very tough to defend. During the game, he is specifically responsible for Su Dong's right foot.
It can be said that Carvalho played an indispensable role in freezing the situation in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
Su Dong also discovered that Porto's defense focused on his headers and right foot, but not much on his left foot. They obviously made sufficient pre-match preparations and made targeted arrangements.
But Mourinho has a plan, and Su Dong also has a way to get over the wall.
"Don't be too surprised then!"
Thinking of this, Su Dong chose Maradona's [God's Left Foot].
"Congratulations, you have successfully exchanged for the Star Ability Card [God's Left Foot]!"
Following a message from the system, Su Dong felt as if he was bathed in the warm spring sunshine, feeling lazy and extremely comfortable.
There seemed to be a warm current in the body, spreading rapidly throughout the body along the blood vessels.
Su Dong felt relaxed all over and fell asleep unknowingly.
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When I opened my eyes again, it was already the next morning.
Su Dong's biological clock made him wake up on time at 4:30, but unlike usual, he lay on the soft bed, in a daze for a long time.
It was a feeling that was difficult to understand, and he couldn't describe how he felt at the moment.
Just like his eyes.
His eyesight had always been good, but now it seemed as if he had a wider field of vision and could see more things.
And his ears seemed to be able to hear more sounds.
Left hand, left foot...
Gradually, Su Dong adapted to this change, and he had a very special feeling.
If a person's body is divided into two parts, his left half seemed to be pressed down by something, and seeing, hearing, picking up things, and even walking seemed to be slower than the right half.
But now, the thing that was pressing on me has been removed, and I feel a sense of relief as if everything is suddenly clear and open.
And my brain seems to be working faster. When I see something, I will come up with some inspiration that I never had before.
“Could it be that left-footed players really have more developed right brains?”
Su Dong was very excited. He had heard of such rumors before but didn't pay much attention to them. But now he felt it personally.
The left brain controls the right half, which is responsible for logical reasoning and mathematical calculations, etc. The right brain controls the left half, which is responsible for emotions, rhythm, imagination and inspiration. When both the left and right brains are developed to a certain extent, people will have super-fast reactions.
Originally, Su Dong just wanted to acquire Maradona's left foot ability, but he didn't expect that this ability card could also help him develop his right brain. This was definitely an unexpected surprise.
Su Dong lay in bed for half an hour before he completely digested this surprise.
Entering the Road to Football King and opening the personal attribute panel, the left foot ability is still only 15 points.
This is the result of Su Dong's repeated practice over the past two years.
In other words, due to the limitation of his left foot, he was unable to fully display the peak strength of Maradona's "God's Left Foot", but it was enough to benefit him greatly, especially in the development of his right brain.
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After getting out of bed, washing up and changing into sportswear, Su Dong did some physical training in the room as usual and practiced yoga for a while.
When I went out, Ronnie and Pepe were already waiting in the living room.
"Why is it a little late today?" Ronnie was a little surprised.
Su Dong made up an excuse to deal with it.
As usual, the three of them went out early and went to the Riverside Park downstairs to run and train.
Su Dong still needs some time to adapt to the changes brought about by the development of his right brain, especially through training and competition, but he can already feel the changes clearly.
"Have you noticed that Sue seems a little different from usual?" Ronnie noticed something was wrong.
Pepe was the rough one. After looking at it blankly for a while, he shook his head and asked, "What's the difference?"
Ronnie shook his head. He couldn't put his finger on it, but he just felt something was different.
There is actually no change in the training as usual. For example, Su Dong still likes to do high-leg sprint training on the open grass, which is a training method to improve speed and explosive power. There are also other exercises to train flexibility and balance.
Just at the end of the training, Su Dong added an additional training for himself, which was to let Pepe defend him and focus on his right foot, which proved that he really wanted to strengthen his left foot.
But is it too late?
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This weekend, the 28th round of the Portuguese Super League.
Sporting Lisbon will host Guimarães at home.
Romanian center forward Nicolaj started the game. Boloni announced that Sudong had been fighting on multiple fronts for a long time and was too tired. He needed time to rest and prepare for next week's UEFA Cup final.
But Nikulai, who was expected to start, failed to prove himself well in the game.
Fourteen minutes into the game, Guimarães scored a goal. In the 61st minute of the second half, Pepe made up for his mistake by heading in a corner kick to equalize the score for Sporting Lisbon.
After that, the game was in a stalemate for a while until the 75th minute, when Albertini replaced Quaresma.
In the final stage of the game, the Italian veteran used a precise falling leaf shot based on the free kick created by Ronaldo in the frontcourt to reverse the game for Sporting Lisbon.
Two to one!
Sporting Lisbon wins another three points!
On the other hand, Porto played with half of their main lineup and won 3-0 against Setubal at home.
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