Chapter 164 I dare not poach you again! [Fifth update with vomiting blood, begging for monthly ticket subscription!]
When the referee's clear whistle sounded, Su Dong raised his arms high, clenched his fists, and let out a roar.
All the Sporting Lisbon players, staff and coaching staff rushed into the stadium frantically.
Portuguese Super League champion!
Who could have thought that after falling behind Porto by as many as seven points, Sporting Lisbon would chase them all the way and eventually reverse the defeat of Porto, especially in the final battle at the Dragon Stadium, where they defeated Porto and won the championship!
This is something no one dares to think of.
Everyone knows how well Porto has performed this season.
In terms of strength, Sporting Lisbon is no match for Porto. This was most obvious in the Portuguese Super Cup before the season. The players were still the same, but in the end Sporting Lisbon reversed Porto.
Why? Sporting Lisbon defeated their opponents in both rounds.
Even in the UEFA Cup semi-finals, the Green Lions eliminated Porto.
Judging from the performance throughout the season, Sporting Lisbon is not as good as Porto, but it was in these key games that Sporting Lisbon defeated their opponents, which allowed the Green Lions to reverse their opponents and reach the top.
The one who helped Sporting Lisbon win these key games was Su Dong! The players of Sporting Lisbon knew it very well, so after a round of crazy celebration, they all gathered around Su Dong, celebrating the league championship and the team's successful defense! Su Dong was also very excited.
He won the Portuguese Super League title last season, but he only played a few times and it was more of a icing on the cake.
But this season is different. This is the first full season he has ever experienced. The pressure of the game is really great and the schedule is long. This experience is far more valuable than playing a few games last season.
More importantly, he won this championship with his own hands.
Twenty-three Portuguese Super League goals and the Portuguese Super League Golden Boot Award, based on these two achievements, Su Dong is convinced that he deserves the championship.
"It's not over yet." Albertini patted Su Dong's shoulder with a laugh.
"We will not only take the Portuguese Super League title from the Dragon Stadium tonight, we may even win the Player of the Season award."
After hearing this, everyone became excited again.
So far this season, there are not many players in the Portuguese Super League who are truly qualified to compete for the best player of the season.
Porto is Deco, Benfica is Simao, and Sporting Lisbon is Sudong.
These three players are all star players from the three traditional Portuguese Super League teams. Among them, Su Dong is the youngest and has the least experience, at only eighteen years old. Generally speaking, players of this age are more likely to be competing for the season's best rookie.
Simao was able to be shortlisted thanks to his performance for Benfica. Otherwise, judging from his performance alone, he is actually not as good as Fary Faye of Beiramar, who is currently the second player in the scorer list with 18 goals.
Therefore, among the three, Simon's voice is the lowest.
The most popular candidate is Deco.
If Su Dong is the top scorer of the Portuguese Super League this season, then Deco is the top assist player of the Portuguese Super League.
Deco has scored 11 goals and provided 16 assists in the Portuguese Super League this season, creating 27 league goals for Porto, and also contributed eight assists in the UEFA Cup.
As a midfielder, Deco's statistics are quite impressive, and even these data cannot fully reflect his importance to Porto. Before tonight, everyone felt that Deco was the only candidate for the best player of the Portuguese Super League this season.
Su Dong's weight is actually not low. Before tonight, he scored 21 goals, assisted 8 times, and created 29 goals in the league. His performance is also remarkable. He is also a center forward. For Sporting Lisbon, Su Dong is also a crucial core player.
But Su Dong suffers from his resume.
As early as last season, Deco was already a hot candidate for the best player of the season, but unfortunately, he ran into a goal-scoring monster, Jardel, who scored over 40 goals in a single season, which was unbelievable for everyone, and Deco ultimately lost the competition.
Su Dong's performance this season is indeed not as dominant as Jardel's, and coupled with his young age of only eighteen, many people believe that Deco, who has performed at his peak for two consecutive seasons, should win the award.
This situation is not only in the Portuguese Super League, in fact, it is also the case in the selection of the World Footballer of the Year.
For example, in 1999, there was a lot of controversy when Brazilian superstar Rivaldo won the World Footballer of the Year award. Many people believed that Manchester United's Beckham was more qualified because he helped Manchester United win the treble and also won the UEFA Best Midfielder award.
But in the end, the award went to La Liga and Copa America champion Rivaldo.
If Rivaldo's extraordinary personal strength in 1999 made his award convincing, then the award to Figo in 2001 was very controversial. More people believed that giving the award to Figo in 2001 was a kind of compensation for his narrow defeat to Zidane in 2000.
By the same token, many people are now discussing that the 2003 World Footballer of the Year award may very well be given to Zidane rather than the star players of Juventus and AC Milan who reached the Champions League final. This is also to make up for the fact that Zidane lost to Ronaldo, who shined in the World Cup in 2002.
Today, although the Portuguese Super League is not as influential as the four major leagues, there is still competition among many parties in various selections.
Porto president Costa has great connections in the Portuguese Super League and may be able to help Deco win the best player award.
Su Dong didn’t think too much about it before, but now, Sporting Lisbon won the championship at the Dragon Stadium, and he scored twice, basically locking up the best player of the game. If he wants to compete with Deco for the best player of the season, he still has a lot of weight.
Albertini's words undoubtedly aroused the fighting spirit of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
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Sporting Lisbon won the championship and the Dragon Stadium was full of Porto fans.
They certainly couldn't give their mortal enemy any nice compliments, but mostly white tissues and lots of boos.
There were only the more than 2,000 fans who followed the team to the away game and kept cheering for the team, but how could their voices surpass those of opponents who numbered more than twenty times that much?
The Porto players showed grace and did not leave the field. Instead, they stayed on the field to congratulate Sporting Lisbon on their comeback and win the championship. After all, this was also a kind of grace for them as the host country.
Deco was standing with Pepe. When they saw Su Dong walking over, the Brazilian midfielder smiled bitterly in embarrassment before he could say anything.
"Now I don't dare to poach you anymore." Deco was proactive and honest.
Su Dong and Pepe also laughed, and no one would take those words to heart.
Whether Porto wins the championship or not, it is undoubtedly the strongest team in the Portuguese Super League.
So what if Sporting Lisbon successfully defends the title?
How long can this team last? How long can outstanding players such as Su Dong, Ronaldo and Quaresma stay in the team? The answer is, no one knows.
Maybe one more year, maybe just this summer.
This is the fate of Sporting Lisbon.
Porto also cannot escape the fate of Arsenal, but their financial resources are higher than Sporting Lisbon.
The problem now is that Porto only got second place in the league and cannot play in the Champions League. Instead, Sporting Lisbon won the championship and has a chance to compete for the UEFA Cup and participate in the third round of qualifiers for the Champions League next season.
To some extent, instead of going to the four major leagues, Sudon could have continued to stay in Sporting Lisbon and strive to play in the Champions League instead of going to Porto to play in the UEFA Cup.
Deco knew this very well, so he said this awkwardly.
"To be honest, you are better than us." Su Dong also admitted this frankly.
Deco nodded, he was full of confidence.
"After we were eliminated from the UEFA Cup, our coach said that we lost because we didn't have a Su Dong team."
Su Dong was a little surprised. He turned around and looked at the Portuguese man in a suit sitting in front of the home team's coaching booth. He didn't expect that Mourinho would speak so highly of himself in front of the Porto players.
"Let alone anything else, in tonight's game, if we had a center forward like you on the front line, Sporting Lisbon would have been crushed by us in the first half." Deco said this and looked at Pepe unwillingly.
This junior brother of mine is lucky. After transferring from Maritimo to Porto, he won the championship in the first season. And judging from his performance this season, Pepe has made rapid progress, obviously benefiting from the guidance of veteran Andre Cruz.
Pepe has finally established himself in the Portuguese Super League.
Compared with his own unfortunate experiences in the past, Pepe met a noble man like Su Dong.
"I hope to have the opportunity to fight alongside you!" Deco took the initiative to extend his hand to Su Dong.
Su Dong held Deke's hand tightly and nodded continuously.
Su Dong still admires this extremely powerful opponent very much.
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After the game, the Portuguese Football Association temporarily built a podium at the Dragon Stadium.
The first person to be announced on the scene was the best player of this key match.
When Ma Dawei in the stands heard the stadium broadcast, he immediately reminded Su Wenjie and his wife.
"It's time to announce the best player of the game. Su Dong has a good chance."
Sure enough, Su Wenjie and his wife immediately became concerned.
The scene also became much quieter.
The broadcast quickly announced the winning players.
"Sporting Lisbon, Sudong!"
The sound spread to every corner of the stadium. Sporting Lisbon fans immediately burst into cheers, while Porto fans booed, in revenge for this arch-rival who scored twice tonight and took away Porto's league title.
Su Wenjie and his wife were also very excited. They did not understand Portuguese, but they could understand Su Dong's pronunciation.
Afterwards, the best player of the game was awarded on the podium.
Su Dong walked up to the podium and took the prize representing the best player of the game, a bottle of high-end wine produced by Porto, which was also provided by the Portuguese Super League sponsor.
After Su Dong received the best player of the game, he saw the staff walking up to the podium holding the trophy representing the best player of the season, and the Portuguese Super League championship trophy also came up on the stage.
The scene suddenly became quiet again.
Compared to the championship that is not in doubt, everyone is more concerned about who will get the Player of the Season award?
Will Porto really be left with nothing tonight?
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