Chapter 166 Are we that strong? [Second update with great effort, begging for monthly subscription!]
While his teammates, coaches and staff were still celebrating the championship in the stadium, Su Dong finally broke free from everyone, grabbed the season's best player trophy in one hand and the best player of the game's wine in the other, and quickly ran into the player tunnel.
He wanted to go back to the locker room to make a phone call.
But not far into the player tunnel, he saw his agent Mendes looking at him with a smile at the corner of a staircase.
"Hey Jorge, I was just going to ask you…"
Su Dong stopped talking before he finished speaking.
He saw his parents and Ma Dawei.
Although they had just talked on the phone not long ago, at this moment, when Su Dong saw his parents whom he hadn't seen for two years, he was a little dazed.
An indescribable emotion quickly surged into his heart, his nose felt sore and he wanted to cry.
"Dad, Mom!"
After shouting, Su Dong blinked hard. He tried very hard not to let his tears fall, but in the end he couldn't help it.
Su Wenji and his wife were already in tears at this time, especially Yang Xiuyu, who had cried countless times tonight.
After hearing Su Dong's shout, they both rushed forward and hugged Su Dong tightly.
"Good boy! Good boy!" Su Wen Ji was at a loss for words as he praised his beloved son.
Mother Yang Xiuyu burst into tears and just hugged Su Dong tightly.
Having not seen each other for two years, the three of them were so moved by the long-awaited reunion that they completely forgot there were other people around them.
Ma Dawei was so moved that his eyes were red. Even Mendes and others who could not communicate with him felt this emotion and were filled with emotion.
Playing football has never been an easy thing.
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"I've grown quite a bit taller."
After finally calming down, the family of three went to a remote place to talk.
His parents looked at Su Dong with concern and found that their beloved son had really grown taller.
Su Dong is already relatively tall among his peers, and now he is even more muscular.
"Of course, Mom, I'm eighteen years old. According to the domestic calculation method, I'm nineteen." Su Dong laughed.
"You've become much stronger. It seems you're really practicing." Su Wenjie gently hit Su Dong's deltoid muscle with his right fist and smiled with satisfaction.
"That's right. Not only do I train in the gym and with the team every day, I also swim, practice yoga, and do some simple physical training."
In front of his parents, Su Dong introduced his life with pride.
"If you do this every day, wouldn't it be very tiring?" Yang Xiuyu was more concerned about Su Dong's health.
"Don't worry, Mom, I'm trained scientifically, it's fine."
Su Wenjie and his wife did not understand all this, but they all knew that Su Dong had hired a professional private coach more than a year ago, who was said to be a professor at the best university in Portugal, so there should be no problem.
"By the way, Dad, this bottle of wine is for you."
Only then did Su Dong realize that he was still holding a bottle of wine and a trophy in his hands.
"Give it to me?" Su Wenjie was a little excited, and took the bottle of Portuguese wine from Su Dong with trembling hands.
There were words on it that he couldn't understand, but he felt that the bottle of wine was heavy and substantial.
"How can that be? I have to keep it well and keep it as a family heirloom." Su Wen Ji said with a smile.
Su Dong smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It's okay, Dad, I have a lot of bottles at home, if you like them, I'll give them all to you."
He himself doesn't drink, so every time he gets the man of the match award, he either gives it to his teammates or keeps it for himself.
"How can they be the same? The past is the past, but this bottle tonight is different."
After his father said this, Su Dong didn't say anything else. As long as his father was happy, it was fine.
"Mom, this is for you." Su Dong handed the season's best player trophy to his mother.
The mother was even more excited than the father. She held the trophy tightly with both hands, fearing that it would accidentally fall to the ground.
The couple held Su Dong on each side, looking extremely proud and proud.
Even at this moment, they still felt like they were dreaming. They couldn't believe that their son could achieve such results. It was truly surprising.
But the more this happened, the more proud they were of Su Dong.
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Portugal, as a country, is actually not that big.
The distance from Porto to Lisbon is only 300 kilometers, which takes about three hours by car.
When the news that Sporting Lisbon reversed Porto to win the championship quickly spread in Portugal, the entire Sporting Lisbon team also took a bus from Porto back to Lisbon overnight.
In the Portuguese capital, there are still thousands of Green Lions fans waiting for the team's triumphant return and celebrating the championship wildly.
In addition to the fans' own cars and buses, those who returned along with Sporting Lisbon's bus included Su Dong's parents and Ma Dawei, who all followed Mendes' car all the way south.
Sporting Lisbon did not organize any celebrations as they had to travel to Seville to play in the UEFA Cup final three days later.
After the team arrived in Lisbon, although they were met by the fans welcoming them at the gate of Alcochete, they only stayed for a short while.
Technical director Aurelio has already communicated with the fans that the team will prepare for the UEFA Cup final next, and hopes that the fans can exercise restraint and not affect the team's preparations and games.
If they wanted to celebrate, it wouldn't be too late to wait until the team won the UEFA Cup from Seville! Shortly after arriving in Alcochete, the team announced its disbandment and the players went home.
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Unlike Su Dong and others who went to Alcochete, Mendes took Su Dong's parents and others directly to their home in Parque de Nacional.
Su Wenjie and his wife visited the apartment and were very satisfied with its environment and facilities. However, when they walked into Su Dong's room, they almost cried again.
Yoga mat, dumbbells, barbells...
In Su Dong's room, apart from the bed and the table, the floor was filled with various fitness equipment.
Not only Su Dong's parents were surprised, but Ma Dawei was even more shocked.
The reporter from China News Agency had been very curious about why Su Dong had achieved what it has today and why it had made such rapid progress in just two years. At this moment, looking at this room, he really understood.
"He basically gets up at 4:30 every morning to train, rain or shine. Every night after returning from the training base, when others go out to play and meet girlfriends, he still stays at home to train."
Mendes introduced Su Dong's situation to his parents, with Ma Dawei translating.
"He is the most hardworking player I have ever seen, so I am not surprised at all that he has achieved what he has today, and I also firmly believe that he will achieve higher and better results in the future."
Ma Dawei was somewhat surprised at Mendes' evaluation of Su Dong, because he knew that Mendes is now able to keep pace with the Portuguese agent tycoon Vega, and even has a tendency to replace him, because Mendes' players are younger.
The fact that he is praised so highly by such an agent shows how promising Su Dong’s strength and potential are.
Unlike others, Su Dong's parents were very distressed.
Of course they were very happy that their son could achieve such results, but seeing how much he had suffered but never revealed even a word about it on the phone, they felt very uncomfortable and distressed.
This should be the common sense of all parents.
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Su Dong's parents did not live in Su Dong's home, but chose to live in the nearby Expo Sail Hotel.
The distance is very close, just across the road.
Mendes helped to find the hotel, and the cost was also paid by the agent.
Not only that, Mendes even offered to cover all expenses for Su Dong's parents while they were in Europe, but Su Dong politely declined as he did not like to take advantage of others or cause trouble for them.
The same is true for Su Dong's parents.
Su Dong gave his salary card to his parents so that they could eat, drink and have fun as they pleased in Lisbon by swiping his card. Ma Dawei was responsible for guiding and translating. As a reward, Su Dong agreed to accept an exclusive interview with Ma Dawei after the UEFA Cup final.
This will be the first time that Su Dong has accepted an exclusive interview with domestic media.
In the next three days, Ma Dawei took Su Dong's parents to travel around Lisbon and the surrounding areas.
Su Dong did not have a holiday and started recovery training and preparation for the League Cup final the next day.
Sporting Lisbon reversed Porto to win the championship, and Sudon became the youngest player of the season in Portuguese football history. Both pieces of news caused a sensation in Portugal and were even reported in European football.
In addition to those professionals who have been paying attention to the Portuguese Super League and Su Dong for a long time, more and more media and fans have also realized that there is a big figure like Su Dong in Sporting Lisbon of the Portuguese Super League.
Especially when the news spread back to the country, it caused a huge earthquake.
They all knew that Su Dong played well in the Portuguese Super League, but they never thought that he could win the Portuguese Super League Player of the Season and create Portuguese football history at the age of 18! Domestic fans were extremely excited, and the media reported and hyped him crazily. Everyone called Su Dong a genius and believed that he would become the hope of Chinese football.
As a result, many people began to pay attention to the League Cup final, and the authoritative national television station also decided to broadcast this event live.
But the national team treated Su Dong's news coldly, which puzzled everyone.
Why is it that a talented center forward, who is favored by even Ferguson, has not yet been able to enter the national team?
Could it be that the national team doesn't need Su Dong? Are we that strong? ...
While the country was buzzing with excitement over the best player in the Portuguese Super League in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the Asian Football Confederation also announced the latest news on its official website.
Japanese international Shinji Ono won the 2002 Asian Footballer of the Year, the South Korean team won the Best National Team, and Hiddink won the Best Coach Award. These three awards were all based on their performance in the Korea-Japan World Cup.
Su Dong was shortlisted for the Asian Footballer of the Year award and was the only Chinese player on the list. Unfortunately, due to the competition year, Su Dong was unable to compete against Shinji Ono. However, in the battle for the best newcomer, Su Dong defeated Korean player Lee Chun-soo and won the Rookie of the Year award.
The domestic media was once again in an uproar over this.
There were early signs that he would miss out on the Asian Footballer of the Year award, but the fact that Su Dong won the Rookie of the Year award is enough to prove his performance.
Even many media outlets, including those in Japan and South Korea, are vying to believe that Su Dong will be the strongest contender for the 2003 Asian Footballer of the Year.
If we can win the Europa League, then it will be even more certain.
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