Chapter 214 Football is everything! [Fifth Explosion, begging for monthly subscription! ]
The straight-line distance from Barcelona to Valencia is less than 300 kilometers.
After having dinner with Messi, Su Dong set off on the return journey with Aimar.
As for Valencia's bus, it returned shortly after the game ended. Since there were two weeks of national team matches in the following week, many players who were rushing back to their country flew directly from Barcelona.
This is also the reason why Su Dong was able to stay and have dinner with Messi.
On the way back, Aimar told Su Dong a lot about Messi, such as his illness. This also made Su Dong better understand this "little friend" he just met, and he felt very sympathetic to his situation.
If Ronnie was trapped by his family circumstances and forced to stick to the path of football, then Messi was trapped by his illness. He had no choice but Barcelona was willing to pay the high medical expenses for him.
Of course, Barcelona is not doing this out of charity, but because they see the potential in Messi and are willing to make a big gamble for it. If Messi does not show his potential, Barcelona will not hesitate to expel him from La Masia.
This is also the reason why Messi did not dare to take that step easily and had to accept the huge penalty fee and nine-year contract offered by Barcelona. He had no choice but to do this!
"For club operators, football is a business; for fans, football is a form of entertainment; for media reporters, football is a tool for them to attract readers; for many players, football is a hobby and a means of making a living..."
"But for people like Messi, football is the only hope for their whole family!"
Su Dong nodded continuously.
This is true for Ronaldo and Messi as well. They both carry so much that they have to do everything they can to play football.
If they can't play in the professional football field, their fate will be very tragic.
Thinking of this, Su Dong suddenly missed Ronnie very much.
That guy doesn't seem to be having a good time in England.
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Aimar has a muscle strain.
This is not only the diagnosis given by the Valencia team doctor, but also the conclusion given by Nuno Cruz.
Su Dong's personal physiotherapist Grant Downing has developed a detailed rehabilitation plan for Aimar. The Valencia team doctor also agreed to the plan and said that if all goes well, Aimar will be able to recover during the two-week national team match day and regain his form to participate in the game two weeks later.
Aimar also decided to follow Grant Downing for recovery training, but Su Dong took this opportunity to suggest that Aimar could strengthen his physical training, especially muscle strength training.
This made Aimar hesitant and even resistant.
As a passionate Latin American player, Aimar has a natural resistance to the gym.
Su Dong tried every possible means to persuade the other party, even brought in Nuno Cruz to be a lobbyist, and even brought out Vicente in the end.
"I promise, as long as you strengthen your physical training, Vicente will not be able to escape. This kid is fast and is often attacked and injured. If you don't strengthen your physical training, you will suffer a great loss sooner or later."
So, the two guys with the cutest height difference in Valencia got together in a sinister way, conspired and discussed for half a day, and discussed a conspiracy to drag Vicente into the water, and finally smiled slyly and mischievously.
So much so that Vicente, who was training with the Spanish national team far away, couldn't help but shiver all over and felt confused.
"Am I sick?" Vincent quickly ran to find the team doctor for a check-up.
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On the evening of October 11th, at the Restaló Stadium in Lisbon, Portugal.
When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, more than 6,000 Portuguese fans in the stadium cheered for the visiting team Albania, mixed with roars of dissatisfaction from fans.
"Scolari get out!!"
There were few fans watching the game because it was a match with a huge disparity in strength.
While European national teams were fighting desperately for the right to qualify for the European Cup, host Portugal advanced easily and arranged a warm-up match at home against a far weaker opponent.
But the key point is that this warm-up does not seem to be going well.
One to two, this was the score at the end of the first half.
After the opening, Portugal launched a massive attack on Albania. Only seven minutes into the game, Figo received an assist from Paulo Ferreira on the right and scored the first goal for Portugal.
But just five minutes later, Albania managed to equalize the score.
Before the end of the first half, Albania scored another goal to reverse the score.
This really angered the fans at the scene. They shouted frantically for Scolari to be sacked, while also cheering for the visiting team.
Portugal's stars all seemed to be playing absent-mindedly, especially the two young players that Scolari had high hopes for, Cristiano Ronaldo and midfielder Thiago.
So, during the half-time break, Scolari replaced three players at once.
Benfica winger Simao replaced Cristiano Ronaldo and partnered with Pauleta and Figo in the front line, while Ugo Viana replaced Thiago and partnered with Costinha and Rui Costa in the midfield.
Ricardo Carvalho replaced Jorge Andrade and partnered with Couto in central defense.
After some operations, Portugal started to exert its strength in the second half.
Simao, Rui Costa and Pauleta scored successively. Although Albania also scored a goal, Miguel quickly secured the victory for Portugal.
In the end, Portugal defeated the visiting Albania 5-3.
But the whole process of the game was unsatisfactory.
Even though the game had been won, the fans at the scene were still very dissatisfied with Scolari.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who started the game but only played in the first half, became the most depressed person in the game.
Because his rival Simao scored a goal soon after coming on as a substitute to equalize the score for Portugal.
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Ronnie walked out of the national team's training camp depressed, carrying his luggage.
In October, Portugal only arranged one warm-up match and disbanded after the match.
Walking out of the training camp, Ronnie's face was full of depression.
Even though he started the game, he was not happy at all because he performed poorly.
Whether at Manchester United or with the Portuguese national team, he has not played well.
Not to mention the Portugal national team, he did not play in either of the two games in September. He finally got a chance to start in October, but his performance was terrible, which made him doubt his future in the national team.
Simao is more mature and more stable.
The same is true at Manchester United.
At the beginning of the season, Ferguson arranged for him to play as a substitute many times, but after only two rounds, he was arranged to become the team's main player.
But in the last two rounds, he was included in the roster against Leicester but did not play. In the last Premier League game before the national team match, he was not even included in the roster.
Although he played the entire game against Stuttgart and had an assist, the team lost 1-2 away from home.
It can be said that Ronnie's old problems of being too sticky to the ball and playing too fancy have made him controversial.
British fans don't like this type of style, they like speed, explosiveness, simplicity, directness and roughness! Sometimes Ronnie thinks that if Su Dong goes to the Premier League, his Batistuta GOL will definitely make the fans happy.
But he...
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Beep! Just when Ronnie was feeling worried, two car horns suddenly blew in front of him, startling him.
When he looked up, he saw a black sedan parked in front of him. Behind the open left and right doors stood Su Dong and Pepe, respectively, both looking at him with smiles on their faces.
"Brother, long time no see!" Su Dong shouted.
When Ronnie saw Su Dong's smile and listened to his greetings, he suddenly felt a lump in his throat. He wanted to confide his grievances to his best friend, but for some reason, he held back.
Ronnie sniffed hard and pushed the tears back into his eyes. He smiled and ran towards Su Dong with big strides.
"Damn brat, why didn't you call me in advance before you came?" Ronnie threw away his luggage, hugged Su Dong tightly, and pointed at Pepe from a distance.
Pepe is still playing in the Portuguese Super League, so the two have many opportunities to meet.
"Aren't you thinking of giving you a surprise?" Su Dong said with a smile.
"Go away, you almost scared me to death." Ronnie said "accusingly".
Three best friends who hadn't seen each other for several months met again and started chatting on the street.
It was not until they saw other national team players also walking out that they quickly got into the car and left.
If you really run into Figo and others, there will definitely be a round of greetings, and don't expect to spend a long time together in silence.
"Pepe!"
"arrive!"
"Go full speed, attack Romario!"
"receive!"
"Today, everything you two eat and drink will be mine!"
"Got it!" Ronnie and Pepe shouted in unison.
The three of them laughed loudly in the car and drove all the way to the city center.
After his performance last season, Pepe signed a new contract with Sporting Lisbon with a significant salary increase. He now rents a house in Lisbon, brings his family over, and buys a car, living a pretty bourgeois life.
However, the one who did the best was Su Dong.
Apart from anything else, since the start of La Liga, they have scored eight goals in six consecutive rounds. This kind of record is quite rare not only in La Liga, but even in the entire European football world.
Nowadays, the whole of Europe knows that Valencia has a new upstart named Su Dong.
In this case, it is only natural for Su Dong to treat us.
The three brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time. It was a rare occasion for them to get together, so they ate at the Romario Seafood Restaurant for nearly three hours. They talked while eating, and it seemed like they always had endless topics to talk about, but it also seemed like they had nothing to talk about.
Su Dong never mentioned his situation in La Liga, and Ronnie would never talk about his experience in the Premier League. It seemed that they were trying hard to avoid all the happy and unhappy people, especially Ronnie.
He has changed! He used to call me to complain, but now, when we meet, he doesn't say a word.
Su Dong understood that the proud Ronnie didn't want him to see his unhappy side, so he never talked about it and only talked about the happy things in the past.
In the end, they were chatting so excitedly that they simply called Quaresma, Ugo Viana and others who were also in Lisbon to come over and meet up at the sky bar near Parque das Nacional.
Just like a few months ago.
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