Chapter 289 Upgrade: Players!
Valencia arrived in Gelsenkirchen, Germany at noon on the day before the final and stayed in a hotel not far from the Schalke Stadium. The players' relatives and family members arrived in the evening and the team arranged flights.
When the team arrived at the hotel, Su Dong's parents and Ma Dawei were already there.
They calculated the time, departed from China, flew directly to Frankfurt, then transferred to Gelsenkirchen and checked into the hotel where Valencia was staying. The room was prepared for them by Mendes a long time ago.
In the afternoon, the team went to the Schalke Stadium for pre-match familiarization training. After returning, Su Dong asked the coaching staff for leave and made a special trip to visit his parents.
When we meet again after a long separation, there is always endless things to talk about.
Half of the time, his parents were asking about Su Dong, such as his life in Spain, his relationship with his teammates, etc. In fact, there was no need to ask, as one could guess some things just by looking at media reports.
If Su Dong didn't do well in Valencia, how could he have scored so many goals? The remaining half of the time was basically spent by his parents explaining their house purchase plan to their beloved son, which was nothing more than where they bought another house, how many square meters, what the school district was like, what the location was like, how much the monthly rent was...
Recently, my dad learned a word from somewhere, which is a calculation formula for real estate investment, called the rental-to-sale ratio.
What this means is, the ratio of rent to house price, how much investment value, how much cost-effective...
Anyway, that theory he learned from somewhere made Su Dong stunned. He felt like his dad had become a real estate investment expert. God knows whether it was true or not?
Anyway, as long as they are both happy.
Fortunately, Ma Dawei was not there, otherwise, the China News Agency reporter would probably be so envious that he would want to roll up his trouser legs and learn how to play football.
Playing professional football is so lucrative!
Wow, why didn’t my parents let me play football when I was a child?
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"By the way, I heard that a very beautiful girl came to see you in the hotel lobby at noon today?" Mother Yang Xiu Yu couldn't help asking.
Although she pretended to be casual, her expression, tone, and especially her body movements made Su Dong, her son, feel that they were very deliberate.
"Mom, you must have been holding this question in for a long time, right?"
Father Su Wenji immediately slapped his thigh and laughed, while Yang Xiuyu glared at her son and glared at her husband, her eyes seemed to say: Don’t you care at all? “Uh…” Su Wenji’s laughter stopped abruptly, and his face was serious, “This is a very serious question, Xiaodong, please answer it seriously! You must tell me everything you know, and don’t fool around with the organization!”
Only then did Yang Xiuyu look back at her precious son with satisfaction and concern on her face.
"Yes, I promise not to deceive the organization!" Su Dong replied solemnly.
"Is there a girl looking for you?"
"yes."
"Is it beautiful?"
"Uh...it seems pretty."
"What do you mean by pretty?"
“They all said it was beautiful.”
"What about you?"
"I... feel okay."
"Oh, you little brat, you're quite picky." Su Wen Ji was a little angry.
Yang Xiuyu, who was standing by, coughed twice, reminding her husband to be careful with his wording. "Given Xiaodong's current situation, it's okay to be a little picky."
Su Wenji suddenly wilted and said with a smile: "Of course no problem!"
Su Dong covered his face, looking as if he couldn't bear to look directly at it, "Dad, you really set a very bad example for me."
Su Wenji raised his right hand and was about to slap her, but how could he bear to do that? Besides, Yang Xiuyu glared at him, how could he dare?
"You little brat, watch your words. I'm being respectful, understand? Respect!"
Su Dong nodded quickly, pretending that he understood.
"Xiaodong, I heard from Dawei that the girl is very beautiful. How did you two get to know her?" Yang Xiu Yu asked with a smile.
Su Dong couldn't help but think of Wang Chuqing's pretty figure in his mind, and a question came to his mind: Is she really beautiful?
Soon, he confirmed the answer to the question: She is really beautiful! "She is an international student at the University of Munich in Germany, studying law. She works part-time at BMW and has some work contact with me. During the three days I was in Germany, she helped me with translation."
"Oh." Yang Xiuyu looked at her husband as if she suddenly realized something.
Su Wenji nodded immediately and said, "The University of Munich is a world-renowned university. Being able to study here and work part-time at BMW, your future is limitless. The key is that she is beautiful. Dawei said that she is taller than him, so she must be over 1.8 meters tall."
"That's really good." Yang Xiuyu nodded with satisfaction.
Su Dong figured out the strange smell on the spot and immediately reminded his parents not to think too much about it!
"No one thinks too much about it, we're just talking." Yang Xiuyu smiled and waved her hand, signaling Su Dong not to think too much.
So who is thinking too much?
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Su Dong wondered if all parents in the world were like this. He was only nineteen years old, and he was already thinking about having a girlfriend?
In the end, the topic went further and further, and they talked directly about future marriage, having children, and even the issue of children's future schooling.
This made Su Dong feel both warm and helpless.
Everything his parents did was for him, but why did they worry about so many things that were out of reach? Why not focus on buying a house and buy more houses? After Su Dong "escaped" from his parents' room, he ran to the hotel gym and trained with private trainers for a while, and finally practiced yoga on the yoga mat in the gym.
As Su Dong stood upside down on the yoga mat, trainer Vito Scala, who was standing nearby, was amazed.
"I have trained so many players, many of whom have excellent physical fitness, but there has never been a player like him who has an almost perfect body. He has such physical fitness and muscle strength, and can do handstands skillfully. Looking at the world of football, he is probably the only one who can do it!"
Nuno Cruz also nodded continuously.
He has followed Su Dong for the longest time and has deeper feelings about it, because he knows very well that Su Dong's physical condition is completely achieved through scientific training. He has almost no obvious shortcomings and is excellent in every aspect.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the king of yoga poses, the headstand, which really requires a lot from the practitioner.
"He is about to turn 20 years old and his body has basically grown. The most important thing next is to maintain his current state and continue to improve in every project. Maybe we will personally train a professional player who can break through the limits of the human body in all aspects." Nuno Cruz felt excited and thrilled at the thought of it.
Vito Scala and Grant Downing are among those looking forward to it.
For private trainers like them, Su Dong is their most outstanding achievement! …
The coaches were whispering on the sidelines, while Su Dong remained in an inverted position, motionless, but his thoughts had already entered the Road to Football King System.
After the last upgrade from a football worker to a football player, the system put forward more stringent requirements for Su Dong's next upgrade, which is that he must meet one of the four conditions, one of which is the league championship of the four major leagues.
In fact, Su Dong exceeded his goal because he also won a European Golden Boot Award, but unfortunately, he played in one of the four major leagues.
Anyway, after meeting one condition, and his personal attributes had been fully trained and his king of football value had been accumulated, Su Dong immediately began to think about raising his level to the next level.
After getting in touch with them, he had a vague understanding that if the playing field was of the continental level, then the players at the next level would be world-class.
In other words, when he was promoted to a player, he had basically reached the threshold of a world-class star.
It is not surprising considering the current situation, because the media has always hyped him as the seventh superstar that Real Madrid wants to introduce.
You know, Real Madrid has always only bought world-class superstars.
Su Dong has always been a little confused, that is, after the ball soil and the ball player, what will be the next level? Is it the ball king?
"Current level: Soil, next level: Warrior, upgrading requires 31,250,000 points of King of Balls. Do you want to upgrade?"
Su Dong chose [Yes].
"Upgrading, please wait..."
While the Road to King of Football system was being upgraded, Su Dong also remembered that he still had a redemption voucher in the Star Ability Card Store. It was obtained after he won the La Liga Golden Boot Award and the European Golden Boot Award. This allowed him to redeem another Star Ability Card.
In the past day, he has been thinking about a question, which aspect of his ability does he need to improve? Now, many people outside say that Su Dong is a perfect center, but this is all media hype. Su Dong himself knows very well that he is not perfect, and there are still many shortcomings and areas that need to be improved.
For example, in the previous game against Villarreal, facing players like Marcos Senna who were the type to engage in close combat, he didn't have many ways to deal with them. No matter if it was Vieri's [Indestructible] or Klose's [Aerial Domination], without the support of his teammates on the wing and behind him, it was difficult for Su Dong to break the deadlock.
Ronaldo's [Flying Fairy] requires space to attack, while Romario's [Wolf in the Penalty Area] is more about timing and running without the ball. This means that when Su Dong encounters a difficult, flexible, close-combat type player like Marcos Senna, he really doesn't have many options.
He had discussed this issue with Benítez and Jestedan, and analyzed the video of the game together. They all believed that Su Dong had certain shortcomings in ball protection and dribbling.
To put it simply, some of Su Dong's ball protection and evasion movements are not very good.
After realizing this problem, Su Dong began to think about how he should strengthen and improve himself.
After all, as a center forward, he will definitely be closely guarded by his opponents.
It was still better when he was in Valencia. If he really went to top teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, it would be commonplace to encounter stubborn defenses like an iron wall. At this time, Su Dong's shortcomings would be further exposed.
Mourinho's Porto reached the Champions League final by relying on tenacious defense.
It is conceivable that in the upcoming final, Mourinho will definitely guard Su Dong tightly, and may even adopt a defensive counterattack tactic to restrict the flanks, suppress Aimar, and then freeze Su Dong.
Therefore, Su Dong wanted to exchange for another star ability card before the finals.
(End of this chapter)
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