Chapter 311 Uncle Deko, don’t lead me astray!
"Wow, Sudong, welcome to Korea Smecta!"
"I love you, Sudong Oppa!"
"Oppa Sudong, you are so handsome!"
"Look here, Su Dong, I'm here, smecta!"
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When the Barcelona team walked out of Incheon Airport, they were immediately shocked by the fanatical atmosphere on the scene.
Wow, there are so many people outside that the entire exit is blocked.
Airport ground staff and security guards tried their best to maintain order, but the situation was still very serious. They might lose control of this group of fanatical fans at any time, especially those crazy and violent Korean female fans.
Although they couldn't understand the poor Chinese and Korean, it didn't prevent the Barcelona players from hearing that they were calling Su Dong. For a moment, their eyes turned towards Su Dong and were full of questions.
Brother, how much did you spend? Su Dong smiled bitterly and shook his head. If he said he didn't spend any money, no one would believe him.
The problem is, he really didn't spend any money, and he didn't know this would happen, so he was shocked.
He had never imagined that he would be so popular in South Korea, especially since many of the fans who came to pick him up at the airport were young girls, which made him even more flattered.
When he appeared, there were continuous screams at the scene. Many female fans rushed up frantically. The situation was almost out of control. Su Dong had a faint smile on his face, but he was secretly wondering in his heart.
When did you become so popular in Korea?
Not to mention anything else, just looking at the number of fans at the scene, there are at least two to three thousand people. It doesn't make sense to say that they are all hired as agents.
Could it be that they are really all his fans?
Thinking of this, Su Dong actually felt a little proud.
In fact, he had no idea that in the past two years, as his fame in European football grew, his name in Asia was also becoming more and more famous, especially in East Asia.
Both South Korea and Japan admire the strong. The fact that Su Dong has made a name for himself in European football is a proof of his strength, especially this summer, when Barcelona signed him for a record-breaking 80 million euros. This is unique not only in Asia, but also in the world.
At the age of nineteen, tall and handsome, he fits the aesthetic taste of Chinese, Japanese and Korean football fans. Coupled with the overwhelming advertising bombardment from major world-class brand sponsors such as BMW, Pepsi, Nike and Audi, as well as the recent wave of promotional marketing, he is very popular in East Asia.
The fact that he was able to attract 3,000 fans to the airport to pick him up in the scorching hot August shows how popular Su Dong is in South Korea.
There were more than a hundred media outlets at the scene, and they witnessed it all firsthand.
Perhaps only the most popular boy band in Korea can make the female fans at the scene scream like this.
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After finally boarding the bus, we left the airport amid the screams of fans and headed for Seoul, the capital of South Korea.
In the car, Barcelona players were still discussing what had just happened.
"Su, I didn't expect you to be so popular in Korea. I can see that there are a lot of beautiful women there." Deco raised his eyebrows and laughed at Su Dong.
Su Dong smiled bitterly, wanting to say, Uncle Deco, I am still young, please don't lead me astray! "Su, I won't go with you next time, you have stolen all the limelight!" Ronaldinho was a little "jealous".
He is also a restless Lord.
Any one of these Barcelona players can cause quite a stir outside, but there is really no one like Su Dong who can attract 3,000 Korean fans, especially most of them female fans, to come to the airport to pick him up.
Even if Real Madrid's Beckham arrived, he probably wouldn't be able to do it.
"By the way, considering how enthusiastically they welcomed us at the airport, should we hold back a little in our next game?" Deco asked with a smile.
It is normal to hold back in the warm-up matches to save some face for the host.
Some hosts will even give their opponents a subtle reminder before the game, just because they don't want to lose too badly at home.
Puyol, Xavi and others also looked at Su Dong, wanting to hear his opinion.
Su Dong didn't care too much at first, but after feeling the gazes of Puyol and others, he suddenly remembered something.
That was in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, when it was South Korea that eliminated Spain. As the host country at the time, South Korea was well known for its refereeing issues. Puyol even criticized South Korea many times.
Now that he has come to South Korea, Puyol is definitely not willing to hold back.
Su Dong pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Didn't Vice Chairman Martin say that we must show our spirit in both training and competition. We should let the Koreans see our strength!"
When Puyol, Xavi and other Spaniards heard this, they immediately felt relieved.
They were all worried that Su Dong would ask his teammates to hold back because of the Asians, which would be a difficult situation.
Unexpectedly, Su Dong took the initiative to propose to try his best in the competition. That was so cool!
"Both South Korea and Japan admire the strong. The stronger we appear, the more obedient they will be!" said Su Dong.
Everyone nodded.
The local players, led by Puyol and Xavi, were even happier and had a better impression of Su Dong.
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Barcelona's Asian activities last for 15 days and the schedule is very tight.
After arriving in South Korea, they rested and conducted recovery training the next day, which attracted many fans from Seoul. The number of fans far exceeded the fans who came to pick them up at the airport, and the majority of them were still female fans.
This also made the outside media believe that Su Dong is indeed Barcelona's face value! Before the game, Su Dong attended the sponsor's event with Ronaldinho and other Barcelona players and accepted media interviews.
Su Dong was the protagonist of the entire event and was questioned by many media reporters. He answered all his questions without reservation.
Sudon said he was very honored to join Barcelona, and praised his teammates Ronaldinho, Deco, Puyol and Xavi, saying, "I am very proud to be teammates with stars like them!"
Su Dong did not play in the past three warm-up matches, which led to a lot of associations and rumors from the outside world. Su Dong said that he had no problems with the team and teammates, and everyone took good care of him.
"I will play in tomorrow's match against Suwon Samsung!"
Lee Woon-jae, a South Korean international player of Suwon Samsung, said in an interview with South Korean media reporters this morning that he is not afraid of Barcelona's attack because he has never lost in his experience facing Chinese players over the past many years. He firmly believes that he can win the match against Su Dong.
The main central defender Park Jianxia also vowed that he and his teammate, Croatian international Neretjak, would block Su Dong and would never let Chinese players break through Suwon Samsung's goal! When the media conveyed the two's remarks to Su Dong, Su Dong kept a smile on his face.
He first expressed his respect for the two Korean players. Lee Woon-jae was South Korea's World Cup hero and made great contributions to the Korea-Japan World Cup's advance to the semi-finals, while Park Gun-ha was once an excellent center forward, but later switched to play as a central defender and was also very successful.
Su Dong said that he could understand their feelings at the moment.
The implication is that the two Korean players were a little nervous in the face of a powerful enemy, so they were bluffing.
"Unfortunately, I have to temporarily put aside my respect for them during the game, break through their defense and score their goal. I will do this in the game! At the same time, I also hope that they will not hold back!"
The media reporters were immediately excited.
This is a head-on challenge! As a Chinese player, although I came for Barcelona, I will inevitably be asked about my fear of Korea.
Su Dong said very seriously that he was not aware of the so-called Koreaphobia.
"As far as I can remember, I have never been afraid of any team. From Portugal to Spain, I have scored against almost every opponent. I have no fear and will not be afraid of any opponent, including the South Korean team!"
After a pause, Su Dong continued, "Even if there really is such a thing as Korean phobia, I will personally crush it in tomorrow's game!"
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Su Dong's remarks at the press conference were quickly spread through the media throughout East Asia, especially in China and South Korea, and the fans responded enthusiastically.
Korean fans are generally divided into two camps. One camp believes that Su Dong's remarks are too arrogant and very disrespectful to Korean football. They hope that Suwon Samsung's players can teach Su Dong and Barcelona a lesson in the warm-up match.
There is also a group of fans who believe that Su Dong has enough strength and confidence to say this because he is the superstar with the highest transfer fee in football history and also the most valuable player in the world today.
Some fans who support Su Dong even said that Su Dong would severely "teach a lesson" to the arrogant people who took the initiative to provoke him before the game in the warm-up match with Suwon Samsung.
The attitude of public opinion in China is relatively unified, and basically everyone stands on the side of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Many people even expect that Su Dong can show the strength of Chinese players in the match against Suwon Samsung, so as to open the eyes of Koreans who have always looked down on Chinese football.
Amid the turmoil in public opinion, the happiest people are the media and sponsors.
Some sponsors even expressed their appreciation for Su Dong through Barcelona channels, believing that although his remarks caused controversy, they also made the media and fans in the entire East Asian region focus on the warm-up matches and Barcelona's Asian tour.
Su Dong did not comment on this. He did not think too much about it. He just told the truth and expressed his own thoughts.
But he did want to teach his opponent a lesson in the warm-up match.
As a Chinese, he is well aware of the torment that Koreaphobia has inflicted on Chinese football and fans over the years. If the Korean media didn't mention it, he could pretend not to care. But since it was mentioned in front of him in an attempt to humiliate him, Su Dong would definitely fight back.
Otherwise, do you really think Su Dong is easy to bully? If any media from any country comes to step on him, how can Su Dong survive? More importantly, he vaguely feels that Koreans still look down on him to some extent.
Since they dare to question Su Dong's strength, he doesn't mind using Koreans to prove himself!
(End of this chapter)
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