Chapter 324 Who is the top brother?
On the evening of September 15, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Barcelona will challenge Ajax away.
Both teams have the genes of offensive football and many similarities in their technical and tactical concepts, but this did not make the game interesting. On the contrary, after two attempts at the beginning, the game seemed a bit dull.
But when the game reached the 20th minute, Deco intercepted the ball in the midfield, dribbled forward and passed it to Ronaldinho on the left flank. After receiving the ball, the Brazilian superstar feinted, dribbled past the Ajax defender, and cleverly sent a straight pass with his right foot.
The ball passed precisely through the gap between the two central defenders.
Su Dong understood what he meant and rushed forward, without stopping the ball, he shot with his right foot and hit the lower right corner of the goal!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"A wonderful combination from Barcelona, Su Dong scored the first goal for the team!"
"He should thank Ronaldinho. It was his Brazilian teammate's wonderful assist that created a great opportunity for him!"
After Su Dong scored the goal, he turned around and rushed towards Ronaldinho. Before the Brazilian could react, Su Dong had already picked him up and ran with him all the way to celebrate.
This made Deco, Xavi, Belletti and others who were chasing behind feel very strange.
Didn't they say that there was a conflict between the two? But soon, everyone came to their senses and had to secretly praise Su Dong.
No one knows whether Ronaldinho's assist to him was out of professional ethics or something else, but an assist is an assist.
Su Dong took this opportunity to celebrate with him, which was equivalent to taking the opportunity to tell everyone outside that we have no conflicts! Ronaldinho also put his arm around Su Dong's shoulders and celebrated his goal in front of the live TV camera.
At the moment he passed the ball just now, he really didn't think too much, he was just thinking about passing it to an open space.
As for what happened after the news was passed, he did feel a little regretful in his heart. After all, everyone has selfish motives. But he soon discovered that he was more happy because the team had scored a goal.
…
Rijkaard stood on the sidelines, silently watching the two superstars in the team, who were said to have conflicts, celebrating the goal with their arms around each other, which made him happy.
If Su Dong and Ronaldinho quarreled over the position of the top player, it would be very difficult for him as the head coach. This is why he chose to vote for Ronaldinho instead of Xavi.
As a head coach, he needs to balance the various forces in the locker room.
Everyone has selfish desires, and everyone wants to band together for warmth.
If there are more Brazilian players, it will work. But if there are more local players, it will not work? As a head coach, the most important thing is to control the balance so that everyone can train and play without worries.
If Puyol and Xavi are backed by local players, and Ronaldinho is backed by Brazilian players, then Sudong is alone, but he does well in the locker room, at least much better than Giuly.
The French player is also a loner. He scores a lot of goals, but he seems a bit out of place in the locker room.
On the contrary, it is said that Su Dong has been playing indoor football with Puyol, Xavi and others whenever he has time in the past two days. On the evening of the 13th, Puyol even called on the whole team to hold a birthday dinner for Su Dong.
It can be seen that Su Dong integrated into the team quickly and has a good relationship with his teammates.
This is a good thing!
The Barcelona team is completely different from other giants. If the players cannot integrate into the team, they will not be able to stay here.
Especially tonight, seeing Su Dong celebrating the goal with Ronaldinho, Rijkaard couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Don't look at Su Dong's young age, low-key and hardworking, but he is still quite shrewd in his bones."
"It's a little clever." Ten Cate raised his lips slightly, "but we still have to keep a distance from Brazilian players."
Rijkaard glanced at his assistant and said nothing more.
Ten Cate was not happy with the nightlife of Ronaldinho and others, and always felt that it was a major hidden danger.
Rijkaard thought that it was nothing, as long as it did not affect the game, he would be happy to turn a blind eye.
…
After Su Dong's goal took the lead, the game once again fell into a stalemate.
In the second half, Barcelona tried to launch a wave of attacks.
In the 51st minute, Su Dong retreated to the outside of the penalty area and received a direct pass from Xavi with his back. He used his body to firmly hold Heitinga behind him. After stopping the ball and turning around, he quickly rushed into the penalty area with the ball.
Seeing that Su Dong was about to break through, Hai Tingjia became anxious and took direct action, pushing Su Dong hard from behind.
When he was in Sporting Lisbon, Jardel scolded Su Dong, thinking that he was too stupid and didn't know how to fall to the ground. But now he has learned his lesson. When Heitinga pushed him from behind, he gave up and after losing his balance slightly, he fell forward.
The Ajax center back was stunned!
Damn, you were so strong when you pressed me just now, but now you fall down with just a push? Su Dong doesn't care, I just lie in the penalty area and can't get up, who told you to be impatient? If the defenders take action every time an attacking player dribbles into the penalty area, and they don't have to take responsibility, then what else can others play? With such skills, why don't you become a goalkeeper? The referee whistled for a foul and ran over immediately, giving Heiting a yellow card and a penalty kick.
The whole stadium booed, but the referee still insisted on his decision.
Su Dong also crawled up from the ground. Looking at Haitingjia's aggrieved face, he felt helpless.
It's not that I'm being mean, it's just that you're being rude.
After picking up the football from the ground, Su Dong searched in the crowd, walked directly to Ronaldinho, stuffed the football in his hand into Ronaldinho's hands, patted him on the shoulder, and quickly ran out of the penalty area.
Ronaldinho was a little stunned.
Does this mean that he should take the penalty kick? Logically speaking, it is understandable that Su Dong should take the penalty kick that he created himself.
But now, he selflessly gave the penalty opportunity to Ronaldinho, which was obviously a gesture of goodwill and also a reward for Ronaldinho's assist just now.
Su Dong walked away without saying anything. Ronaldinho, on the contrary, felt relieved and didn't act pretentiously. He turned around, smiled and nodded at Su Dong, then walked to the penalty spot with the football in his arms.
He really needs a goal! …
After Ronaldinho scored a penalty, Barcelona took the lead 2-0.
Then in the 78th minute, Sudong passed the ball to the right, Belletti and Giuly made a beautiful cooperation on the right, and the French winger pushed the ball in front of the goal to further expand the score for Barcelona.
Sudong was immediately replaced by Larsson, and just four minutes later, Larsson scored another goal for Barcelona with a header.
Four to zero! …
"Good! Beautiful!"
Seeing Larsson score a goal, Su Dong excitedly stood up from the bench and applauded him.
Ronaldinho, who was replaced by Iniesta after 65 minutes, sat next to him and kept staring at Su Dong. Only when he was sure that Su Dong did not seem to be faking it did he make up his mind secretly.
"Su, I heard that your physiotherapist is very good. Is that true?" Ronaldinho looked in the direction of the stadium and asked seemingly casually, but in fact, he was quite nervous in his heart. He had no idea what to do.
Su Dong glanced at his teammates and nodded. "Grant is really amazing. He is not only a physical therapist, but also a doctor. He used to be a team doctor and is good at rehabilitation training."
After a pause, Su Dong looked down at Ronaldinho's right ankle again, "I heard that your ankle injury has not healed yet? How about I ask him to take a look at it when we get back?"
Everyone was surprised that Ronaldinho could travel with the team to the away game because he did not get permission from the team doctor.
But not only did he come, he started the game.
Throughout the more than 60 minutes he played, apart from the assist to Su Dong, he did not perform very well.
The players on the team all knew that he was anxious to return as he still had an injury on his foot.
I heard that Rijkaard originally didn't plan to let him play, but he was very determined and insisted on playing.
At this moment he took the initiative to ask Grant Downing, and Su Dong immediately understood what he meant.
Ronaldinho was very surprised. He just mentioned it, but he didn't expect Su Dong to be so magnanimous. This made him feel ashamed. He wondered if he had been too petty before.
Deco also mentioned to him several times that Su Dong's personal coach was quite famous and very capable, and that the reason why Su Dong rarely suffered injuries was closely related to him.
But Ronaldinho did not expect that Su Dong would agree to help him without hesitation.
"Thank you!" said Ronaldinho.
"You're welcome." Su Dong shook his head.
After a pause, he continued, "I know that there are a lot of rumors out there that will inevitably affect us, but I want to say that I will not be affected by the outside world. My purpose for coming here is very simple, which is to play football and improve myself. I really admire your football skills and hope that we can work well together."
"The top spot in the team and personal honors are what every professional player pursues. Everyone wants to fight for it, and you and I are no exception. But what I can guarantee is that I will only fight for it with my own efforts and strength, and I believe that you will do the same!"
After hearing this, Ronaldinho nodded. He understood what Su Dong meant.
Fighting is inevitable because no one will give in.
But they have to fight like gentlemen! Ronaldinho was originally a very casual person. The pressure had made him unhappy for some time. But at this moment, after talking to Su Dong, he felt relaxed. The smile reappeared on his face, and his playful little buck teeth were revealed again.
"I heard that you have occupied my indoor football field now?" Ronaldinho asked with a smile.
Su Dong looked at his expression and knew that the matter had been brought to light. He immediately smiled and challenged him, "What? Are you not convinced?"
"You know what? When it comes to football, whether it's indoors or outdoors, even on the beach or on the water, we Brazilians have always been like this." Ronaldinho gave a thumbs up, quite proud.
"Then find a chance to practice!" Su Dong stretched out his hand.
Ronaldinho squeezed hard.
He accepted the challenge!
(End of this chapter)
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