Chapter 18 Su Dong is a genius!
"Ha, you can do it, kid!"
When Su Dong finished showering and changing clothes in the locker room and walked out with his luggage bag, Jose Semedo rushed over rudely and grabbed his neck tightly, looking like he was so envious and jealous that his teeth ached.
"You scored twice without making any noise. You are not bad."
Su Dong couldn't stop smiling and let Semedo hold him. It wasn't uncomfortable anyway.
"Not bad, you didn't embarrass me." Ronnie nodded pretentiously.
This time, Su Dong almost kicked this pretentious guy to death.
Fortunately, Ronnie had guessed his intention and stayed away from him, not daring to get close.
At this time, most of the fans of the athletic club had already left, and no one noticed the three people.
They played around outside the court for a while, then left arm in arm.
"Where to go next?" asked Jose Semedo.
Their youth team also has a game, but not today, and they have asked for leave in the afternoon, so they will be exposed if they go back.
"Eat." Su Dong said as a matter of course, "Aren't you going to treat me to a meal?"
"When did I say I would treat you to a meal?" Jose Semedo asked puzzledly.
"Just before the game, didn't you shout that you wanted to invite me to Indentonte?"
After hearing this, Ronnie and Semedo looked at each other and burst into laughter at the same time.
This guy didn't even know.
"Come on, Sue, that's a place to have fun, not a place to eat." Ronnie shook his head.
“Isn’t Romario’s Seafood Restaurant over there?”
"Yes," Semedo replied, "but the most famous thing there is not seafood restaurants, although there are indeed many restaurants opened by immigrants from Asia, Africa and America, because the majority of the buildings there are apartments and hotels."
Su Dong still didn't react.
Seeing him like this, Ronnie smiled helplessly and shook his head, urging Semedo, "Tell him, tell him quickly."
José Semedo almost got a stitch in his side with laughter. “That’s the most famous red-light district in Lisbon. Do you understand what a red-light district is?”
Su Dong is not stupid, he knows a lot about the red light district.
After figuring it out, he suddenly knew why Martelli didn't tell him.
This is quite embarrassing!
It's so fucking embarrassing!
"How dare you play tricks on me!" Su Dong kicked Semedo. The Cape Verdean boy didn't have time to dodge and was kicked directly in the butt.
Semedo screamed and ran away as fast as he could, shouting for mercy.
In fact, whether it was a seafood restaurant or a red-light district, Semedo had no money to invite Su Dong.
He can get a subsidy of around 200 euros from Sporting Lisbon every month, but most of this money has to be handed over to his parents to supplement the household expenses, because their family is really poor and he has many brothers and sisters.
Ronnie was even worse off.
His subsidies were quite a lot, with a minimum of 300 euros per month, but the problem was that the money never went through his hands. The club transferred it directly to his mother, and his mother gave him 50 euros in pocket money every month.
So, he is actually not well off at all.
Three poor guys couldn't even have enough money to have a seafood dinner, let alone go out for fun.
Finally, after some discussion, the result is...
…
"I've already said it, Su is a good person."
Next to the indoor court of Edward VII Park, Jose Semedo munched on a sandwich that Sudong had exchanged for his King of Football Points and pretended to have bought outside, while mumbling praises to Sudong.
Ronnie was chewing bread, drinking Bull, and nodding his head in agreement.
Recently, he has been with Su Dong every day, and Su Dong is basically responsible for preparing three meals a day.
The food is quite simple, just some takeout, but it tastes very good, and every meal can be made into something different, which Ronnie never gets tired of.
How come I’ve never heard of such delicious takeout before?
Ronnie always asked Su Dong which store he bought it from, but Su Dong always told him not to ask so many questions.
"If you want to eat, just come to me. Why bother buying it yourself?"
And every time, Su Dong would sneak out to buy it by himself and not let Ronnie follow him.
This made the Madeira boy very touched, but also a little ashamed, because he felt embarrassed to let Su Dong treat him every time.
As the saying goes, one who eats someone's food will be soft-hearted, and one who receives someone's gifts will be obliged to return the favor.
Because he had been eating Su Dong all the time, Ronnie would come over to practice with Su Dong whenever he had time. He also tried his best to try every possible way to help Su Dong improve.
"To be honest, your progress is really impressive." Ronnie gave Su Dong a thumbs up for a rare time.
When he first met Su Dong, he thought Su Dong was just an amateur player, who was at best diligent and hardworking, but he never thought he could improve so quickly.
Up to now, he feels that Su Dong has the strength to be a main player in the first team of Sporting Lisbon. Even in the youth training camp of Sporting Lisbon, he should have no problem becoming a main player in the U16 team, and he can even gain a foothold in higher age groups.
"That's also because of your good teaching." Su Dong casually threw out a flattery.
Ronnie was not polite and accepted Su Dong's praise frankly.
"And Mr. Pontes and Mr. Nare, I should really thank them if I have the chance." Su Dong was grateful to these two youth training experts whom he had never met before. Many of their training methods were of great help to him.
Not to mention some training programs, Pontes' physical training is very useful to him.
You don’t need to go to the gym, you can do it in the dormitory, and it is relatively safe, so you can exercise alone.
"Don't worry, I'll call them later." Ronnie patted Su Dong's shoulder and said with a smile.
…
After eating and drinking, the three had nothing else to do.
In fact, whether you are a professional player or a youth player, life can be really boring if you don’t break the rules.
Especially when it comes to the adult team, it becomes even more boring.
You can't eat casually, you have to pay attention to balanced nutrition, and often you even have to control your preferences and eat foods that you hate. Not to mention cigarettes and alcohol, even those who are more self-disciplined cannot touch them.
My private life is also troublesome.
Not to mention anything else, even a player like Jose Semedo, who is not the best in the youth team, is attracted by a lot of women, fans and reporters when he walks outside, but which one of them does not have an purpose?
Ronnie kept persuading Semedo because he knew this.
Semedo is not unaware of this, but such a life is indeed quite attractive.
Being a professional player and following all the rules strictly is like being an ascetic.
Instead of going back to the dormitory and staring at each other, it would be better to continue practicing in Edward VII Park.
Not only did Ronnie stay to practice with Su Dong, but Jose Semedo also took the initiative to stay.
Although Su Dong had just played a game of football and was very exhausted, with the help of the Bull, he walked from the home field to Edward VII Park and rested for a while, and his energy was basically restored.
The three of them practiced in the park until after nine o'clock in the evening, then they reluctantly said goodbye and left.
…
Back at Don José's apartment, Ronnie took a shower and then called his family in Madeira.
He calls his family every day, especially recently, when a lot of things have happened at home. He is very worried and is concerned about the progress every day, fearing that any mistakes will be made accidentally.
When Semedo came in after taking a shower, he just heard the end of Ronnie's voice.
"Don't worry, second sister. I'll go to the mall and buy a game console and send it back to you. Then you won't be bored anymore."
After hanging up, Ronnie called Lionel Pontes.
Because of Su Dong, the two of them have been in frequent phone contact recently.
As soon as the call was connected, Ronnie went straight to the point and talked about the afternoon's game.
"What? Scoring two goals?" Pontes was surprised on the other end of the phone.
Since it is just a match of the Portuguese Second Division, let alone a live broadcast on TV, it is estimated that even tomorrow's newspaper will not report it. It would be good to have the scores of all the matches of the Portuguese Second Division. Except for the fans of each team , no one will care about this kind of match.
Therefore, Pontes had never heard of any movement before, and was so surprised that he lost his voice.
"Yeah, it's really unexpected." Ronnie laughed.
Pontes hummed, "It seems that he has made rapid progress. He has great talent."
No one knew that Su Dong could improve his talent. Everyone thought that he must have been very talented, but was dragged down by the poor youth training. Now that he is receiving formal youth training, although he is older, he is still making rapid progress.
"If he had been born three or four years earlier, he would have become a genius who is no less talented than you and Ricardo," Pontes said with regret.
Ricardo is Quaresma, and he is also a player trained by Pontes.
Ronnie didn't mind because Sudong was his best friend, and he wouldn't mind no matter how Pontes praised Sudong.
But Quaresma is different, that's his opponent.
"Lionel, I was wondering if it is possible to recommend him to the club?" Ronnie asked with concern.
"Based on his current performance and the speed of his progress over the past period of time, I think Sporting CP will soon not be able to accommodate him. By then, he will definitely go to other higher-level leagues and teams."
As a friend, Ronnie really hopes that Su Dong can come to Sporting Lisbon.
"This is difficult, Ronnie." Pontes shook his head and sighed, "You know, we don't have much intersection with Sporting CP. More importantly, this team is a satellite club of Belarences. Over the past few years, most of the players who emerged from this team went directly to Belarences, with only one going to Benfica."
Ronnie was a little disappointed when he heard this, as he knew that the satellite club had a contractual relationship.
He felt somewhat regretful. Why wasn't Su Dong in a satellite club of Sporting Lisbon?
Then it would be much easier to come directly to Sporting Lisbon.
Now that I'm in Sporting CP, it will be much more difficult to come to Sporting Lisbon.
The best case scenario is that both Bellerense and Benfica are not interested in Sudon, and Sporting Lisbon will directly start snatching him.
But is this possible?
A player that could interest Sporting Lisbon, but wouldn't be of interest to Belarence and Benfica?
Looking at it from another perspective, as long as Sporting Lisbon shows interest, Belarence and Benfica will start to scramble for him no matter what.
This is part of professional football.
