Chapter 41: Spending time is also a habit
In the afternoon, Alcochete, Antonio Almeida Correira Stadium.
Su Dong wore a green jersey and stood on the left side of the white dot in the center circle of the field. He looked at the football under his feet, then raised his head and looked at Cristiano Ronaldo beside him.
The boy from Madeira Island seemed to have sensed something and looked over and grinned at Su Dong.
"I've already made an agreement with them. When the game starts, we'll go for a fast break. You'll be responsible for supporting me."
"Will it work?" Su Dong was a little skeptical.
"Don't worry, I feel I'm in very good shape today. With Marcelino on the left, there will be no problem." Ronnie said confidently.
"you sure?"
"Of course, you have to make the last pass. I don't trust the others." Ronnie said with a smile.
Although this was his first game fighting side by side with Su Dong, the two had trained together for more than half a year and had already established a tacit understanding that no one else could match, which made them very familiar and understanding of each other.
To put it simply, Ronnie just gave Su Dong a glance and he knew what he wanted to do.
Besides, Su Dong advanced with full marks in basic skills, and his passing skills are also top-notch.
"Okay, I'll give it a try. You have to seize the opportunity and don't let it go."
Ronnie snorted and sneered, "Do I look like that kind of person?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the referee looked at the time and was ready to blow the whistle at any time.
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Sporting Lisbon's second team is actually the U23 age group.
Except for the players who came down from the first team to recover from injuries and find their form, the rest are all players under the age of 23.
However, in recent years, Sporting Lisbon's youth training camp has ushered in a talent spurt, which has made their youth training success rate very high, especially in the past two or three years, a group of very outstanding football talents have emerged one after another.
This enabled Sporting Lisbon II to stand out in the competition of the Portuguese Second League and successfully advance to the Portuguese First League.
But after all, it is a youth team. Even if they are strong, they are all young players. Their best result in the Portuguese League is just mid-table, and they even fight hard for relegation every season.
The same is true this season.
The opponent in this game is Chavez, who is not very strong and is also fighting hard to avoid relegation.
The teams fighting for relegation are often more difficult to deal with than other teams.
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At the beginning of the game, Su Dong kicked the ball directly to Ronnie and rushed forward quickly.
After Ronnie got the ball, he passed it back directly and ran to the right.
Except for the goalkeepers, twenty players from both teams quickly formed their formations near the center line and intertwined with each other.
The ball was passed twice in the backcourt of Sporting Lisbon, and Ugo Pina quickly moved to the right side of the center line and passed it to Ronnie.
Ronnie stopped and dribbled past the defender, then dribbled forward into the opponent's half by himself.
There were only a few fans watching on the sidelines, but after seeing Ronnie's wonderful performance, they quickly applauded and screamed excitedly.
As soon as Ronnie crossed the center line with the ball, the opposing players immediately came up to intercept.
Su Dong ran over immediately and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Ronnie passed the ball to Su Dong, and instead of slowing down, he sprinted forward even faster.
Su Dong understood what he meant, and without stopping the ball, he pushed it directly in front of Ronnie.
The beautiful wall-to-wall pass once again won cheers from the audience.
But Su Dong in the field did not stop, continued to run forward, and once again received the pass from Ronnie outside the penalty area.
After he caught up with the ball, he was quickly blocked by the defender.
This time, Su Dong received the ball head-on. As soon as he stopped the ball, he pretended to shoot directly, tricking the defensive player into moving sideways to block him. But in fact, he suddenly kicked the ball on the ground and sent it straight into the penalty area.
Ronnie quickly cut into the penalty area and shot without stopping the ball, roaring, just like Hyuga Kojiro's fierce shot in the cartoon "Captain Tsubasa".
Thanks to the excellent tacit understanding between Su Dong and Ronnie, their attack was fast and beautiful.
Su Dong's final ground ball was also very accurate. Ronnie made a very fast run into the penalty area and his direct shot was also very exciting. Not only did the fans enjoy it, but Ronnie himself was also excited.
But the only thing is that the aim is a little off.
After the football was shot by the Tiger, it did not threaten the goal at all and flew directly out of the field.
This made Ronnie, who had already posed and was planning to celebrate the goal on the field, a little confused.
"It doesn't make sense. I felt it was right, how come it's crooked like this?" The boy from Madeira Island couldn't understand.
Su Dong walked over and slapped him on the shoulder. "Yeah, no matter how you look at it, you don't look like a man who fires blanks!"
Ronnie knew very well that Su Dong was "ridiculing" the boast he had made before the game.
"It must be because your pass was too bad, causing me to kick the ball in the wrong place." Ronnie seemed to have found the reason.
"Please, how would I know you were going to hit me directly? Will you die if you stop for a while before hitting me again?" Su Dong looked innocent.
"It looks more handsome this way." Ronnie replied confidently.
Su Dong slapped his head hard. He felt a little headache. He had no choice but to use a firm and unyielding middle finger to express his indignation.
"Pass it to me again, I promise I won't waste it this time."
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Soon, Sporting Lisbon's attack came back again.
This time it was Marcelino who broke through with the ball on the left.
Although Marcelino was abused like a grandson by his teammates in the first team, he was immediately reborn in the youth team and became a strong thigh again. He played well on the left and vented all the anger of the first team on the opponents.
After breaking through on the left, Marcelino passed the ball to Su Dong.
Su Dong turned his back to the direction of attack and used his body to block the opponent's central defender. After stopping the ball with his left foot, he swept it horizontally with his right foot.
He didn't even need to look to guess that Ronnie must be there.
Sure enough, the ball was passed horizontally to the top of the arc. Ronnie quickly cut in, stopped the ball, and shot directly with his left foot.
This time there was indeed no blank shot, but the problem was that it didn't hit hard.
The soft shot was directly hugged by the opponent's goalkeeper.
"Hey, buddy, why do you give up at the last moment?" Su Dong spread his hands.
Not only him, Marcelino was also angry and amused.
"Sorry, my right foot doesn't go well, my left foot is just right." Ronnie was embarrassed.
"Your left foot is half disabled." Su Dong smiled bitterly.
Although Ronnie worked hard to train his left foot, it is ultimately a weak foot and it will take time to train it.
Su Dong himself has a deep understanding of this, and he is also working hard to practice his left foot.
"Give me one more chance, one more time, and I will definitely not waste it this time."
Su Dong looked at Marcelino and Ugo Pina, and both of them shrugged helplessly.
There's nothing we can do about it, since he's the top player in the sports world.
Oh, no, the Sports Tower is now an equestrian arena.
He should be the number one guy in Correra now.
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Although Ronnie wasted two good scoring opportunities with consecutive shots, this was not a big problem in the eyes of head coach Jean James on the sidelines.
He seemed to be in a very good mood, with a smile on his face, and he was obviously very satisfied with the team's performance.
"After the opening, the offense went smoothly," Jean Jamès said with a smile.
In this game he did not follow the first team's double striker tactics, but instead adopted Sporting Lisbon's traditional 4-3-3 formation.
The reason why Sporting Lisbon produces wingers is that they often adopt the 4-3-3 winger tactics.
Marcelino happened to be sent back to the second team, so James naturally introduced the trident combination of Marcelino, Sudong and Ronnie. As a result, the three of them performed very well in the game.
"Su Dong is crucial. His awareness of , receiving the ball with his back to the basket and passing the ball are all very good. His sense of running several times is also very bright." Cardozo was also satisfied with the offense in the first ten minutes.
Sporting Lisbon basically suppressed Chavez. If they continued to play like this, a goal was a matter of time.
"When our scouts were observing him before, they said that he has a very keen sense of off-ball running. He can always run to the opponent's vital points, making it very uncomfortable. Now it seems that it is absolutely correct." Osvaldo Silva said with a smile.
Although it was only the first game and the game lasted only a dozen minutes, Su Dong's performance made the coaching staff of the second team very satisfied.
He has the advantage of height, is agile on his feet, can handle the ball and make passes. The tactical effect of such a center is very obvious.
"I remember that his nickname in Sporting CP is Little God of War, but he hasn't used Batistuta GOL yet." James is looking forward to Su Dong's famous skill.
Cardozo and Silva looked at each other and laughed at the same time, "It's just that Ronnie is too extravagant!"
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As the coaching staff was talking, Su Dong once again stopped the ball with his back to the goal at the front of the penalty area.
He was tall and leaned his back against the opponent's central defender, using his long legs to stop the ball in front of him. No matter how hard the defensive players behind him tried, they could not get the ball.
Who made them short?
If you are short, your legs will be short. Who can you blame?
When Su Dong stopped the ball, he glanced to the side and saw that the opponent had obviously strengthened their defense on Ronnie, so this time he did not pass the ball horizontally, but passed it back to Ugo Pina who was making a run from behind.
After Ugo Pina stopped the ball, he made a straight pass, which went right behind him.
Ronnie, who was originally running sideways to support the opponent, turned forward the moment Su Dong passed the ball back. At this time, he caught up with the ball in front of the right side of the small penalty area and shot directly with his right foot. However, the opponent's goalkeeper blocked the ball with a side dive and the ball hit the right post and went out of the bottom line.
Ronnie squatted in the penalty area, grabbed his hair with both hands, and let out a series of unwilling wails.
"I really didn't waste time this time, but it..."
Su Dong patted his old friend on the shoulder and let out a long sigh, saying that wasting time was also a habit.
"How about I try it next time?"
"You are more extravagant than me." Ronnie was very unconvinced.
In the eyes of a prodigal, everyone is a prodigal.
"Okay, I'll make a play for you. If you miss the ball, I'll make you mop the floor for a week."
Mopping the floor in a house of more than 200 square meters is very troublesome.
"What if he gets in?"
"I'll take three weeks." Ronnie gritted his teeth.
It turned out that if Su Dong really scored, he would punish himself for the three wasted shots just now.
There is no reason for Su Dong to stop his prodigal son from returning, right?
