Chapter 43: It's all because of being too extravagant
“Well done!”
When Su Dong walked off the court, head coach Jean James greeted him with a smile, high-fived him vigorously, and gave him a solemn hug to show his excitement at the moment.
2-0, Sporting Lisbon II defeated Chavez at home.
Su Dong, who played for the team for the first time, scored both goals and scored twice.
Is there a more satisfying debut than this?
After hugging James, Su Dong turned around and high-fived Cardozo and other coaches, and then hugged Jose Semedo.
The Cape Verdean player sat on the bench throughout the game, without even a minute of playing time, and looked very depressed.
But when Su Dong told him that Ronnie had lost the mopping task for three weeks, Semedo was so excited that he almost jumped up.
"This is the best news I've heard today! Thank you Ronnie! Thank you God!"
Ronnie appeared silently behind him, suddenly grabbed his neck, and pretended to punch him twice in anger.
He was really having a bad time tonight.
As the top player in the team, he had a lot of shooting rights and took five or six shots throughout the game, but none of them hit the target.
I have to say, this is indeed a very regrettable thing.
A major reason is that he is too extravagant.
Sometimes , even if the opportunity is clearly not good, he still forces the shot. How can his hit rate be so high?
However, judging from the overall performance of the game, Ronnie's strength still stands out among the two teams.
Although he seemed jealous on the surface, Ronnie was actually very happy about Su Dong's two goals.
As he said before, if there is anyone in the team who can make him lose willingly, it is only Su Dong.
"Since I've helped you, shouldn't you help me share some of the housework?" Ronnie asked bitterly.
Su Dong was stunned when he heard it, and immediately looked at Semedo, "By the way, Jose, have you seen my shoes?"
"Shoes? What shoes?"
"Didn't I ask you to put it away for me just now?"
"Have it?"
"There's none?"
"It won't be lost, will it?"
"Then we have to go find it quickly."
"I'll help you."
The two of them walked away arm in arm, leaving Ronnie alone, feeling confused.
It’s all because of being too extravagant!
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After defeating the opponent by two goals, the players of the second team celebrated the victory in the locker room.
Everyone spoke highly of Su Dong, the goal scorer, and many players even ran over to celebrate with him.
There is no faster way to integrate into the team than to score goals, help the team win.
Su Dong was also in a good mood.
Before the game, he himself had not thought that he would be able to score twice in the game.
His original goal was to have an assist, and the best result was to score a goal.
But unexpectedly, he scored two goals in the end.
The main reason is that Chavez is not as strong as he imagined.
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"Chavez is roughly equivalent to the level of the top teams in the Portuguese Second Division."
After the game, Pontes went to the locker room immediately and talked to Su Dong about his performance and failures in this game.
"There has always been a problem in the Portuguese First Division, that is, the strong teams are very strong, and the weak teams are relatively weak. This mainly depends on the financial strength of the team. As long as there is enough financial strength, it is easy to build a team in the Portuguese First Division that is at the bottom of the Portuguese Super League, or even in the middle of the Portuguese First Division. But a team like Chavez is only at the level of a strong team in the Portuguese Second Division."
Su Dong played in the Portuguese Second Division South Division for half a year, and he agreed with Pontes' analysis.
"So, you must pay attention. Although you are happy to score twice in the first game, it is not worth being proud of. After all, the opponent is weaker. Next, you should work hard to adapt to the intensity of the Portuguese League, train and improve yourself, and show better performance in the strong dialogue."
Su Dong nodded, he understood this very well.
"If you can perform well against strong teams like Universidad de Coimbra, Nacional, Moreirense, Amadora or Rio Ave, you will definitely be in Bologna's sights."
The teams mentioned by Pontes are the ones currently ranked at the top of the Portuguese League.
Among them, Moreirense, Coimbra University and Nacional ranked in the top three of the Portuguese League respectively, and their leading advantages are quite obvious. It can be said that they are the three most popular teams to be promoted to the Portuguese Super League.
If he can put in a convincing performance in the games against these teams, it will prove that Su Dong has the ability to play in the Portuguese Super League, which will undoubtedly make him an additional option for head coach Boloni in his lineup.
Of course, it is difficult to do this.
In addition to affirming Su Dong's performance and giving him some suggestions, Pontes also reminded and corrected some problems exposed by Su Dong in the game.
After all, he is still a newcomer and there are still many gaps in coordination between him and his teammates.
A very important reason why we were able to defeat Chavez in this game was that we were playing at home and the opponent was not very strong. The team played smoothly in attack after the opening, with Marcelino returning to the second team and Ronaldo added, Sporting Lisbon had a clear advantage on both wings.
With Su Dong in charge of the center of the frontcourt, the team's offense was very active from the beginning.
But the real test lies in the dialogue between the strong.
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After talking with Pontes, Sudong welcomed Mendes and Manuel.
When the two saw Su Dong, they were all smiling and were obviously in a very happy mood.
Mendes had a great harvest in this round.
In the first team, Viana and Quaresma both made the starting lineup, Sporting Lisbon also performed well, defeating their opponents away. In the second team, the newcomer Sudong scored twice and Ronaldo also had a good performance.
All of this makes Mendes feel happy.
"I suggest that you find a way to share your goals with your teammates," Mendes suggested.
Su Dong didn’t quite understand this. How should the goal be shared?
"You know, football is a sport for 11 people. You scored the goal, that's true, but think about it, if there was no assist from Ronnie, could you have scored the goal?"
Su Dong shook his head. He understood this truth.
"What about before Ronnie? Without the defense of Jose Fonte and others, without the assistance of Ugo Pina and others, do you think Ronnie could have made that assist?"
Su Dong immediately understood what Mendes meant.
Football is a team sport and scoring a goal is also a team contribution.
He seized the last chance and sent the ball into the goal. This was certainly a glory for him, but in fact it was the support of the whole team behind him. Without his teammates, he would not have been able to score this goal.
As the hero of the goal, he no longer needs any more praise. Not only that, he should take the initiative to share the credit of the goal with the group of unknown teammates behind him and take the opportunity build good relationships with them.
In this kind of team sport, it is difficult for a lone goal scorer to be accepted by the whole team.
This is why Pontes reminded him that Marcelino would not be able to gain a foothold in the first team.
If you are not accepted, it becomes more difficult to fit in.
"Then what should I do?" Su Dong looked at each other cluelessly.
This was the first time he had encountered something like this, he didn't have to deal with this before at Sporting CP.
"It's actually very simple. Your salaries are not high, so just treat everyone to a meal. You don't have to go to a high-end restaurant like Romario's Seafood Restaurant. Just go to some delicious mid-range restaurant and treat your teammates. That's all."
"that's all?"
"Yes." Mendes nodded, "But you have to remember, don't go to the dinner party in your own name. Go to the dinner party in the name of the whole team and then pay for it yourself."
Su Dong is not stupid, he is just not familiar with some social practices.
Mendes woke up a little and immediately understood the difference between a personal dinner and a team dinner. He smiled and nodded to his agent and said thank you.
The more he interacted with him, the more he realized how shrewd Mendes was.
This kind of cleverness is not an all-pervasive calculation, but a proper, all-round service with no blind spots.
"I went to Jose Semedo and asked him to invite his teammates to dinner."
Seeing that Su Dong understood everything immediately, Mendes and Manuel smiled at each other.
"He is really smart." Manuel looked at Su Dong's back and praised with a smile.
Mendes nodded and smiled. "You don't need to be very smart to be a professional player, but if you want to be an excellent professional player, you must learn to be smart."
The locker room is like a small society, which brings together twenty or thirty young people from all over the world with different cultural backgrounds, educational levels, living habits and personalities. These people have different purposes and ideas for playing football.
If you want to survive in this kind of environment and in the locker room, you must be smart and learn how to make your teammates willingly surround you, pass the ball to you, and assist you.
A forced melon is not sweet, and you won’t be willing to accept it unless you are willing.
The biggest problem for many teams is not that the players are not strong enough, nor that the head coach does not assign reasonable tactics, but that there are conflicts within the locker room and that the players are unwilling to obey and execute, and are unwilling to cooperate.
The striker is born to be the face and flag of a team because he is responsible for scoring goals and always attracts everyone's attention.
But the more this is the case, the more the forward needs support from the entire team.
Mendes was well aware of this, so he reminded Su Dong, hoping he would pay attention to it.
It is far from enough to rely solely on outstanding performance on the field, because there is a saying in football: the outcome of a game is decided the moment the players from both sides enter the field.
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Su Dong quickly found Jose Semedo and Ronnie and brought up the matter.
Apparently, Mendes had coached Ronnie before, so he was very supportive.
But Jose Semedo smiled and said that his teammates didn't care about eating and drinking because they couldn't eat and drink casually.
"Remember what I said before? As long as you score a goal, I will take you to have fun."
"Instead of inviting everyone to eat and drink, why not invite us to have some fun? I believe everyone will be happier."
happy?
The pink light appeared in Su Dong's mind .
