Chapter 47: Crazy Jadel
The second team drew 1-1 with Gondomar away, and the first team drew 2-2 with Porto away.
On the same day, both teams emerged victorious from their away games, which made the fans of Sporting Lisbon generally satisfied.
But the price the team paid was also very painful. Three players, including captain Barbosa, will face suspension.
For a time, the media and fans close to Sporting Lisbon were worried, but the atmosphere within the team was ready to move.
Especially in the first team, many players smelled the opportunity.
This was directly reflected in the training session on the second day, when everyone worked harder.
In a counterattack after losing the ball in the frontcourt, Ronnie made a fierce tackle on Irish defender Phil Babb, knocking the 31-year-old veteran to the ground.
Phil Babb angrily got up from the grass, rushed forward, and patted Ronnie on the face, "Calm down, little brat, if you have energy, use it on our opponents, don't cause me any trouble!"
Ronnie also realized that he was not calm enough, and slowly backed away, but he did not show any weakness in his words, "When I become the best player in the world, I'll see if you dare to call me a brat again."
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Su Dong was near the incident and immediately pulled Ronnie away. At the same time, he also felt the tense atmosphere within the team.
The competition was so fierce that everyone seemed like sharks that had smelled blood, ready to rush in.
Everyone’s goal is to get on the big roster or even a starting spot.
Even a player like Su Dong, who has not had a chance yet, can't help but have some fantasies in his mind.
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In the middle of the week, in the Portuguese Cup quarter-finals, they will challenge Real City away.
Although the opponent was just an amateur team in a low-level league, Boloni arranged half of the substitute lineup to start and won the opponent 4-0 away, but Su Dong and Ronnie were still excluded from the roster.
Of course, neither of them had too many complaints about this, after all, they had just entered the first team.
It is worth mentioning that Jardel scored twice.
The Brazilian striker's scoring momentum seems to be unstoppable.
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This weekend, in the 19th round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon will face Belerence at home.
The team was troubled by two red card suspensions, and its overall strength was greatly affected.
But at the critical moment, it was Jardel who stepped forward again and scored two goals in the 28th and 82nd minutes respectively, winning three points for Sporting Lisbon at home.
He scored twice in two consecutive games and scored five goals in three games. Jardel's scoring momentum is unstoppable.
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A week later, in the 20th round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon challenged Arvika away.
Jardel scored the first goal for the team in the 27th minute, and then scored two goals in the 50th and 80th minutes, completing a hat trick, which was also his first hat trick of the season.
Scoring eight goals in four games, anyone can see that Jardel is completely crazy.
Outside media reported that this was Jardel's attempt to send the strongest signal to all teams interested in him before the winter transfer market closes.
That is, he is still the Brazilian striker who scores goals like crazy!
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As if to confirm the outside world's speculation, on the last day of January, in the 21st round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon faced Leiria at home.
The visiting team's overall strength was greatly affected after the departure of head coach Mourinho. Sporting Lisbon took advantage of its home advantage and launched wave after wave of attacks on its opponents.
Jardel scored a goal in the 21st minute, and three minutes later Quaresma scored the first Portuguese Super League goal in his career, which was also his first goal of the season.
Before the end of the first half, Jardel scored another goal for Sporting Lisbon with this penalty kick.
After the second half, Leiria equalized the game, but Jardel's goal in the 87th minute secured the victory for the team.
Another hat trick!
He scored a hat trick in two consecutive league rounds.
Eleven goals in five games, is there any statistic crazier than this?
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Jardel's consecutive goals have made his transfer a hot topic.
Not only the Portuguese media is reporting crazily, but the media from the four major European leagues are also paying close attention.
Almost all teams eager to strengthen their offense will have rumors with Jardel, and some media even continue to release explosive news with confidence, concluding that Jardel will join a top team at some point in time.
But what surprised everyone was that until the last moment when the transfer market closed, no team made an offer to Sporting Lisbon, and Jardel's winter transfer failed.
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While Jardel was scoring goals like crazy in the first team, Ronnie, who was in the second team, finally broke his goal drought since the winter break.
In the three games in mid-to-late January, Sporting Lisbon II achieved one win, one draw and one loss.
These four points have enabled the team to take a solid step forward on the road to relegation.
Su Dong scored a goal and had an assist in three games.
Ronnie's goal came from Su Dong's assist.
The two of them are cooperating more and more smoothly, and they are gradually establishing a tacit understanding on the field with the players of the second team. This has also greatly improved Su Dong's status in the locker room of the second team, and more and more people recognize his performance and starting position.
And everyone began to believe that it was only a matter of time before Su Dong and Ronnie, two players who were training with the first team, played for the first team.
Su Dong is not particularly concerned about when he can play in the first team. He prefers to believe that as long as he has the strength, playing in the first team will be a natural and inevitable process.
Training with the first team and playing for the second team have greatly helped Su Dong improve his strength in both training and competition. Coupled with his daily hard work, his performance has gotten better and better.
Among the three major categories of attributes, the highest speed and explosive power have reached 86 points, and other offensive attributes are basically more than 75 points.
In just one month, Su Dong has made great progress compared to when he first joined the team.
This also made him firmly believe that as long as he continued to maintain this momentum, he would soon be able to fully train both the technical and physical aspects at the [Ball] level.
But I guess it’s impossible to achieve great perfection this time.
Because he is a forward, Su Dong's defensive attributes develop very slowly.
This is obviously forcing him to plan his career and give up his defensive attributes .
It's already difficult for him to only train in the two categories of technique and physical fitness. If he also trains in defense, when will he be able to upgrade?
Besides, he is a center forward, not a central defender. As long as his defense is acceptable, there is no need to be too demanding.
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Night time, sky bar.
Su Dong sat on the sofa in the bar, looking up, and saw the stars under the black curtain. They were so beautiful that they were beyond words. He was even a little dazed by them.
Tonight is a party for the first team.
Jardel, who has been scoring goals like crazy recently, invited all his teammates to get together here during the team's holiday, which is rare.
Head coach Boloni gave the green light, but Nikulai did not come.
The Romanian center forward has been plagued by injuries since the winter break and has not played for even a minute. On the contrary, Narizis had several opportunities to replace Jardel but failed to show enough strength.
It can be said that the current forward line of Sporting Lisbon is really supported by Jardel.
The team has won consecutive games recently and is beginning to widen the gap with Boavista and Porto. The atmosphere in the team is much more relaxed than before. The players gather in the bar and the atmosphere is quite warm. Compared with the cold winter outside, the bar is truly as warm as spring.
Ronnie and Jordana were inseparable in the corner, and their relationship was developing at a rapid pace. Many other players also brought their girlfriends or wives, and there were also many bachelors like Su Dong. They were either playing games or table football in the distance, and there were occasional exclamations of surprise, and the atmosphere was quite lively.
Su Dong ordered a drink, sat on the sofa, looked up and counted the stars in the sky.
He began to realize that maybe he should learn how to play games, otherwise he would have less and less common topics with them.
However, playing games is also a waste of time.
He now wishes he had forty-eight hours a day so that he can continue to practice hard and improve his strength as quickly as possible.
Who made the gap in strength between him and his first-team teammates so huge?
But there is no way, time is fair to everyone.
Andre Cruz, who was originally watching the table football, finally left the crowd. He first went to the bar to order a drink, then found an empty table and started to enjoy it with relish.
Seeing that he was alone, Su Dong immediately picked up the drink cup on the table and walked towards Cruise.
Since he joined Sporting Lisbon, he has been training with the first team. As a center forward, he is always inevitably facing Andre Cruz. Unsurprisingly, he is beaten to a pulp by Cruz every time.
It can be said that in the past month, he has not taken even the slightest advantage of Cruise.
This made him feel in awe of the Brazilian central defender.
This was a rare opportunity, and he really wanted to clarify the questions in his mind.
Cruz looked at Su Dong who was sitting in front of him, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"What's the matter?" the Brazilian center back asked curiously.
Su Dong put the drink cup on the table, nodded and said: "Yes, I want to ask you something."
Andre Cruz is a veteran who has played for top teams such as Standard Liege, Napoli, and AC Milan. He has a lot of experience and as soon as he saw Su Dong's expression, he immediately guessed something.
The Brazilian center back smiled and nodded, "Ask me, I'll tell you everything I know."
Su Dong felt Cruise's honesty. After pondering the wording, he asked seriously, "Why do I always feel like you can guess what I want to do in advance? Are my actions really that easy to guess?"
By the end of the question, Su Dong's brows were already furrowed.
Sometimes he even felt that Cruise could predict the future.
