Chapter 51 Su Dong is so strong!
More than a month has passed, and Su Dong and Ronnie have not been able to fully integrate into the first team, nor have they fully adapted to the training intensity of the first team, but they can finally keep up with the team's training.
To some extent, this means that they are constantly improving.
According to Pontes' assessment, their progress has been much smoother than that of Marcelino, but not as good as that of Quaresma.
However, this has nothing to do with strength or individual, it is purely a difference in the preparation environment.
The summer training period is relatively long, and as the team is still in its infancy, the head coach is more focused on rehearsing and polishing the team, which allows new players to integrate into the team faster . So Quaresma took two months to integrate into the team and shined in the first round against Porto.
However, the winter training camp only lasts for one week, and the overall technical and tactical skills are basically formed. It is basically unrealistic to ask Su Dong and Ronaldo to quickly integrate into the team at this time. This is why many players do not like to sign players during the winter break.
Although they have been making progress, they are still the poor performers in the first team.
Su Dong can only barely keep up with his two competitors, Gisvi and Laurentso, but in the team's ranking, there are also the injured Nikulai and Nalizis ahead of him, not to mention Jardel who has been in great scoring form recently.
Ronaldo had to take a backseat to Quaresma, with the other wing often being played by veteran Sa Pinto or Joao Pinto, or the 22-year-old Chilean attacking midfielder Rodrigo Tello.
These three players are already very mature players, and Ronnie is not yet able to play in the competition with them.
But this guy has never been one to follow the rules.
He would go to the coaching staff almost every day to complain, thinking that he should get some playing time.
"Even if it's just some garbage time, so that I can feel the atmosphere and rhythm of the first-team game, that would be good."
And every time, Boloni persuaded him to retreat with helplessness.
But Ronnie never tires of it.
In addition to trying his best to create opportunities for himself on the sidelines, Ronnie also tries every means to create opportunities for himself on the training ground.
Having bid farewell to his immaturity when he first joined the team, Ronnie began to show his abilities.
During team training, he started to dribble more often, and his occasional flashes of inspiration were amazing. He was also very active in defense. His previous feat of tackling Phil Babb was also repeated by other veterans.
Facing defensive players, he could easily dribble past them and seize the opportunity to pass through their gaps, which made some defensive players in the team love and hate him.
Head coach Boloni kept shouting from the sidelines, telling him not to play too recklessly.
Whether it is catching the moon in the bottom of the sea or dribbling through the crotch, these actions can easily anger the defensive players.
But Ronnie always nodded and agreed with a smile.
He did it not to show off, but to attract Boloni's attention.
As if inspired by Ronaldo, Quaresma also stuck to the ball and dared to dribble and break through.
This made Boloni feel very embarrassed, because he found that if these two wing geniuses played at the same time, how would the attack in the frontcourt be expected?
Everyone is only concerned with getting the ball and dribbling, how can they attack?
Having only Quaresma is already bad enough, if there is another Ronaldo, the picture will be simply beautiful.
Whenever the two of them played too wildly, Boloni would let Andre Cruz out.
The Brazilian player is 1.82 meters tall. Although he is old and his speed and explosiveness are not as good as when he was young, he is very experienced. He has been immersed in defense in Serie A for many years and is very tough in one-on-one defense.
Whenever Andre Cruz takes action, Ronnie and Quaresma immediately become obedient and docile.
Then, the Brazilian center back would return to his central position and continue to ravage Su Dong.
Su Dong also became the most inconspicuous and least eye-catching player on the team's training ground.
until……
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Ronnie once again tried to break through with the ball from the left but failed. After being blocked by Phil Babb, he was forced to pass the ball back to the middle.
The ball has been pushed to the area about 30 meters in the front court and is passed back and forth in the outer area.
Su Dong originally wanted to meet Ronnie, but after seeing Ronnie pass the ball back, he decisively ran back while pointing to the right.
Ugo Viana, the midfield organizer of the same team, saw Su Dong's gesture, took a step forward, and sent a diagonal pass with his left foot, sending the ball to the front right area at the top of the penalty area.
Su Donggang ran over and used his body to block Andre Cruz who was following behind him.
The Brazilian center back missed the opportunity to intercept the ball and could only be blocked behind Su Dong.
Such scenes have occurred countless times on Alcocheti's training ground over the past month.
But no one can break through Cruise!
Su Dong turned sideways to the right, first lightly touched the ball with his left foot, changing its direction and slowing down its speed, then he turned to the right and extended his right foot to stop the ball under his feet.
The whole action, from stopping the ball to turning around, was done in one go.
Cruz himself was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he was already behind him, but Su Dong could stop the ball in this way and turn around successfully.
At this moment, a hint of admiration flashed in Cruise's eyes.
Pontes, who was watching the training on the sidelines, clapped his hands vigorously, "Well done, Sue!"
Head coach Boloni also nodded repeatedly. This stop and turn of the ball was indeed amazing.
The basic skills are solid, but the key lies in the handling of the ball.
From the way he took the initiative just now, we can see that Su Dong is a very smart, or even cunning, player.
The following stop and turn left Cruz with no way out.
"But just like this, we can't deal with Cruz." Boloni is very confident in his central defender.
As expected, Cruz was very experienced. After Su Dong turned around, he decisively engaged in close combat.
Cruz, who is 1.82 meters tall, has never been a reckless man. On the contrary, like Brazilian defensive players, he is very good at close combat, especially various small moves that emerge one after another, which are very troublesome.
Pontes also knew that this was the limit of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
After all, he has to face Cruz, who once competed with world-class central defenders such as Maldini and Costacurta.
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The moment Su Dong turned around and stopped the ball with his right foot, he already knew what would happen next.
This is not without precedent in the past month.
Not only him, but also Ronnie, Quaresma and others, none of them could break through Cruz.
He could even feel the close pressure from Cruz on his left shoulder.
But at this moment, Su Dong used the props he had carefully prepared.
Orb of Deception!
This one-time item cost Su Dong 10,000 points and was purchased in the mall.
“Deception Orb: Makes the user’s next move look more confusing, increasing the chances of the opponent misjudging it.”
As soon as Su Dong used the props, a light and shadow immediately appeared in his mind. At the same time, his right foot kicked the ball back, and his whole body stopped abruptly, and his left shoulder broke free from Cruz's hands.
Cruz had already placed his hands on Su Dong's left shoulder, gaining a certain defensive advantage. He even guessed what Su Dong might do next, either continue to move forward or make an emergency stop and dunk.
He had strategies for both scenarios.
But just when Su Dong dribbled the ball back, Cruz suddenly noticed a small movement of Su Dong's left foot. He subconsciously shouted that it was not good, this kid was going to cut inside laterally.
At this moment, he even forgot that Su Dong's left foot was not skillful and was even half disabled, so he immediately blocked it.
But as soon as the blocking action came out, he immediately realized that he had made a mistake.
He even had the urge to slap himself and ask himself why he made such a stupid mistake?
He was actually bewitched by Su Dong!
After Su Dong dribbled the ball back, he stopped abruptly, seemingly wanting to cut inside laterally, but in fact he pushed the ball forward again and sprinted forward at the fastest speed.
Although Cruz reacted quickly and tried to block Su Dong with his hands, the best position had already been taken by Su Dong. He directly knocked away Cruz's right hand, sprinted forward quickly, caught up with the ball at the front of the penalty area, and brought it into the penalty area in one step.
Facing goalkeeper Thiago, Sudong shot directly with his right foot.
The ball passed through Thiago's lower right corner and went straight into the goal behind him.
Batty GOL!!
Su Dong jumped high in the penalty area, clenched his fists and cheered excitedly, looking like he had scored a goal in the game.
You know, in the past month or so, he has been ravaged by Cruise in every way and is completely beaten to a pulp.
Now, I can finally get some of the interest back.
Everyone around was stunned.
There was no applause, no cheers, everyone was stunned.
Su Dong actually broke through Cruz!
Moreover, he broke through Cruz's defense in a head-on confrontation.
This is simply unbelievable!
Not only Cruz himself couldn't believe it, but his teammates around him couldn't believe it either. Head coach Boloni and Pontes and others on the sidelines also showed expressions of disbelief.
If the stop and turn just now was amazing, then the forced breakthrough through Cruz that followed was jaw-dropping.
Oh my god, how did he do that?
That's Andre Crews!
Applause soon broke out on the training ground.
This is a tradition in team training, everyone will applaud and even cheer for their teammates' outstanding performances.
This is also the first time that Su Dong has received applause from first-team players since joining Sporting Lisbon.
Everyone looked at him in disbelief, because everything that happened just now happened so fast that they couldn't understand it.
Perhaps, after the training session is over, by watching the training video, everyone will have a clearer and more intuitive understanding.
But now, they only have one idea.
Su Dong is so strong!
He should be the only player in the team who can break through Andre Cruz in a one-on-one head-on defense.
This is something that Ronnie, Quaresma, and even Jardel and Niculai have not been able to do.
