Ronaldo's signed jersey!!!
Su Dong was ecstatically holding the Inter Milan No. 9 jersey in front of him, which had Ronaldo's autograph on it. He was so happy that he couldn't let it go.
"Oh my God, it's really Ronaldo's signature." Su Dong was so excited.
Luis Suarez and Mendes saw his reaction and started laughing too.
It is obvious that this former legendary superstar prepared it specially for Su Dong after learning about his preferences.
"Luis went to watch your game away from home before, and flew to Milan to ask Ronaldo for a signed jersey, and then flew back to Lisbon." Suarez's friend, Spanish scout Garcia, helped.
After hearing this, Su Dong thanked him repeatedly with great gratitude. He really liked Ronaldo very much.
"To be honest, since I was a child, I have dreamed of playing on the same field with Ronaldo. I longed to play football like him, but unfortunately, I am now drifting away from him." Su Dong said with a wry smile with regret.
What he meant was that the taller he got, the less Ronaldo he became.
Suarez laughed. "Whether your styles are similar or not is secondary. I think your tenacity is very similar to his. He was able to suffer serious injuries many times and come back many times. This willpower is worth learning."
Everyone nodded.
Anyone who has played football knows that serious injuries like the ones Ronaldo suffered might have ruined other players' careers in one go, but he made comebacks time and time again, and always maintained a very high level after his comeback.
It is impossible to say that there was no hardship behind this that ordinary people could not imagine.
Su Dong is now able to understand more and more that talent is important, but hard training is the key to a player's success.
Even a genius like Ronnie still has to work hard and practice, right?
Which talented player like Quaresma doesn't need hard training?
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Luis Suarez came over specifically for a visit this time.
He prepared a gift for Su Dong and Ronnie respectively, but it was obvious that Su Dong was extremely excited to receive Ronaldo's autographed jersey, but Ronnie's reaction was much calmer.
Because if there is no idol of his in the Inter Milan team.
He likes Figo.
Suarez said that after watching the game, he was very surprised by the performance of both players. He has also written a scouting report and submitted it to Inter Milan's scouting department. He believes that they will continue to follow up on the performance of the two players.
"Su, keep going, I believe you will have the opportunity to fight alongside Ronaldo."
Going to Inter Milan?
Su Dong is also full of expectations for this.
But he knew more clearly that he was far from having that strength now.
The topic quickly shifted elsewhere.
Suarez would ask about their lives and training with concern, learn about their affairs, and even give them some advice on certain matters.
He is not only a legendary superstar who has won the European Golden Ball, but also a successful head coach with extremely rich experience. In addition, he has been running in front of and behind the scenes over the years, and is very familiar with the current professional football scene and has his own independent views.
After some communication, both Su Dong and Ronnie benefited a lot.
After more than half an hour, Suarez got up and said goodbye.
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"Su, judging from your expression, are you in trouble?"
Su Dong, Ronnie and Mendes sent Suarez and the other man downstairs, and Su Dong and Suarez fell behind.
The Spanish old man seemed to be very concerned about Su Dong and noticed his expression.
Su Dong hesitated for a moment and expressed his complicated feelings at the moment.
"Is it because I'm not strong enough?" Su Dong asked with concern.
Suarez laughed after hearing this, patted Su Dong on the shoulder, and said with relief: "This is very normal, no one can avoid it, because people always grow up in self-doubt."
“Believe me, if one day you no longer doubt yourself, there are only two possibilities: either you are strong enough to be fearless and nothing and no opponent can shake your confidence; or you are so arrogant and ignorant that you have even deceived yourself.”
"I have always believed that self-doubt is a good thing for a professional player, because it means that you are ambitious and motivated, and it also means that you take football very seriously."
“Every time you overcome self-doubt, it is a valuable progress for you.”
Suarez's words brought a great shock to Su Dong.
Since joining Sporting Lisbon, in the eyes of everyone, his performance has been rising steadily, and he has even begun to serve as the offensive core of the second team. However, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility.
As a player from a weak football country, Su Dong has a sense of insecurity and lack of confidence in his bones.
The better he performs, the more praise he gets , and the higher his status in the team, the stronger his fear and lack of confidence will become, and he will always be unable to help but doubt himself.
Can I?
When playing against Amadora, Jean Jamès asked Su Dong the same question, and he said without hesitation that he could.
But in fact, he had doubts in his heart.
Now, Boloni asked him to be prepared at all times, and his inherent insecurity and lack of confidence came out again.
But Suarez told him that was a good thing.
As the saying goes, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, but this fearlessness is based on ignorance.
As they gradually gain knowledge and understand more, they will have more awe for the world, feel their own insignificance, doubt themselves again and again, and even deny themselves.
Is this a bad thing?
not necessarily.
Some people are defeated by fear and lack of confidence, so they start to stop moving forward.
They will stay in their comfort zone and are unwilling to make changes. They lack the courage.
But some people will overcome their inner awe and self-doubt time and time again, making themselves stronger and more confident.
"The higher your ambition, the greater your fear."
“To put it bluntly, competitive sports are not about competing with your opponent, but fighting with yourself!”
After Suarez said these two sentences, he smiled and patted Su Dong's shoulder, feeling very relieved.
Being able to think of these things at the age of seventeen proves that Su Dong is a precocious and independent teenager. This will undoubtedly be a good thing for his career, because there are countless players who are not lacking in talent or having a bad environment, but are not strong enough and mature enough inside. Su Dong is very mature and is becoming stronger and stronger.
“You have done well enough. Don’t have any unnecessary pressure or burden. Don’t doubt or deny yourself. Just let go and shine your light.”
"I believe you will become an excellent professional player."
Su Dong watched Suarez get into the car, somewhat unbelievable that he could receive such high expectations from this legendary superstar. He could hear the sincerity in his tone, which was not false courtesy.
Of course, to achieve it, Su Dong still needs to put in more effort and sweat.
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After Mendes sent Suarez away, he looked at Su Dong with some surprise, then turned to look at Ronnie.
He had received news before that Suarez was very interested in Ronnie.
Then he tried to find a way to get Suarez to watch the game in person.
Things are going very smoothly. Suarez is very satisfied with Ronaldo. Although Inter Milan is not interested in buying Ronaldo so early, Mendes knows very well that Suarez's interest will sooner or later lead to this deal.
No one can influence Inter Milan chairman Moratti like Suarez.
But tonight's visit made Mendes unexpectedly discover that Suarez was most interested in Sudong rather than Ronnie.
Especially when he went downstairs just now, although he did not stop, he was always paying attention. Suarez deliberately walked at the end and talked to Su Dong, and what he said was undoubtedly some of Suarez's experience and insights in his career.
Before parting, Suarez's words, actions and expressions all revealed his admiration for Su Dong.
This took Mendes by surprise.
Perhaps, we should really re-evaluate the value and potential of Sudong.
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Suarez's visit did not attract any attention.
He has retired for many years, and no one cares where he went or what he did.
Su Dong was only excited for one night, and then he collected Ronaldo's autographed jersey like a treasure. As for the other things, he didn't care about them.
Suarez's words were of great help to Su Dong. They made him realize that he was not the only one like this. It turned out that everyone would be like this and would doubt themselves under heavy pressure.
Now that he understood this, he was no longer afraid.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
If you don’t want to be a loser who stands still, you can only keep moving forward and constantly break through yourself.
In the following days, Su Dong continued to train with Nuno Cruz every day and participated in the first-team training.
Jardel trained alone and did not return to the team until Thursday.
Ronnie was more aware of his brother-in-law's injuries, and he secretly told Su Dong that it was not very serious, just a bit troublesome.
"Not only is he unable to play all the games, he is not allowed to play all the games."
This is something that has already shown symptoms.
In all the matches that Sporting Lisbon won, without exception, after the team had secured victory, they replaced Jardel with Narizis. Before, Su Dong and others thought that this was a kind of protection for Jardel.
But now it seems that the club probably knew about his foot injury a long time ago.
It is common for players to get injured, but some hidden dangers are still very troublesome.
It's a pity that after Narizis joined Sporting Lisbon, he played in almost every game in the second half, ranging from an hour to twenty minutes, but he didn't even score a goal.
This also made everyone in Sporting Lisbon very disappointed in him.
Many people in the team are speculating that he will not be retained by the team after the end of this season.
None of this has anything to do with Su Dong. He still concentrates on practicing hard and improving himself.
But just after the training session ended on Friday afternoon, when the coaching staff announced the roster for Saturday's away challenge against Setubal in the locker room, Sudong and Ronnie were on the list.