Sixty-Three Is Su Dong Worth Entrusting?
Sitting on the visiting team's bench at the Bofim Stadium, Su Dong has been paying attention to the situation on the field so intensely that he forgot to go to the sidelines to warm up and move his muscles when it was time.
It was a nationally live match against Portugal.
There are broadcast stations in the mid-air and around the field of Bofim Stadium, and they will pay attention to every move on the field.
Of course, the director will only push out the scenes that fans are most interested in, and most of the captured scenes will not be seen by fans, and no one will pay attention to the unknown people on the bench.
At most, when I was shooting the head coach Boloni on the sidelines, I accidentally took the bench in.
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The game was actually quite dull.
Setubal is based on the defensive counterattack, and Sporting Lisbon is also seeking stability on the road, and neither side takes risks easily.
The midfielders were heavily involved, but none of them were effective.
Boloni asked Joao Pinto as a shadow striker and hid behind Jardel, hoping that he could catch the ball in the 30-meter area and pass it out.
This may seem like a simple task, but under the strict strangulation of the opponent, the players in the Lisbon Arena performed quite badly. Even in the first half hour, Joao Pinto did not even give a kick Threatening pass.
Elio Sousa and Sandro Mendes were a sophisticated midfielder who held down Joao Pinto.
Sporting Lisbon is also trying to advance from the flank, but Barbosa on the left is not good at dribbling and breaking through. The left guard Rui Jorge actively plugs in, but the effect is not very obvious. Paul Ferreira is in This side is solid.
Quaresma on the right was as good as ever, but he was still too sticky.
The style of the game is very entertaining, and the kick is also very good. Even if it is edited into a few small videos, it must be very exciting, but if it is zoomed in to the whole game, at least in the first 30 minutes, he did not create a threat.
That's the difference between a video highlight and a full game.
Sporting Lisbon could not open the deadlock, and Setubal was also waiting patiently for the opportunity.
The game went on so dull.
Just when Su Dong began to feel a little uneasy, the midfielder suddenly stole the ball, Barbosa sent a diagonal pass, Jardel quickly rushed into the penalty area, like plucking green onions on dry land, and the header hit the spot, breaking the game for Sporting Lisbon. deadlock.
In an instant, the entire Bofim Stadium was booed.
The fans on the scene certainly won't applaud Jardel's goal.
But Sporting Lisbon is very excited.
This goal came at a very good time.
Jardel himself was quite excited, running around the field to celebrate, and also ran to the bench to give high-fives to his teammates such as Ronnie and Su Dong.
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"This is the number one star!" Su Dong exclaimed.
Although Boloni didn't like it, many people even questioned Jardel's tactical value, believing that he would only score goals, but at critical moments, Jardel could score goals.
That's what Jardel is worth!
"It's amazing. He seized all the little opportunities. His sense of smell is too keen." Ronnie was also very impressed.
Just now, when Setubal turned from defense to attack, after midfielder Barbosa succeeded in stealing the ball, Jardel plugged in immediately, succeeded in anti-offside, and hit a header in the penalty area.
The whole goal reflects Jardel's keen sense of smell and clever movement.
Of course, there is also his ability to beat Hugo Costa and head the goal.
"The deadlock was broken, and Setubal couldn't sit still." Ronnie said excitedly.
Su Dong also nodded frequently.
After Sporting Lisbon scored, Setubal had to become more proactive.
In this case, Sporting Lisbon will have more attacking space,
There will be more counterattacks.
The situation is very good.
But just when both Su Dong and Ronnie thought that Sporting Lisbon had grabbed the three-pointer with one hand, the situation on the field changed again.
Just seven minutes after Jardel scored, Sporting Lisbon's Quaresma was too sticky and did not pass the ball in time. After being stolen, he quickly counterattacked, drove straight along the right, and made a cross to the penalty area.
Andre Cruz missed a good opportunity in the fight with the opponent's striker, was grabbed by the opponent's first drop, the header was ferryed to the penalty spot, and the midfielder Sandro Mendes inserted in the back row. A direct push shot equalized the score for Setubal.
Everyone was stunned.
Su Dong even looked at the players of Setubal who were celebrating wildly on the field in disbelief. He heard the cheers in his ears, and not only a word came to his mind.
Anything is possible in football!
At the same time, he also remembered a statistic that Pontes had told him.
The most dangerous moments in a game are often when you feel safe.
A lot of goals are spread out in the ten minutes after the previous goal.
It seems to be to confirm this statistic of Pontes. Just two minutes later, there was a mistake on Quaresma's side. Rui Bento's pass was interrupted and he fought back again.
Hugo Henrique scored another goal for Setubal and successfully reversed the score.
Two to one!
In just ten minutes, the situation reversed again and again.
First, Sporting Lisbon scored, and then Setubal pulled two goals in a row to reverse.
If this is a TV series, then the plot really turns a corner.
And losing two goals in a row, Sporting Lisbon suffered a painful blow.
Five minutes after the goal, the first half was over.
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With the coach's shout, Su Dong stood up from his seat like the other substitute players.
They need to be on the field to warm up at half-time.
The starters walked from the stadium to the passage one after another, preparing to return to the locker room. The head coach Boloni has long since disappeared. It is estimated that he went back to the locker room early to prepare for the tactical arrangement and adjustment of the second half.
One-two behind Setubal was unacceptable to every Sporting player.
The second half had to counterattack.
But the key is, how to kick out the threat?
"Quaresma acted like a coward today. He entered the frontcourt and couldn't even hold a ball." Ronnie said angrily.
Su Dong nodded, it was a serious problem, but not only Quaresma.
In fact, everyone in the frontcourt of Sporting Lisbon couldn't hold the ball.
Barbosa is a midfielder who plays on the wing, needless to say, Joao Pinto was suppressed by the opponent's double midfielder, Quaresma was too sticky, but it was more reflected in the advancement. Del's back to get the ball... Forget it, let's talk about his goals.
In the face of a team like Setubal, Sporting Lisbon lacks the ball with his back when attacking, which is very fatal.
It's very simple, if you want to hit the ball head-on, you must have space.
Jardel's goal is typical of playing behind the opponent.
But if the opponent retreats closely and falls into a positional battle, they must get the ball behind their backs.
Setubal is very aware of this, so Campos does not easily give Sporting Lisbon players the opportunity to dribble the ball head-on.
If Nalizis was here at this time, Boloni would probably consider substitutions.
Nalikis' height and weight can indeed carry people, but the problem is that his skills are very rough, and the stability of the ball and the ball are very problematic.
Su Dong knew very well what the team needed to do by themselves.
But he didn't know, did Boloni trust himself?
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The starters of both teams returned to the court one after another.
No one but the players and coaches knew what happened in the locker room during the ten or so minutes of halftime.
After the head coach Boloni followed the team, he stopped after walking out of the player tunnel. After looking around, he shouted at Su Dong and beckoned, "Su."
Su Dong saw Boloni's gesture from a distance, and ran over immediately after hearing the shout.
"How's the warm-up going?" Boloni asked with concern.
"Very good, you can play at any time." Su Dong said seriously.
Boloni looked at him deeply, nodded and said: "Be prepared, and don't be idle after the second half starts, pay more attention to that Paul Ferreira."
Su Dong was a little surprised. He is a center. After playing, he should pay attention to the opponent's center back.
As a right-back, isn't Paulo Ferreira a side player should be aware of?
But Su Dong didn't ask much, didn't think much, just nodded.
As long as he can play, he will unconditionally perform the tasks assigned by the head coach, even if it is to let him play as a defender.
This is the work ethic of being a professional player.
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The second half of the game is about to start.
Su Dong slowly walked back to the bench, joined the other teammates on the bench, and sat back on the bench again.
"What did the head coach call you to do?" Ronnie asked enviously.
Everyone knows that this means that Su Dong is very likely to come off the bench in the second half.
"He got me ready, pay attention to Paolo Ferreira."
Ronnie frowned, "Shouldn't this be my concern?"
In the information given by the coaching staff before the game, Ronnie focused on Paulo Ferreira, because he can play on both sides.
"I don't know, maybe the team has changed their tactics." Su Dong guessed.
Sure enough, after changing sides in the second half, Sporting Lisbon's tactics underwent some fine-tuning.
Joao Pinto, who was more active in the middle, began to appear on the left, while Barbosa returned to the middle of the midfield, which made Sporting Lisbon look more like a four-three-three formation, just two wingers. to pull it back.
And Su Dong soon understood that Boloni was a dead horse as a living horse doctor. He wanted Joao Pinto to try on the left flank to see if he could hold the ball on this side.
But Setubal's head coach Campos was quick to see through this, with Paolo Ferreira and Sandro Mendes frequently double-teaming Joao Pinto's side, which made Sporting Lisbon's second-half start two times. The next pass to Joao Pinto failed to catch, let alone create a threat.
After all, Joao Pinto is still a midfielder, and his ability to hold the ball with his back is not strong.
The whole start was still very dull, and after Sporting Lisbon changed its style of play, the situation still did not improve.
This made the head coach Boloni frown on the sidelines.
He knows the situation the team is facing and knows what needs to be done.
The key is that he can't be sure whether Su Dong is worth entrusting himself?
A seventeen-year-old player, can he really play at such a critical moment and play the tactical role that he, and even the entire team, expects?
Boloni himself has no confidence.