Eighty-Two Su Dong Is Not for Sale?

The Portuguese Super League has finally come to an end.

In the final round, the afternoon of the day after the 2-1 away victory over Ferreira, Porto coach Jose Mourinho called all the members of the coaching staff to a meeting to discuss the gains and losses of the half-season.

This season, the situation in the Portuguese Super League has been relatively clear.

The three teams of Sporting Lisbon, Boavista and Porto, as the first group, led from the very beginning, but Porto fell behind halfway, and then evolved into the parallel progress of Sporting Lisbon and Boavista.

The real turning point is the period between the end of March and April.

At that time, Sporting Lisbon had already shown its decline. Coupled with the serious injuries of the main players such as Nikule and Sa Pinto, the team's combat effectiveness was greatly damaged. Sporting Lisbon's prospects are pessimistic.

Unexpectedly, two teenagers, Su Dong and Ronnie, were born.

Especially Su Dong, who came off the bench in all four games, produced eye-catching figures of four goals and two assists. He can be regarded as one of the most dazzling rookies in the Portuguese Super League this season, if not for too little playing time. , Many people even believe that he is qualified to impact the Rookie of the Season.

But the most impressive thing about Su Dong is not his goals and assists, but his style of playing on the pitch.

With a height of more than 1.9 meters, amazing speed, delicate skills at the feet, the ability to pass, shoot, control the belt, hold the ball with his back and get rid of it is very good, such a player can be said to be a perfect center embryo.

His biggest weakness now should be his strength confrontation and game experience.

It is precisely because of Su Dong's outstanding performance that Sporting Lisbon continued to grab points during the trough period, and scored all three points in the focus battle against Boavista to win the championship one round earlier.

In the last round, Boavista, who missed the championship, lost at home and lost to Wazim. Sporting Lisbon drew with Benfica and finally won the league championship with a five-point advantage.

Porto is two points behind Boavista and third in the league.

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"From the data point of view, Sporting Lisbon has scored a total of 75 league goals this season, of which 43 came from Jardel. Although they are the most offensive team in the Portuguese Super League, without Jardel, Their attacking strength will be greatly reduced, which is not healthy."

Responsible for the analysis is the 24-year-old Boas, a scout and analyst on Mourinho's coaching team.

He once worked with Mourinho and studied under the famous coach Robson, and later coached the Porto youth team. After Mourinho put out the fire in Porto, the first thing he did was to promote Boas to his side as his deputy. .

"Everyone can see that Jardel's game enthusiasm and state have obviously declined a lot at the end of the season, coupled with physical injuries, whether he can continue this state in the new season, I am Feel suspicious."

Boas' analysis was also recognized by everyone present.

For Jardel's concerns, it is not just Boas' personal opinion, but a general consensus.

Almost everyone thinks that it is difficult for a top scorer who has no pursuit in the Portuguese Super League to maintain a super high scoring efficiency for two consecutive seasons, especially a player like Jardel.

"Defensively, Sporting Lisbon conceded 25 goals, five more than Boavista, who ranked second, but it is reported that veteran Andre Cruz will leave the team after the season. This is the backbone of Sporting Lisbon's defense, without him, the defense of Sporting Lisbon in the new season is bound to be violently turbulent."

"In addition, according to the reliable information we have obtained, it may be difficult for Sporting Lisbon to invest in the transfer market this summer. The two major expenditures of the training base and the new stadium have made them exhausted, but a few players in the team,

Including Phil Babu, Hugo Viana, etc., have been favored by the four major league teams. "

When Mourinho heard this, he tapped his finger on the table lightly, and after attracting everyone's attention, he smiled and said: "In other words, Sporting Lisbon in the new season can only gamble on young players. ."

Everyone laughed after hearing this.

The competition in the Portuguese Super League is very fierce, even if it is like Boavista, it may fall into the middle in minutes. Teams with strong backgrounds such as Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon are slightly better, but if you want to hit the championship, after all, Still depends on strength.

Without Jardel, without Nikolai, without Andre Cruz, why did Sporting Lisbon win this season?

Sporting Lisbon has no money to invest in the transfer market, but Porto has a huge transfer budget.

"Marco Ferreira and Paolo Ferreira in Setubal, Bruno in Maritimo, Thiago in Leiria, Valente and Delray, Maniche and Edgaras in Benfica Jan Koskas, Pedro Emmanuel of Boavista..."

Mourinho read out the names one by one, these are the targets he has been observing for a long time.

Only a wealthy and powerful family like Porto can support his huge ambition and desire to buy.

"By the way, the young Brazilian central defender Pepe of Maritimo, this player should also pay close attention, Andrade is likely to transfer after the end of the season."

With his outstanding performance this season, Andrade has received the attention of the four major league teams, especially Deportivo.

Although Porto has a lot of money in Portugal, in European football, they still take training players as their business philosophy.

After hearing this, everyone on the coaching staff couldn't help but look at each other in dismay. How much does it cost for such a long acquisition list?

Mourinho also saw the doubts in the eyes of everyone, and smiled confidently: "Don't worry, I have discussed with the chairman."

It is precisely because of the support of the president of Porto that Mourinho is determined to make a big splash in Porto.

"Let's talk about the Portuguese Cup final."

Mourinho changed the subject and looked at Boas again, "In the last round of the derby, Boloni hid the teenager Su Dong, Quaresma performed well after coming off the bench, Cristiano Ronaldo entered the squad, but No, what do you think?"

"I think it's a smoke bomb." Boas said without hesitation.

"Obviously, although the last round was a derby, it was actually irrelevant. Boloni's doing this must be for us to guess. If Nalizis performed well, maybe we would have reservations, but in fact …”

The Greek center's performance still did not improve in the last game, which greatly reduced the effect of Boloni's smoke bomb.

You could even say, fail.

"Su Dong will definitely still meet, it will be very troublesome, because our central defender Andrade and Carvalho are both short."

It is really a big disadvantage for a short center defender to face a tall center, especially a center like Su Dong who can hold the ball.

All he has to do is lean on you and hold the ball, and you can't grab it.

"It would have been better if Jorge Costa was there," sighed assistant coach Bartmar Brito.

Jorge Costa is an old courtier of Porto, and he is also a Portugal international central defender. He is 1.88 meters tall, which can just make up for the height problem of Porto's defense. At a disadvantage in the competition, he moved to Charlton in the Premier League during the winter break.

Against Sporting Lisbon, high defense will be a major test for Porto's defense.

Because not only is Su Dong more than 1.9 meters tall, Jardel is also 1.88 meters tall, and the Brazilian center's header is very good, but Su Dong is not a big threat to the header, mainly because he is weak in physical confrontation related.

"The next point of defense is to practice limiting Jardel. It's best to force him out of the penalty area and reduce his possession of the ball in the dangerous area. If Quaresma and Ronnie are on the flanks, let them bring the ball. , as long as they don't leave the flanks."

The two talents of Sporting Lisbon have one feature in common, that is, sticky balls and fancy, the actual effect on the court is not ideal, as long as they don't let them rush into the hinterland with the ball, they are not threatening.

For example, Benfica, they let Quaresma rush the ball into the penalty area, and Quaresma passed two people and earned a penalty.

"What about Su Dong?" Brito asked with concern.

Mourinho frowned, thinking of the young boy next to Mendes.

The first time he met Su Dong was at Benfica's home court. At that time, he was still coaching Leiria. He never thought that half a year later, this kid would become his own confidant.

What a change of time!

"Boloni should not let Su Dong start. After all, he is only seventeen years old, and more should be a substitute, so we must strive to establish an advantage early, and then see the move."

After Su Dong played, Sporting Lisbon's offensive tactics changed a lot.

From the former wing dominated, to the center dominated.

The more obvious matching routine is that Su Dong retreats to respond, then turns to pass the ball to the side space, especially behind the defense line, to use the speed of Ronnie and Quaresma, and the advantage of one-on-one on the side. .

Strictly speaking, this kind of routine is really difficult to defend, especially for Porto, which has a problem with defending on the two wings.

But the biggest problem is that Su Dong has just emerged, and he is very young, so is Ronnie, and Quaresma has a lot of ups and downs. Does Boloni dare to arrange for them to play in such an important game as the Portuguese Cup final?

As the Raiders, it should be the most reasonable to play to turn the situation around at a critical moment.

"By the way, Andre, let the club find out what Sporting Lisbon is saying and see if Su Dong sells it?" Mourinho instructed with great interest.

"Psychological warfare?" asked the fitness coach Rui Faria with a smile.

Mourinho shook his head.

"Are you serious?" Boas was a little surprised.

Not only him, but everyone was also surprised.

Mourinho nodded solemnly and said: "I regret now that I didn't grab him in time."

At that time, Mourinho would never have imagined that Su Dong's progress would be so amazing.