I Want to Be the King of Football

Chapter 99: He really came!

   Albertini!

   When Sudong and Ronnie followed Nuno Cruise in the gym to complete the morning extra training and returned to the locker room, they met a stranger with long hair at the door.

   "Excuse me, who are you looking for?" Su Dong asked.

   When the other party turned their heads, Su Dong and Ronnie were shocked after seeing the man clearly.

   Everyone knows that Sporting Lisbon is intensively making midfield signings, but no one would have thought, or that no one would dare to think, that the midfielder the team wanted to introduce turned out to be Albertini.

   He was the main midfielder of AC Milan last season!

   "You are Su Dong, you are Ronnie." Albertini also recognized the two young teammates and walked over with a smile.

   Sudong and Ronnie glanced at each other, and both reached out mechanically to shake hands with Albertini, but they still couldn't believe it. Didn't he say that he was going to Lazio?

   How come you come to Sporting Lisbon suddenly?

   This is unreasonable!

   You must know that the status and influence of the Portuguese Super League is far inferior to the Serie A of the Little World Cup.

   "Can you take me in and have a look?" Albertini asked, pointing to the dressing room.

   Both Sudong and Ronnie nodded hurriedly, "Of course, of course."

  ……

   The locker room of Sporting Lisbon is similar to that of other teams. Compared with the rich team, the facilities are definitely inferior, but the win is new enough, and the first impression is pretty good.

   Albertini nodded in satisfaction, apparently still acceptable here.

   "Have you arranged your wardrobe?" Albertini asked casually.

   "Well, they are all posted with names and jersey numbers." Su Dong replied.

   The Italian midfielder turned twice in front of the closet, and found that someone used the closet, as expected, the names and jersey numbers were posted.

   "There is someone on the fourth." Albertini was a little lost.

   He wore the number four jersey in AC Milan, but in Sporting Lisbon, it belongs to defender Queroga.

   "There is also someone on the eighth."

   It belongs to Barbosa, the captain of the team.

   "The eighteenth..."

   "Here." Su Dong stepped forward on his own initiative and pointed to the cabinet on the 18th, "Right-back Luis Felipe."

   Albertini smiled gratefully at Su Dong, "What about the 28th?"

   Ronnie took a step forward in embarrassment and raised his right hand, "I am the 28th."

   "Twenty-fourth?"

   "It belonged to substitute goalkeeper Beto last season. He was loaned to the satellite team not long ago and is currently empty."

   "Oh." Albertini nodded, "Then the twenty-fourth."

   His tone seemed casual, obviously he didn't pick the jersey number.

  Although, this twenty-four number is not the main number in professional football.

   This surprised both Su Dong and Ronnie.

   Is he really Albertini?

   The deputy captain of AC Milan and the Italian national team, the world's top midfielder?

   Su Dong and Ronnie looked at each other, feeling unbelievable.

   Jadel is the biggest player in the team, but in his career, the biggest achievement is only the European Golden Boot.

   It's not that this award is not enough, but it depends on who it is compared with.

   If it is the Champions League champion, Serie A champion and World Cup runner-up Albertineby, it is indeed a lot inferior.

   "Uh... Mr. Albertini..."

   "Call me Demi."

   "Oh, Demi, do you really want to play in Sporting Lisbon?" Su Dong asked with concern.

   Albertini turned his head and looked at Su Dong with interest. He had heard of this Chinese boy who had emerged in the second half of last season. He played well in the Portuguese Super League. He was only seventeen years old and his future was unlimited.

   The Italian media have reported on him. Some people say that he is like Batistuta, nicknamed the little God of War, but some people say that he is like Kluivert and is a perfect center with unlimited potential.

   After seeing Su Dong, Albertini was very interested in this Chinese teenager.

   At least it looks like the body is really good.

   "I am standing here, what do you think is the problem?"

   Su Dong was a little embarrassed, "But you are in AC Milan..."

   "Some people feel that they don't need me anymore," Albertini said coldly.

   is like saying something that is taken for granted, but the tone is cold like a knife.

   "I heard you are going to Lazio..."

   "I will not go to any Italian team other than AC Milan, this is my bottom line."

   Ronnie heard this and asked: "Then why is Sporting Lisbon?"

   "Because, apart from the Serie A team, Sporting Lisbon is the only team that invites me and will play in the Champions League in the new season."

   Playing in the Champions League is something that many professional players dream of.

   For it, Jardel did not hesitate to refuse the Premier League team's heavy digging and chose to stay in the team.

   Albertini is willing to come to the Portuguese Super League for it.

   Although Su Dong has never played in the Champions League, he knows the significance of this tournament for professional players.

   Especially when Albertini said the last sentence, his implication is that he hopes to prove his strength again in the UEFA Champions League in the new season and let everyone know that he is not old yet!

   "Someone mentioned you to me." Albertini looked at Su Dong in front of him with interest.

   "Who?" Su Dong felt very strange, does he have such a big name?

   Albertini didn't say, but just smiled, "He said, you look like Kluivert."

   "I really want to see with my own eyes, are you?"

  …………

  …………

   Albertini joined Sporting Lisbon suddenly!

   This news not only caused great repercussions in Alcochete, but also caused an uproar in the Portuguese Super League. The impact even exceeded the purchase of Porto, and Benfica's heavy digging of Barcelona player Giovanni.

   This is the real world-class midfielder Albertini!

   The Portuguese Morning Post revealed that Sporting Lisbon has made Albertini feel sincere after many contacts, and the team will play in the Champions League in the new season, which is very attractive to Albertini.

   "He originally wanted to go to La Liga to be promoted to Atletico Madrid, but after weighing the pros and cons, he finally chose Sporting Lisbon because he could play the Champions League here."

   Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport also reported the news, analyzing the reason why Albertini rented Sporting Lisbon, and at the same time conspiracy theoretic directed at AC Milan coach Ancelotti.

   "It was the rise of Albertini that year, which forced Ancelotti to leave AC Milan. Now, as the team's head coach, Ancelotti can no longer tolerate Albertini, forcing Milan to leave for Portugal."

   Gazzetta dello Sport also revealed that Sporting Lisbon has limited financial resources, but in order to send Albertini away, AC Milan will continue to bear most of Albertini's salary in the new season.

   "Except for Albertini, Milan also rented Jose Marie to Atletico Madrid in the same way. They assumed most of the salary. A year later, Atletico Madrid had the priority to sign Jose Marie."

  Publica Portugal interviewed Sporting Lisbon’s head coach Boloni, who was very surprised by Albertini’s joining, but also full of surprises.

   "I didn't expect that he really came!"

   Boloni said that the arrival of Albertini will not only strengthen Sporting Lisbon’s midfield, but will also make up for the team’s weaknesses and deficiencies in set kicks, because last season, Sporting Lisbon’s set kicks were really bad.

   The most typical is the Portuguese Cup final. In the face of Porto’s foul tactics, Sporting Lisbon’s positioning kick is not threatening.

   "I believe that in the new season, Demi's deciduous ball will make the Portuguese Super League even more exciting!"

   Albertini was also interviewed by the media under the arrangement of the club, saying that he joined Sporting Lisbon purely because of football itself, and no other considerations.

   "The main reason that attracted me to come here is that they have a group of talented young players, I hope my experience can help them, and the European Champions Cup."

  Although Albertini did not say directly, everyone knows that he mentioned the Champions League for only one purpose, and that is to prove his strength and value in this event.

  ……

   The response from the Sporting Lisbon locker room to Albertini's joining was generally enthusiastic.

   Whether it is the captain Barbosa or other midfielders who are directly under competitive pressure, they are all happy to join such a world-class midfielder. After all, who doesn't want to partner with such a player?

   But there are also players who feel disappointed, like Rui Bento and Paul Bento. After Albertini joins, their status in the team is bound to be shaken and their chances of playing will definitely be affected.

   However, whether it is the dressing room or the media outside, there is a common voice, that is, is Albertini okay?

   In the past two seasons, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Albertini did not show his peak strength in AC Milan, which made him controversial and was rejected by AC Milan as a result.

   After all, they have midfielders such as Pirlo, Seedorf, Gattuso and Ambrosini.

   This summer, Albertini missed the Korea-Japan World Cup due to injury, but there is also a voice that even if he is not injured, it will be difficult for him to enter the World Cup squad in Italy, because the Italian midfielder is full of talent.

   In this case, Albertini joined Sporting Lisbon, which made the outside world very suspicious whether he was ready to end his retirement?

  ……

   Su Dong did not participate in this discussion inside and outside the locker room.

   His first impression of Albertini was very good, and he was also happy to have such a teammate, but after being happy, he focused more on his training and improvement.

   The bigger the teammate, the stronger his strength, and the greater his pressure.

   No one wants to be the one who is dragging his feet, right?

   More importantly, Su Dong has a faint feeling that in the mind of the head coach Boloni, in the striker rankings, Jardel and Nicule still firmly occupy the top two positions.

   That is to say, even if he performed well in the final stage of last season, even if he scored the winning goal in the Portuguese Cup final, Su Dong still can only struggle between the two major centers in the new season.

   This made him feel the crisis, so he practiced harder.

   But he is not the only one who has practiced.

   "The effect of your practice like this is not great, try to pick up my long pass!"

   After finishing, Albertini kicked a long ball towards Su Dong from a distance.

  

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