I Want to Be the King of Football

　　 The small town of Paterna, in the northwestern suburbs of Valencia, Spain.

　　 Valencia’s Sports City is located in this beautiful rural town, adjacent to the surrounding rich villas.

　　 Three low training buildings, seven standard football fields, a number of small football fields and fragmented fields, Valencia from the first team to the youth echelon, all gathered in this sports city for training.

　　 At this moment, Valencia coach Benitez is sitting in the office of the first team training building, watching attentively the video of the game on TV. The picture is all about a player No. 36.

　　 Soto of Sporting Lisbon!

　　 Benitez looked very attentively, as if the whole person was immersed in the game screen, even his right-hand men came to the office and sat down beside him, he did not notice.

　　 Anyone who knows him knows that this is the real Benitez.

　　 He is always like this, not fascinated, but constantly thinking and deducing various possibilities.

　　 Waiting until the video was over, Benitez sighed unconsciously and noticed the arrival of his assistants.

"coming."

　　 Benitez glanced at his assistants and motioned to them to look at the player report submitted by the club scout. He leaned back and rubbed his astringent eyes.

　　 "Su Dong, 18 years old, currently ranks first in the Portuguese Super League scorer list and tied for first in the assists list."

　　 As soon as Benitez's voice fell, the chief assistant coach Paco Jestedan was a little surprised, "Is only 18 years old?"

　　 "Hmm," Benitez replied with certainty.

　　 "It's not easy." Yesterdan praised.

　　 The Portuguese Super League has not been very good in recent years. The European rankings are relatively low, so that their champion team cannot directly enter the Champions League group stage, but is forced to play in the peripheral qualifiers.

　　 To be honest, this is no longer a second-rate European league, or even close to third-rate.

　　 Of course, this year, it seems that the Portuguese Super League team is quite competitive in the UEFA Cup. Defending champions Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Boavista, who did not play in the UEFA Champions League group stage, have all made the UEFA Cup semi-finals.

　　 Obviously, the Portuguese Super League team also knows in their hearts that if they don't earn more points in the European war, they may lose their qualifications for the third round of the Champions League, and their situation will be even worse.

　　 And Su Dong is a player from the defending champions Lisbon.

　　 "This kid is getting a lot of attention recently." Scout Eduardo Marcia said.

　　 Benitez looked at the chief scout, "Did you know him?"

Marcia nodded, "I have watched the video a few times and I feel pretty good and very characteristic. He is 1.95 meters tall and has good physical confrontation, but mainly because of his fast speed and superb skills under his feet. The characteristics are very comprehensive, a bit like the Swedish center Ibrahimovic of Ajax."

　　 Ibrahimovic is recognized as one of the talented rookies in European football, and he can be compared with him. This is also an affirmation of Su Dong's ability and potential.

　　 "Some people say he looks like Batistuta, some say he looks like Kluivert, and now you say he looks like Ibrahimovic..."

　　 As he talked, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Benitez's mouth.

　　 He doesn't like to laugh very much, but he really thinks this thing is funny.

　　 "These people do not have his speed and explosive power." Benitez made a judgment.

　　 Marcia thought for a while and nodded.

　　 Batistuta or Kluivert, including rookie Ibrahimovic, these people are not speed players, but Su Dong's speed and explosiveness are very fast.

　　 This is very interesting.

　　……

　　 Valencia’s La Liga title last season was somewhat lucky.

　　'S own strength is not very strong, nor did he perform very well, more because of the problems of competitors such as Real Madrid, Deportivo and Barcelona, ​​which led to the Bats eventually winning the championship.

　　 Even behind the championship, Valencia’s own problems are also exposed, that is, offense.

　　As a La Liga champion, Valencia scored only 47 goals, tied for seventh in La Liga. This is definitely a bad performance. If it were not for the team's defensive strength, the championship would not have been won.

Therefore, Benitez focused on strengthening the team’s offense this season. He has tried Carew, Mista, Sanchez, Salva and other centers. He also beat Basel 6-2 in the Champions League and the Champions League. Scored eleven goals in three rounds and ten goals in four league rounds.

　　 But soon, Valencia’s offense was once again stuck in a quagmire.

　　 There is no problem with defense, and no problem with midfield organization. There is a slight problem with the front side, but the most serious problem is the center.

　　 Karoo, Mista, Sanchez and Salva are all superior in strength and their advantages are outstanding, but their disadvantages are also obvious.

The center Benitez wants is the kind that can hold back the defense, can connect to the two sides, can retreat to meet the midfield, and at the same time be able to insert the offense in the back row. It is best to have a strong ability to grasp opportunities in front of the goal. .

　　 But these characteristics are actually very contradictory.

　　 For example, the retracement should be followed by the midfielder to attack, which requires speed.

　　 Fast players often find it difficult to suppress the opposing line of defense, because their bodies are thin and they are not good at power confrontation.

　　 There are not no centers with fast speed and strong body, but they are often rough, and they can't cooperate with Vicente and other wide players, and some even have poor ability to grasp opportunities in front of goal.

　　 Benitez has heard more than once about his high demands on the center. He is not static, but is constantly adjusting his tactics to adapt to the characteristics of several centers in the team.

　　 Until he saw Su Dong.

　　 "The young marshal of Porto is also very interested in him. You two have very similar tastes." Jestadan laughed.

　　 Benitez and Mourinho have met. In addition to being opponents, they have also met in some UEFA coaches' exchange activities. After all, they are both newly promoted marshals, and the two faintly oppose each other.

　　 "This is the future center template." Benitez said very confidently.

　　 "That would be troublesome." Marcia rubbed her hands and smiled bitterly.

　　 Benitez was taken aback and looked at his right-hand man.

"As far as I know, at least half of the four major league teams are staring at him. Some can't wait to try out, some are waiting for the opportunity, and some are ready to miss it at any time. Frankly speaking, we don't have much advantage, and We don’t have much transfer budget this summer."

　　 This summer is the presidential election year of Valencia. At present, the two major candidates are desperately building momentum.

　　 One said they would bring in Trezeguet, the other threatened to bring in Van Nistelrooy; the other said they would bring back Mendieta, and the other would buy the Spanish genius winger Joaquin...

　　 But no one can give a specific number. How much transfer budget does the team have this summer?

　　 Since the chairman of Real Madrid, with Figo, defeated Sanz and became the chairman, the presidential elections of Spanish clubs have never lacked stars. The two candidates of Valencia have been inferior by comparison.

"Eduardo." Benitez looked at the chief scout, "You find a time, go to Lisbon to see for yourself, understand his situation, it is best to observe one or two games to see if he is as reported and videotaped. Like in."

　　 The report is unreliable, and the video collection of the game may not be reliable, so in many cases, the club chooses to watch it live.

　　 "Okay, I will prepare." Marcia agreed.

　　 "And Quaresma." Benitez thought temporarily.

　　 Marcia laughed bitterly, it was a big problem.

　　 Su Dong is very popular nowadays, needless to say, Quaresma is also popular, it is said that the most fierce chase is Barcelona, ​​they want to bring this new Figo to the Nou Camp.

　　 Although there is Simao’s precedent for breaking the halberd, who dares to say that Quaresma will not succeed in Barcelona?

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　　 Two days later, Alcochete, Lisbon.

　　 After the team finished training, Su Dong and others still stayed behind to practice on their own.

　　 This has become their daily routine.

　　 Follow the team to train, everyone is together, it is difficult for Su Dong to have time to train his weaknesses and shortcomings in a targeted manner. Only when he trains, can he arrange some training projects that he needs.

　　 When the extra training is over, the sun is near.

　　 Everyone dragged their tired bodies back to the locker room, Su Dong went to take a bath first.

　　 Halfway through the wash, Tonyto suddenly rushed in and shouted at Su Dong excitedly: "Su, guess who I just met?"

　　 After speaking, the kid ran out like crazy.

　　 Su Dong, who was covered with bubbles and was so scared that he covered the key parts, had a dumb face and almost yelled at him. You met a ghost and became so excited?

　　 "Guess who I met just now?" Tonyto's voice came in from outside.

　　 Everyone looked at him like that ~www.wuxiahere.com~ and asked them curiously, but the boy turned out to be mysterious and concealed.

　　 Until Su Dong walked out wrapped in a bath towel, he walked to the position of the head coach and coughed twice, as if something big was about to be announced.

　　 "I saw Eduardo Marcia!"

　　 Everyone was stunned.

　　 Who is this?

　　 Tonyto was embarrassed. After he finished speaking, he did not wait for the long-awaited surprise and discussion, but was silent.

　　 No one knows it, so embarrassing!

　　 "Eduardo Marcia, don't you guys know?" Tonyto was very depressed, these unseen guys.

　　 "Just say, who is it?" Ronnie laughed directly.

　　 "Valencia's chief scout, a capable man under Rafael Benitez."

　　 Everyone came to understand.

　　 "But does this have anything to do with you?" Pepe was strange.

"Valencia, Benitez, Marcia..." Tonyto found that these guys' brains were really slow enough, he could only point out these keywords, and finally patted his chest. Did not say, there is still me.

Everyone didn’t know that this kid had one heart for Benitez, and he was bragging all day long. When Benitez was coaching Tenerife, he almost bought him back. Now that I see Marcia, I guess he’s thinking, Benitez. Si finally didn't forget him, and remembered him again.

　　 It's a little bit like the feeling that the guarded mistress is expecting a man to come and spend the night.

　　 "You die this heart, they have Aimar." Ronnie pointed at Tonyto angrily.

　　 Tonyto didn't care, and smiled: "I can substitute Aimar."

　　 It seems that not only can he, but he is very willing to do it.