mtl008 Chapter 143 The Football Philosopher
Chapter 143 The Football Philosopher
Chapter 143 The Football Philosopher
The away game was [-] to [-] and the total score was [-] to [-]. Sporting Lisbon eliminated Besiktas with an away goal!
This piece of news quickly detonated the entire European football after the game.
This is a rare big reversal. After falling behind zero to four, they even scored three goals in a row to achieve the final reversal. This has to be said to be very shocking, especially the protagonist who created this shocking reversal.
Su Dong passed, shot, and planned. Sporting Lisbon's three goals were inseparable from him, which made him the most shining player in the game. Even players such as Quaresma and Ronnie were under him.
While the whole of Europe, and even China, were elated by this shocking reversal and shocked by Su Dong's wonderful performance, the entire Sporting Lisbon team was on a long journey back to Lisbon.
By the time they returned to Lisbon, it was already the night after the game.
After the team returned to Alcochetti, it was disbanded on the spot. Except for the head coach Boloni and several core coaching staff members, all other coaching staff and staff were off duty.
Boloni and others have to have a meeting with the technical team to discuss the gains and losses of this away game.
……
"I am back!"
Nuno Cruz, a personal trainer, dragged his exhausted body, pushed open the door, changed his shoes, put the keys on the cabinet in the entrance, and shouted feebly.
"I'm back!" His wife poked her head out of the kitchen and smiled at him.
The children were doing their homework in the living room. When they heard Dad's voice, they all ran over quickly and hugged him from left to right, looking very intimate. Nuno Cruz, who was physically and mentally exhausted, couldn't help showing a happy and satisfied smile.
"I'm not at home these few days, are you good?"
"Good boy!" the two children shouted in unison.
"It's him, who often secretly plays with my toys."
"You broke my robot."
"You broke it yourself..."
"It's you……"
When Nuno Cruz saw that the two babies were fighting again, instead of being angry, he felt very happy. He touched the children's head affectionately, and motioned them to do their homework quickly, while he went upstairs to take a shower and change clothes.
After taking a nice hot bath and changing into pajamas, when he went downstairs again, his wife and children were already eating and waiting for him in the restaurant. There were paella and other home-cooked dishes on the table, which were the favorites of Nuno Cruz and the children.
"To be honest, the food in Turkey is not good. I really miss the taste at home." Nuno Cruz smiled wryly.
Not only him, but the entire Sporting Lisbon team, no one is used to it.
"The hotel we stayed in was slightly better than the previous one in Greece. After all, we had more time to prepare this time, but it still didn't work. The club's budget was limited, and the hotel's sound insulation was so poor that we couldn't sleep well all night."
At the end, Nuno Cruz couldn't help shaking his head.
"It's really dangerous to be able to reverse Besiktas in the away game this time!"
After hearing this silently, his wife smiled and said, "Today, the whole of Lisbon is full of excitement. People are celebrating everywhere in the early morning. Newspapers and TV are all about this game. Even the Sporting Lisbon fans in the vegetable market are offering discounts to celebrate the team's reversal and promotion, saying that the game last night was too dangerous."
"Who said it wasn't?" Nuno Cruz sighed softly, "Fortunately, there is Su Dong."
Mentioning Su Dong, Nuno Cruz's eyes revealed a hint of pride.
Having been together for a year, he is really satisfied with Su Dong, and he even thinks that Su Dong will become his proudest work.
Seeing her husband's expression, the wife thought of something, hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke.
"Professor Manuel Sergio came to see me."
Nuno Cruz was taken aback for a moment, with a complicated expression on his face.
Professor Manuel Sergio is the dean of the School of Human Dynamics at the University of Lisbon. As early as the 70s, he was already an authoritative expert in Portuguese sports science. He has published many papers and research results in some authoritative newspapers.
One of the most famous and most far-reaching influences on Portuguese football is that he proposed the concept and theory of human dynamics, which triggered a revolution in Portuguese football. He advocated the study of football as a science, and it is an interdisciplinary subject involving multiple disciplines such as body and psychology.
Professor Sergio's two most proud disciples, one is the right-hand man of the current Manchester United coach Ferguson, who coached the Portuguese youth team and created the golden generation Carlos Queiroz.
After graduating, Queiroz stayed at the school to teach for a while and began to engage in youth training. Among the students who listened to his lectures was Jose Mourinho.
In addition to Queiroz, the greatest influence on Mourinho is Professor Sergio. The football concept advocated by the latter who considers the physical, technical, tactical and psychological aspects has profoundly influenced Mourinho, so that many people now say that Mourinho is actually a psychological master.
Queiroz created the golden generation of Portugal's youth training with outstanding achievements. Mourinho is quite famous for coaching Porto. Except for the two of them, most of the football coaches in Portugal have studied and researched with Professor Sergio.
He is not a professional footballer, but he is known as [Football Philosopher].
Nuno Cruz's wife teaches at the University of Lisbon, which is why they live near the school.
"What does he want from you?" Nuno Cruz asked.
"Professor Sergio thinks that you have been very successful in training Su Dong and Ronnie over the past year. He hopes that you can consider teaching at the University of Lisbon. The School of Human Dynamics is willing to offer related courses for you and provide funds for you to continue your research."
"full time?"
The wife nodded, stretched out her hand, and gently held her husband's warm hand, "Nunuo, I know, you have invested a lot in Su Dong, and he is indeed very good, but you have also seen that it is too hard and tiring to be a personal trainer and often follow the team to away games. Sometimes you go away in a row, and my children and I can't see you for several days."
"Didn't you always hope to teach in a university, commute to and from get off work on time every day, and be able to stay at home with your children on weekends, and live a relaxed and comfortable life, isn't that good?"
Nuno Cruz rubbed his thumb on the back of his wife's delicate hand, which is indeed what he had expected, but that was a year ago, when he could not find a job, and his greatest wish was to teach at the University of Lisbon.
If at that time, the School of Human Dynamics came to find him, he must have flocked to him.
But now...
"I know that you and the children have worked hard this year." Nuno Cruz said softly.
"Then you agreed?" the wife asked happily.
Nuno Cruz shook his head, "Please tell Professor Sergio for me. I am very grateful for his trust. I can agree to teach at the University of Lisbon, but not full-time. I only accept time to attend classes in my spare time, because the job I want most now is to help Su Dong continue to improve."
The wife was very surprised to hear that, it was not quite the same as the husband in his impression.
In her memory, her husband should be a very family-oriented man, and she never expected to be rejected.
"You know, Su Dong is the first player I trained. He is very special. He is full of oriental mysteries, and he seems to have endless potential. Many times, I think his potential has been tapped almost, but in fact, it didn't take long for him to burst out with shocking potential."
"I don't know if he is a legendary genius, but I really think that with him, I may be able to realize my original ideal. He even gave me a feeling that in the future, when I look back, it is my dereliction of duty that he did not become the best professional player."
"Can you understand how I feel?"
The wife stared blankly at her husband, she understood a little bit.
In fact, this is also like a teacher facing a talented student and trying his best to cultivate him into a talent.
She had heard her husband praise Su Dong more than once, thinking that he worked hard and always cooperated meticulously, which gave her husband a feeling that he could display what he had learned.
As the personal trainer of a professional player, he is indeed very tired and hard. He travels long distances, flies thousands of kilometers to play away games, sleeps in hotels with poor sound insulation, and eats exotic food that is not at all appetizing...
But so what?
All of these, can you be happier than watching the players you have cultivated grow step by step?Still excited?Still proud?
"I see, I will convey your meaning to Professor Sergio."
Nuno Cruz nodded in relief.
He knew that he might have missed a very good opportunity, but he was even more eager to show what he had learned from Su Dong and train Su Dong to be the best professional player in the world.
This is far more meaningful than letting him stay and teach in the university.
Even, from a utilitarian point of view, as long as Su Dong plays well and becomes famous, Nuno Cruz might not have a better chance?
Professor Sergio looked down on him at the beginning, but now?
In the final analysis, it was not because of his talent, but because Su Dong's success made people see the value of his talent.
The more successful Su Dong is, the more valuable he is.
This point, he can understand clearly.
……
Su Dong didn't know that such a conversation had taken place at Nuno Cruz's house.
He works hard every day according to the training plan of his personal trainer. Gradually, this has become a part of his life, a habit, such as one hour of yoga every morning and evening.
Nuno Cruz is preparing a summer training plan for him, and this summer, Su Dong plans to return home.
He hasn't been back for two years, so he has to go home and have a look.
Nuno Cruz also said that this summer's training and next season's training will be more intensive than this season.
This also indirectly proves that Su Dong has indeed been making progress.
It will be on the shelves on Friday, begging to subscribe!
(End of this chapter)