Nobody Understands Su Dong Better Than I Do!

Berlin's Olympic Stadium, May 20.

The German Cup final: Werder Bremen versus Bayern Munich.

The match was about to begin.

Former Bayern striker Pizarro and former Porto striker Almeida stood in the center circle, waiting for kickoff.

Su Dong stood outside the center circle. Rain had thoroughly soaked his jersey, and every so often he had to wipe the water from his face.

This was going to be a miserable experience of a rain-soaked match!

But that was simply what Berlin was like at this time of year.

Su Dong was familiar with neither Pizarro nor Almeida. The former had once played for Bayern, while the latter was the center forward Mourinho had promoted at Porto, and had even played against Su Dong in the Portuguese Super League.

There had once been a period when Portugal had hoped to call Su Dong up to the national team, but they had failed. They had then let Almeida take Su Dong's place, since he was also tall and powerfully built, and was highly regarded by Portuguese football.

But in the end, Almeida had also failed to grow into the player everyone had expected.

Just a week earlier, the Spanish Copa del Rey had taken place as scheduled. Barcelona had beaten Athletic Bilbao 4–1 and won the Copa del Rey without any suspense, completing the Double Crown.

Mourinho's team was only one Champions League trophy away from the Triple Crown.

It was also after that final that Mourinho had publicly challenged Bayern Munich, boasting that he would crush them in Roma.

Not only that, Mourinho had also expressed confidence in Barcelona's defense. He firmly believed that the team could keep Su Dong under control, because Barcelona had the best defenders in Europe.

"When I first met Su Dong, he was still an unknown