Chapter 1008 Finals, we must do our best!

"Congratulations, Sue!"

"Congratulations, you've made it to the Champions League final again!"

"Great performance, Sue!"

"It's so amazing, I can't help but admit it!"

After the game, before leaving the field, the Barcelona players walked past Su Dong, shook hands and hugged him, and congratulated him on leading Manchester City to the Champions League final.

This is not only a manifestation of grace, but also a testimony to their friendship. After all, they were teammates who fought side by side on the court back then. Although they are now playing for different teams, it does not affect their friendship at all.

Especially at the end, Messi and Iniesta were both recognized as Su Dong's little followers in the Barcelona team. Although they are now world-class superstars and top players on the Golden Globe Award list, they are still the little brothers in front of Su Dong.

If for no other reason than the help Su Dong gave them back then, no matter how great their achievements are, they still have to acknowledge it in the end.

"It's amazing, we really made it to the Champions League final!" Iniesta hugged Su Dong with a smile.

For Barcelona, ​​the game was lost, and for Barcelona player Iniesta, they should feel very sad, but for Iniesta, he was also very happy for Su Dong in his heart, because he knew that this was the result of Su Dong's two years of hard pursuit, and it was also his ultimate goal of coming to Manchester City.

Didn't he come to Manchester City to achieve, or even surpass, the legend that Maradona created in Naples?

Last season, he led Manchester City to win the Premier League title and achieve the treble, which has already equaled Maradona's legend.

This season, he led the team to the Champions League final. If he can lead the team to win the championship, he will surpass Maradona's legend in Naples. If Su Dong's resume in the national team was not blank, his achievements would probably surpass Maradona.

You know, even Maradona's son-in-law, Aguero, Sudong's substitute in Manchester City, said in an interview with the media that he had not experienced the shock of Maradona's playing football, but he felt that Sudong was the strongest professional player he had ever seen.

Every era has its own legends, and Su Dong is a legend of the 21st century! And he is still a living, active legend! ...

"To be honest, I feel really conflicted right now."

Messi said with a wry smile, and Iniesta also showed a conflicted look.

It is obvious that both of them are talking about the same thing and the same person.

Mourinho.

Before, the Barcelona dressing room had a lot of opinions about Mourinho, including captain Puyol and Xavi. Most people felt that Mourinho was too conservative. When coaching a team like Barcelona, ​​he should play more unrestrained and aggressively, but he didn't do that, especially in some strong dialogues.

For example, in the European Super Cup against Manchester City at the beginning of the season, Mourinho's substitutions during the game were criticized. Even Puyol and Xavi implicitly accused him of being too conservative in making substitutions, which led to the team's loss.

Now, Mourinho did not make any substitutions until the end of the game, and the meaning was very clear. He listened to the players, the management, the Barcelona fans, and the media reporters.

Since the whole world thought it was natural for Barcelona to play offensive football, he listened.

Lost? Doesn't this confirm Mourinho's previous point? More importantly, Barcelona not only lost, but also lost 1-4, and the total score was 1-5.

This was an absolute fiasco.

Anyone with a discerning eye can easily see that Barcelona is indeed inferior to Manchester City in overall strength. Whether it is overall tactics, player strength, or team combat ability, Manchester City is obviously better.

Without mentioning other things, just talking about passing, ball control and defense, Manchester City is obviously better than Barcelona.

Even in terms of offensive power in the frontcourt, Manchester City, with Su Dong in charge, is slightly better than the attacking lineup led by Messi.

In this situation, isn't it courting death for Barcelona to blindly compete with Manchester City in attack?

So Mourinho's point is that if Barcelona wants to win, they should adopt a defensive tactic.

He was under tremendous pressure, and was finally forced into a corner. He simply got angry with everyone, gave up, and attacked head-on. Even when he fell behind, he did not adjust and continued to attack to the end.

The result was a miserable defeat.

This is where the conflict between Messi and Iniesta lies.

Is it Barcelona's problem? Mourinho's problem? Or is it everyone's problem?

This is actually a question without an answer.

From Su Dong's perspective, judging from Barcelona's current lineup, it is more appropriate to adopt Mourinho's tactics.

But the problem is that this lineup was formed by Mourinho, and all the players who did not meet Mourinho's requirements, such as Busquets, Thiago, Bojan and others, have all left the team.

So, this is a question that is difficult to understand.

If we really have to blame someone, we can only do as Cruyff said, that the management chose Mourinho and gave up Guardiola, which led to the current result.

If Guardiola had been chosen, perhaps the result would have been completely different.

But there are no ifs in this world.

There are actually many examples similar to Barcelona.

Is it to follow tradition, play well, please the fans, or to achieve results? Wasn't it the same with the frequent changes of coaches in the past few years? Why did Florentino take Bosque? On the one hand, wasn't it because Bosque didn't play well enough, wasn't strong enough, and didn't perform well enough in key moments? On the other hand, who of the players who were replaced, Queiroz, Luxemburgo, etc., could do both well and achieve results, and satisfy the superstars? Calderon appointed Capello, but fired him after winning the championship in one season. Why? Wasn't it because he didn't like his playing?

But did Schuster, Juande Ramos and others play well? Big clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona can be really hypocritical sometimes.

…

"Don't think too much. Your troubles have just begun. Don't worry about it anymore."

Su Dong smiled slightly, reached out his hand habitually and touched Messi's head.

It feels just like when I was playing for Barcelona.

In today's world football, the only one who dares to touch Messi's head like this is Su Dong.

"Su, this time we've made it to the finals and there's a good chance we'll face Bayern. Please don't hold back and save me a few tickets. I'll definitely go to watch the game," Messi said bitterly.

Of course Su Dong had no problem with that, but he was very curious, "Do you hate Bayern so much?"

"Haha, in the past few years, we reached the finals three times, and only won the Champions League in the last season. What do you think?" Iniesta assisted from the side.

Su Dong looked at the expressions of his two younger brothers and didn't dare to say anything more. He quickly agreed.

You know, Barcelona only won one championship in three finals, and the first two were lost to Bayern led by Su Dong.

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If we really want to get to the bottom of it, their grudge with Su Dong is even deeper. If they continue to entangle, they may have to lose a few more meals or sign a series of unequal treaties.

What? Don't agree? No, because Su Dong is getting married.

"Su!" Before leaving the field, Messi stood in front of Su Dong and looked at him with a serious face.

"Finals, we must do our best!"

After saying that, Messi took the initiative to step forward and hugged Su Dong.

"Don't worry, I'll do my best!"

Like Messi, Iniesta gave Su Dong an encouraging hug.

They are all old friends who have known each other for many years. They all know Su Dong's character. As long as he says he will try his best, he will definitely try his best.

…

Watching Messi and Iniesta leave, Su Dong suddenly felt something strange.

Professional football is actually very cruel.

If it weren't for him, I believe that with the strength of Messi, Iniesta and Barcelona, ​​it is entirely possible that they would have achieved more and achieved greater glory in the past few years. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's achievements would definitely be higher than they are now. Many Barcelona players, including Xavi and Iniesta, would definitely have achieved more than they are now.

Even Guardiola may not necessarily leave Barcelona to coach Manchester City, but is more likely to continue coaching Barcelona's second team. When Mourinho's position as coach is in crisis, he will replace Mourinho and coach Barcelona to build his ideal Dream Team III.

But now, everything has changed.

It feels as if everything is not on the original track. Messi and Iniesta have not achieved achievements comparable to their strength. All of this is due to the changes brought about by the Soviet Union.

Ultimately, it’s because professional football is too cruel.

Especially for events like the Champions League and the Ballon d'Or, there is only one Champions League champion and one Ballon d'Or winner every year.

The winner takes it all. Professional football is actually a winner-takes-all game.

It’s like looking back at history, all fans will only remember the champions and winners, but will not remember who was the runner-up that year.

Even if the runner-up played better, even if the runner-up played more touchingly, even if the runner-up should have won the championship...

"Su, come on, come here, we have to go thank the fans."

Just when Su Dong was lost in thought, a shout from Pepe in the distance woke him up.

Yeah, and the fans.

There will always be some fans who remember.

Just like many people will remember Roberto Baggio's back, Beckham's red card, Batistuta's tears, and Ronaldo's collapse in Serie A...

Maybe professional football is forgetful, but the players will use their performances to leave deep and indelible marks in the memories of countless fans, so that even after many, many years, they can still recall them very clearly and still talk about them with relish.

If football really has a so-called inheritance, then the bond must be the fans.

Just like every great star often starts as a fan.

Su Dong's idol is Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo once liked the Black Panther Eusebio very much, Messi's idol is Aimar, and Iniesta's idol is the great Laudrup...

This is how everyone has come this far, passed down from generation to generation.

Now many young players have begun to say that they have been watching Su Dong’s games since they were young, learning Su Dong’s moves, and growing up slowly, and Su Dong is their idol.

This is a kind of inheritance.

(End of this chapter)