Chapter 441 Sudong Syndrome

"Sure enough, Rijkaard replaced Larsson with Su Dong."

"I believe everyone should be sure now that the current Barcelona still needs a strong scorer like Su Dong and a dominant center in the penalty area to intimidate the opponent's defense."

"Although some players in European football have adopted a no-center-forward tactic or even a no-forward tactic in recent years, the center forward is still what all teams are pursuing tirelessly, and all head coaches are eager to have a strong center forward."

“I wonder if Su Dong can change the situation on the field after he comes on the field?”

"The second half of the game has begun."

"Barcelona continued to press forward and pressed in the midfield."

"After we get the ball, we pass it back and reorganize."

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After Su Dong came on the court, he hadn't even touched the ball.

He also participated in the pressing and pressing in the frontcourt, but the opposing players always avoided him.

When Barcelona successfully intercepted the ball and switched from defense to offense, Zaragoza's defenders were quite worried about him and were always on guard.

After passing the ball back and forth in the backcourt, Barcelona quickly passed the ball to the left and passed it to Ronaldinho.

The Brazilian tried to cut inside with the ball, forcing Zaragoza's right-back Poncio to retreat and give up the left side of the frontcourt. Ronaldinho feinted and passed the ball back to the left.

Van Bronckhorst quickly moved forward along the left sideline, and after receiving the pass from Ronaldinho, he strode to the bottom line. He took a look at the penalty area and saw Su Dong had already raised his right hand high.

The Dutch left-back didn't think twice and dribbled the ball into the left side of the penalty area. Without waiting for Poncio to come up, he made a cross with his left foot.

The cross had a beautiful arc and sufficient height, landing between the small penalty area and the penalty spot.

Su Dong quickly shook off Gabriel Milito and Alvaro, rushed directly to the landing point, and jumped high.

Milito and Alvaro didn't even jump before they saw Su Dong heading the ball directly, hitting Van Bronckhorst's left cross towards the left side of the goal.

Brazilian goalkeeper Cesar dived to the side but failed to catch the ball, which went directly into the left side of the goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"Just two minutes into the second half, Barcelona scored a goal!"

"Sudon scored for Barcelona with his first touch of the ball after coming on the pitch!"

“This is Su Dong!”

"Throughout the first half, no matter how hard Barcelona's offensive players attacked, they were unable to break through Zaragoza's goal. As a result, as soon as Su Dong came on the pitch, his first shot broke through Cesar's goal and Barcelona scored a goal."

After Su Dong scored the goal, he pointed to Van Bronckhorst who made the assist, and was immediately hugged by Messi who came running over. Other Barcelona players also followed suit to celebrate Su Dong's goal.

Van Bommel also ran over to high-five Su Dong and said with a smile: "Great!"

"Am I right?" Su Dong asked with a smile.

The Dutch midfielder waved his hands awkwardly, signaling Su Dong to stop attacking him.

Van Bommel had already realized his problem.

Zaragoza's two central defenders, Gabriel Milito and Alvaro, are not tall. The Argentine central defender is only 1.77 meters tall, and Alvaro is only 1.82 meters tall, more than ten centimeters shorter than Su Dong.

But don't underestimate these ten centimeters. Combined with Su Dong's strong body and excellent prediction of landing points, it is enough to put the two central defenders of Zaragoza completely at a disadvantage.

Then why didn't Larsson perform well in the first half?

Because Larson is only 1.77 meters tall and he is already 34 years old, his advantage is not obvious in a physical competition.

As a center forward, when Larsson is trapped by the opponent, Barcelona's crosses from the wing are difficult to create threats.

On the other hand, when Zaragoza habitually tried to use the defense in the first half to limit Sudong, it suffered a great loss.

Sometimes, a player's strength includes not only technique and awareness, but also their physical strength.

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There is one thing that Zaragoza does better than Barcelona.

That is, head coach Munoz reacted quickly. After seeing Su Dong score a goal, he immediately made adjustments, strengthened the defense against Su Dong, and at the same time restricted Barcelona's kicking from both wings.

Everything has its pros and cons.

When Zaragoza tried to stop Barcelona from passing the ball to Sudon, Barcelona's two wings cut inwards and began to get more space.

In the 61st minute, Messi suddenly started with the ball on the right, cut into the penalty area along the right rib, and rushed directly into the penalty area of ​​​​Zaragoza. He was tripped by a defensive player in the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty without hesitation.

Ronaldinho took the lead and scored the penalty for Barcelona, ​​making it 2-3! Afterwards, Barcelona started to exert more strength, and Zaragoza's defense became more difficult.

Munoz immediately replaced two players and continued to strengthen the defense.

Everyone also clearly saw that after Su Dong came on the court, Barcelona's offense became more three-dimensional and the means became more diverse.

All the tactics that Zaragoza used to freeze Barcelona in the first half were ineffective in the second half.

It was not until the 89th minute that Messi made another straight pass from the right rib and sent the ball to the right side of the penalty area. Su Dong used his body to hold Gabriel Milito in the penalty area. After stopping the ball, he turned around and shot with his left foot, hitting the far corner and breaking through Zaragoza's goal again, equalizing the score for Barcelona.

3-3! When Su Dong ran to the sidelines laughing to celebrate the goal, Van Bommel was the first to run over and high-fived him.

"I'm convinced! Really convinced!" The Dutch midfielder smiled frankly.

In Eindhoven and the Dutch national team, he is considered a big shot, which makes him arrogant and unwilling to submit to anyone, not only Su Dong, but also Ronaldinho.

But tonight, he was really convinced by Su Dong!

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The first and second halves of the game had completely different feelings for both the fans on the sidelines and the players on the field.

The Barcelona players felt it even more deeply because they played particularly poorly in the first half, but played very smoothly in the second half.

The biggest difference is just a change of player on the front line.

Van Bommel was really convinced! He really realized that Su Dong was more important than he thought! …………

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In an away game against Zaragoza, Barcelona's completely different performances in the first and second half sparked heated discussions from the outside world.

The Daily Sports believes that the current Barcelona team is suffering from a disease called "Sudong Syndrome".

"When Barcelona's players don't see Su Dong on the pitch, they start to lose their ability to play football."

This is not just what the Daily Sports said. Zaragoza head coach Munoz also said in the post-match press conference that Sudong's coming on as a substitute was the turning point of the game. He brought not only goals and tactical influence to the Barcelona players, but also confidence.

"We can clearly feel that after Su Dong came on, the Barcelona players played more accurately and they began to find their direction, whereas in the first half, they seemed lost."

Rijkaard was not willing to exaggerate the role of individual players, but he still had to admit that Sudong was the hero of the team's away draw with Zaragoza.

Dutch midfielder Van Bommel was full of praise for Su Dong in an interview with the media after the game, and believed that Su Dong brought confidence to the team. "He is an incredible player. During the halftime break, he told us that he could break through Zaragoza's defense. We were skeptical at the time, but in less than two minutes, he did it."

"I was thinking, my God, what kind of person can do this?"

"With teammates like this around us, we feel especially powerful!"

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At the weekend, in the 20th round of La Liga, Barcelona welcomed the second-to-last team Alaves.

There is a huge gap in strength between the two teams. Barcelona is playing at home and has been making frequent efforts and creating threats from the very beginning.

In the 17th minute, Ronaldinho made a diagonal pass to the penalty area from the left. Su Dong got the first point and headed the ball back to the front of the penalty area. However, Van Bommel, who came in from behind, stopped the ball too much and missed a great opportunity.

The Dutch midfielder was so angry that he almost twisted his head off.

In the 34th minute, Su Dong retreated to receive the ball from the midfield, turned around and made a straight pass.

Iniesta sprinted past Su Dong and caught up with Su Dong's pass near the penalty spot, but his subsequent shot was too straight and was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

After his teammates wasted two opportunities in a row, Su Dong finally couldn't help but take action himself.

A minute later, Marcos Senna intercepted the ball and accurately sent it to Ronaldinho's feet. The Brazilian superstar passed it directly to Su Dong without stopping. Su Dong shot without hesitation and penetrated the goal of Alaves, opening the scoring for Barcelona, ​​one to zero!

In the first half stoppage time, Ronaldinho made another cross from the left, but Su Dong in the middle deliberately missed the ball and let it go to the back post.

Messi stopped the ball and played again without anyone defending him, 2-0! After the second half, just two minutes later, Messi sent a diagonal pass from the right side of the penalty area. The opponent's goalkeeper rushed out to save the ball, and Su Dong easily pushed the ball into the empty goal in front of the goal, further expanding the score to 3-0! In the 69th minute, Ronaldinho sent a diagonal pass again, Iniesta dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and was tripped by the opponent's player. The referee awarded a penalty again. Ronaldinho took the lead and calmly took the penalty, 4-0! In the 82nd minute, Messi sent a straight pass from the right, Su Dong entered the penalty area, pushed the ball in front of the goal, and was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

The ball didn't fly far, but landed on the right side of the penalty area, and Messi followed up and calmly shot the ball into the goal, locking the score at 5-0! Scoring twice!

After Messi scored, he was so excited that he almost went crazy! He jumped directly onto Su Dong's back and let Su Dong carry him around the field, accepting the congratulations from the Barcelona fans in the stands.

No one expected that this young Argentine player would rise so fast this season! Only Messi himself knew that all of this was because Su Dong kept helping him.

Since he entered the first team, all of this was inseparable from Su Dong's help!

This made him feel that he could not repay him!

(End of this chapter)