Chapter 805: Dream Start

"Hey, why is it you again?"

On the afternoon of October 25th, in the player tunnel of the Etihad Stadium, Su Dong just walked out and saw Phil Foden, a young player from the youth training camp, appear in front of him. He looked up at him with a smile, as if to say: Here I am again.

"What's up? Have you saved enough pocket money recently?" Su Dong asked with a smile.

In order to become a ball boy, Phil Foden tried all kinds of tricks and even spent all the pocket money he had saved for two years. This incident became a story in the Manchester City locker room, and everyone thought that this kid was interesting.

But unexpectedly, he came again after such a short time.

"Don't get me wrong, this time it was our coach who rewarded me." Phil Foden said loudly with his head held high and his chest puffed out.

"A reward from the coach?"

"Yes, I have been performing well in the youth team recently, so he rewarded me and said that if I continue to perform well in the future, he will let me play in every home game." When saying this, Phil Foden's tone was full of pride, as if this was the best thing in the world for him at such a young age.

Kids are kids.

Su Dong and his teammates also smiled and reached out to touch Foden's head. "Then how did you convince them?"

You know, in every home game, the ball boys would "compete" for who would hold Su Dong's hand, but today it seemed that everyone else was quite well behaved, and no one competed with Foden for it. This is unusual.

Foden was so embarrassed that he scratched his head and laughed.

But a kid next to him shouted first: "He behaved well and asked his dad for pocket money. He promised to treat us to snacks."

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard it.

Foden turned around angrily and glared at the child who was talking, "I don't want you to talk too much."

"I'm telling the truth."

The players on the first team were actually not very old, all in their twenties, and still at an age where they had not lost their childishness. They had a very good impression of these kids, especially seeing them playing like this, which they found even more interesting.

In fact, the days in the youth training camp are the most carefree. Everyone has a goal and is working hard for it.

Although there is a distinction between main players and substitutes, in fact there is no such obvious boundary, and there is not much difference between high and low.

But it is different in the adult team. It is filled with all kinds of interests. Not to mention competing for playing opportunities, even private fighting is not uncommon.

Seeing this group of childlike children, many players began to envy them.

Su Dong also liked this group of kids very much. He touched their heads affectionately, one by one, and asked them casually about some things about the youth team. It was not until the referee Clattenburg came out with his assistants that Su Dong went up to them.

But Su Dong had no idea that in the eyes of Foden and other kids, he was the most enviable one.

He is tall and strong, handsome, plays football well, and is the captain of the team. He can chat with the referee Clattenburg and the linesman. When Arsenal captain Fabregas appeared with the Gunners players, he was obviously a younger brother in front of Su Dong.

There is no way. With Su Dong’s current status in world football, who is not a younger brother?

Such players are born idols! Therefore, Foden and countless Manchester City youth training camp players all regard Su Dong as their idol, and they all want to play like Su Dong, or fight alongside him.

Not only in the youth training camp, Foden has heard Sterling mention Su Dong more than once.

Sterling came to Manchester City just for Su Dong, and he is waiting for the opportunity to play in the first team.

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The atmosphere before the game was good, but it completely disappeared the moment we walked into the stadium.

Once entering this stadium, both sides are mortal enemies.

Especially in a game like tonight, only one team can walk out of this alive.

Before the game, Manchester City held a moment of silence for the death of club legend Malcolm Ellison.

This English legend never played for Manchester City, but the peak of his coaching career was at Manchester City. He also helped Manchester City win the only European championship in the club's history, the European Cup Winners' Cup, and the second English top league championship in the club's history.

That was the peak of Manchester City’s history!

It took Manchester City thirty-one years from the first top league title to the second title, and forty-two years have passed since the second title. Manchester City has finally demonstrated its strength to challenge for the top league title once again.

But unfortunately, Malcolm Ellison passed away.

Manchester City management held a memorial service and also observed a moment of silence for him before this key match.

Su Dong was not familiar with the 83-year-old man and had never seen him. Among the few rumors about him, the one that impressed him the most was that he once invited a British porn star to his team's bathtub and took a bath with him, which was also photographed by media reporters.

This also once again confirms one thing: legendary figures always have their legendary characteristics.

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"Do you remember our pre-match deployment?"

Before the game officially started, Su Dong gathered all his teammates and formed a circle.

"Remember!" everyone answered in unison.

"Okay, then let's unify and do this after the opening, come on!" Su Dong stretched out his hand.

The other Manchester City players also stretched out their hands and overlapped Su Dong's hands.

“Come on! Come on! Come on!”

The Manchester City players shouted in unison, and finally shook their hands vigorously, and everyone returned to their positions.

…

"We saw that Manchester City had a lot of momentum tonight."

"This is not surprising. Manchester City is currently at the top of the Premier League. This is the first time in decades in the club's history that they have seen hope of winning the English top league. Every player is holding back their energy."

"Except for Suarez, Pepe, Marcelo and Toni Kroos, the other players of this Manchester City team have basically never tasted the taste of championship, so they are also full of fighting spirit."

"Tonight, Guardiola still used a 4-3-3 formation."

"Goalkeeper Joe Hart returned to the starting lineup, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Micah Richards. Zabaleta is injured, Guardiola chose Micah Richards to play as the team's right back."

"He has played a few times for Manchester City before and performed well. He has also had some impressive performances at right back."

"The midfield is still the same three players, with Busquets in the back, David Silva and Toni Kroos in the middle, and the front three, Di Maria, Sudon and Sanchez."

"This is also Manchester City's strongest lineup at the moment."

"Also, we see Gareth Barry returning to the squad."

"Some people say that Arsenal is the Premier League version of Barcelona. Of course, they are talking about the Barcelona under Rijkaard. The difference between this and the Barcelona under Mourinho is very obvious."

"And Cruyff said that Barcelona's orthodoxy is in Manchester City."

“Now, it’s a battle between two teams that play very similar styles of football.”

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"Arsenal also adopted a 4-3-3 formation."

"The goalkeeper is Fabianski, the back line is Clichy, Giroud, Squillaci and Sagna, the midfield is Alexander Song, Fabregas and Denilson are in the middle, and the front line is Arshavin, Chamakh and Nasri.

"We can clearly see that the overall strength of the two teams is still very interesting."

"Wenger said before the game that the key to Arsenal's victory lies in whether they can stop Su Dong's attack."

…

"The game has begun."

"Arsenal kicked off first."

"Manchester City pressed forward, obviously wanting to use their home advantage to press Arsenal from the start."

"Look at this time, Arsenal were forced to make a long pass upfield."

"Kompany beat Chamakh and headed the ball back to midfield."

"The Belgian central defender has performed very well this season and has formed the most solid defense in the Premier League with Pepe."

"Look at Manchester City's attack this time, it has advanced to the front court."

"It was passed to David Silva, then to Toni Kroos, but instead of continuing to the right, it suddenly moved back to the left."

"Manchester City's lateral passing is very flexible."

"Di Maria has a chance on the left."

"Su Dong ran over and raised his hand to ask for the ball, and Di Maria passed it to the bottom line of the penalty area."

"pretty!"

"Su Dong used his body to hold Squillaci back and stopped the ball, but he couldn't turn around."

"Arsenal is in danger now, let's see how Su Dong handles it."

"Push your left foot behind you..."

"David Silva, follow me..."

“The ball goes in!!!”

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!"

"Just forty-five seconds into the game, Manchester City took the lead in scoring against Arsenal!"

"It was a great combination from Manchester City's frontcourt. Su Dong was so strong that Squillaci was blocked behind him and had no ability to resist, let alone stop him from passing the ball."

"Su Dong's assist was very wonderful and comfortable. David Silva followed up and shot directly into the lower right corner with his left foot."

"There was nothing the goalkeeper Fabianski could do."

"Manchester City have made a fantastic start!"

“One to zero!”

…

The goal scored within 45 seconds of the start completely ignited the passion at the Etihad Stadium.

Tens of thousands of Manchester City fans are in a frenzy!

Who could have thought that the goal would come so quickly? In the stands, many fans were already celebrating the goal crazily in the aisle before they even found their seats.

On the sidelines, in front of the visiting team's coaching booth, Wenger slapped his forehead hard, looking serious.

The thing he was most worried about happened.

He has always been wary of Su Dong, but Su Dong helped Manchester City score a goal at the beginning of the game.

Could the situation be worse than this?

Not only was Wenger frustrated, but even the Arsenal players on the field were hit hard.

How can we play this kind of game after losing the ball within a minute of the start? Afterwards, Manchester City completely controlled the situation, took possession of the ball, pressed Arsenal in the half court, and continued to pull, ready to give Arsenal another fatal blow at any time.

But in the fourth minute of the game, Arsenal launched a counterattack. Fabregas made a long pass and Chamakh quickly moved forward.

(End of this chapter)