Chapter 1002 It’s all fate!
When the game reached the 93rd minute, amid the cheers of nearly 100,000 Barcelona fans at the Camp Nou Stadium, Su Dong dribbled the ball at high speed and sent a straight pass to David Silva.
The Spanish midfielder cut into the left side of the penalty area and caught up with the ball, but his shooting angle was blocked by Mascherano. He had no choice but to protect the ball and pass it back to Su Dong who was following behind.
Su Dong directly kicked the ball back with his heel and passed it to the front of the penalty area.
Toni Kroos quickly came in, stopped, swung his right foot and took a long shot.
This is the area where the German midfielder excels, and it is also his best way to score.
The long shot was very powerful and at a tricky angle, making it difficult for goalkeeper Valdes to save the ball.
In an instant, the entire stadium was filled with shouts of despair.
If Manchester City scores this goal again, it will be 0-2 and Barcelona will be completely finished!
But just when there was despair, there was a bang, and the ball hit the right post and bounced back into the penalty area.
All Barcelona fans felt moved at the feeling of surviving a disaster, and many of them even applauded.
The ball hit the post and bounced back, causing chaos in the Barcelona penalty area. In the end, Mascherano took the lead and kicked the ball out, which went directly out of bounds and became Manchester City's out-of-bounds ball.
But a great scoring opportunity was missed.
Toni Kroos was so regretful that he squatted on the ground and was unwilling to stand up for a long time.
After Manchester City sent a throw-in, Turkish referee Cakir also blew the whistle to end the game.
Zero to one, the scoreboard showed the final result of the game.
Manchester City defeated Barcelona 1-0 away from home thanks to Sudong's goal at the end of the first half.
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The entire Camp Nou stadium turned into a sea of chaos and disorder.
Some fans were quite satisfied with the result, but not because Barcelona performed well enough, but because they only conceded one goal.
Some fans were very dissatisfied with the result, so they booed, accused, and even faintly heard voices calling for Mourinho to be sacked. It was obvious that Barcelona fans' patience with the Portuguese madman had reached its limit.
And cheers from Manchester City fans.
Being able to beat Barcelona 1-0 away from home is definitely a very good result for Manchester City, because after returning to the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City has every opportunity to further expand its lead.
The fans of the two teams had different reactions, which made the stadium stands very chaotic. Various voices were intertwined and could not be distinguished.
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Manchester City players felt a little lost after the whistle sounded.
Su Dong even walked over and pulled up Toni Kroos who was squatting on the ground, touched his head soothingly, put his arm around his shoulders, and comforted him with a few words.
The German midfielder did have reason to be frustrated as he missed a golden opportunity.
If the ball just now had gone in, Toni Kroos would have been the main contributor to Manchester City's victory.
Of course, Su Dong would also benefit from it, not only with assists, but also with his heels, which was another classic that countless media and fans talked about.
But unfortunately, Toni Kroos' long shot hit the post.
The German midfielder's mood improved a little with Su Dong's comfort, but at this moment, Su Dong suddenly asked in confusion, "To be honest, I'm quite confused. The goal is so big and Valdés is standing so far away, why do you have to shoot at the post?"
This one sentence almost made Toni Kroos cry again.
Brother, are you sure you are comforting me? Are you sure you are not taking advantage of me? Seeing Toni Kroos's tearful expression, Su Dong laughed and patted his shoulder vigorously, "Okay, okay, I am just curious, right?"
The German midfielder was also very depressed and replied directly, "You have led me astray."
"What?" Su Dong was depressed now.
"You said that you Chinese have a saying, 'If you keep company with vermilion, you will be red; if you keep company with ink, you will be black.' I've been with you for a long time, and I can't help but want to learn from you. I want to hit the blind spot as soon as I kick, so..."
Toni Kroos shrugged speechlessly, obviously very depressed about the result.
In fact, if he hadn't been too focused on the shooting angle, he would have been very confident of this shot.
But the problem is, at that moment, he wanted to hit a blind spot.
The end result was that he hit the ball directly into the post.
"If God gives me another chance to start over, I will definitely tell myself not to hit the blind spot!"
"If I have to add a deadline before this sentence, I hope it is..."
Before Toni Kroos finished speaking, Su Dong patted him on the back of his head and said, "Speak human language."
The German midfielder immediately swallowed the rest of his words.
He didn't know when he watched two Chinese movies in Sudong. They were said to be about famous classics. He couldn't remember exactly what they were about, but he remembered a few lines very clearly because he often joked about them with Marcelo, Pepe and others.
At this moment, his mood was exactly the same as that monkey's at that moment.
It’s all fate!
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After comforting Toni Kroos and celebrating the away victory with his teammates, Su Dong received congratulations from his former Barcelona teammates one after another.
That's how professional football works.
Before and after the game starts, both sides can be very good friends, but during the game, they are opponents, rivals who will never give up, so you can often see two good friends shoveling each other to the ground in the game.
As long as it is not intended to hurt the opponent, it can basically be understood.
Just like the incident between Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney in the German World Cup, Su Dong stood up to support his friend, and this was also what he thought in his heart, that Ronaldo was right.
Whether or not Rooney put pressure on the referee to send him off, he was right.
Because in that game, he was not a Manchester United player, but was wearing the jersey of the Portugal national team. He and Rooney are sworn enemies. Is there a problem with asking the referee to send off his sworn enemy?
If you think that professional football also has to consider the so-called "game first, friendship second", this is an absolute misunderstanding.
Just like what domestic textbooks say about Fowler giving up the shot, the truth is not like that at all.
First of all, it should be clear that in that game, when Fowler gave up the shot, Liverpool was leading Arsenal 1-0 away from home. Even so, after Fowler was knocked down by Seaman, he just stood up and explained for Seaman, so the referee changed the penalty to a penalty kick, and Fowler also took the penalty kick.
When taking the penalty kick, Fowler obviously wanted to score, and he kicked it directly towards the lower right corner of the goal, but it was saved by Seaman. It was not like what the textbooks said, a soft kick directly towards Seaman's chest, so Seaman only had time to save the ball but was unable to control it.
More importantly, when the penalty kick missed, Fowler ran over to take a follow-up shot, but his teammate McAteer was one step faster than him and scored.
And the final result was Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-1.
UEFA's subsequent fair play award was given to the moment when Fowler defended Seaman, not the subsequent so-called abandoned shot.
The football journalist who wrote this article is full of speculation and imagination, which is also in line with the practices of domestic media in those years. They often even rely on imagination to write football reports, whether it is foreign football or domestic football.
In fact, you can imagine that if a professional player, receiving a high salary from the club, lets his opponent off the field and deliberately does not score a goal, causing the team to suffer losses, does this player have professional ethics? In the same way, the players themselves can clearly distinguish between the two.
Competition is competition, life is life.
We fight on the court, but off the court, we are still good friends.
Many Barcelona players, including Puyol and Xavi, came forward to congratulate Su Dong. Alves and others also found Marcelo and Pepe, and they are still friends with each other.
In the end, Su Dong was hugged on both sides, Messi on one side and Iniesta on the other side, and the three of them stood side by side and talked.
It’s just that Messi was not in a very good mood, obviously affected by the game.
"We played too conservatively." Messi finally couldn't help but say.
He is a shy person, even now, especially to an outsider like Su Dong, the fact that he could say such words shows his dissatisfaction with Mourinho.
Not only him, but also Xavi, Iniesta and others were very dissatisfied with Mourinho.
It all comes down to that: being too conservative.
"After losing the home game, he will definitely have something to say. It may be our fault, or someone else's fault, but it is definitely not his fault." When Iniesta said this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
“This is a mistake!”
Su Dong felt that what Iniesta was talking about was the appointment of Mourinho as Barcelona's head coach.
In fact, this is not only an internal problem of Barcelona, but also a matter of the Spanish national team. Because Barcelona is currently behind Real Madrid in the standings, Mourinho even asked some of Barcelona's Spanish internationals to publicly support him and draw a line between themselves and Real Madrid's local players.
But how could this be possible? As a result, Mourinho received strong backlash from the players, which further stimulated him to increase the pressure.
Sometimes, even Su Dong himself can't figure out what Mourinho is thinking.
"In fact, even if we attack you, you don't have much chance." Su Dong said neutrally.
That's true.
Just like in the European Super Cup, in a head-to-head battle, didn’t Barcelona still lose to Manchester City?
Barcelona’s current problems have actually been around for a long time. If they want to play a passing and controlling style, they may not be able to put together such a lineup.
Head coach Mourinho does not have such an opportunity. The most important midfielder is the number four position, and no one in Barcelona can fill it. After being tempered in the Premier League, Fabregas is no longer a traditional number four player.
"But we tried our best not to be as frustrated as we are now, right?"
Messi's question left Su Dong speechless.
(End of this chapter)
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