Chapter 1011 The Era of Su Dong
Thanks to Su Dong's goal, Manchester City won a narrow 1-0 victory over Manchester United at home. In the two Manchester derby matches this season, they defeated their city rivals twice, which made Manchester City fans feel extremely excited.
Once upon a time, Manchester City was just an insignificant little character in the eyes of Manchester United, but now, Manchester City has been able to beat Manchester United twice, and even laid the foundation for winning the league title early on. At the same time, after winning the League Cup and the Premier League, they have reached the finals of the FA Cup and the Champions League, and are expected to achieve the feat of winning four championships.
In the eyes of Manchester City fans, Manchester City is now doing what Manchester United did in 1999.
If someone were to ask, when was the peak moment in Manchester United's history? Everyone, including Manchester United fans, would answer without hesitation, the treble in 1999.
Manchester United at that time was far from what it is today, and did not have the current status in world football. Even the Premier League at that time was not well-received because it lagged behind other European leagues in technical and tactical levels for a long time.
The arrival of stars like Vialli and Gullit in the Premier League was considered as technical poverty alleviation and retirement. The real stars in their prime years were still in Serie A, which was a mini-World Cup, and La Liga and Bundesliga, which were at their peak at the time.
Before 1999, Manchester United had only won one Champions League and had not even won the UEFA Cup. Its history and heritage were not considered to be among the top European clubs. Although the team had stars such as Beckham, it was still subject to much doubt.
But with Manchester United winning the treble in 1999, especially the reversal and winning of the treble, the Manchester United dynasty was completely established. At the same time, relying on its own strong strength and the club's strong financial resources, it became one of the top European giants.
And if we go back further, before Ferguson coached Manchester United, Manchester United had only won seven top league titles in its history.
To some extent, it was the great Ferguson who created the great Red Devils Manchester United.
Of course, there was Sir Matt Busby who came earlier than Ferguson. He and Ferguson are considered the two greatest head coaches in Manchester United's history. They both wrote the history of Manchester United.
How similar is Manchester City today to Manchester United in the late 1990s?
Isn't Guardiola doing what Ferguson did at Manchester United?
The difference is that the core strength that Manchester United relied on back then was Class 92 cultivated from its own youth training, but that is ultimately a product of history. With the arrival of the Bosman Act, it has become very, very difficult to reproduce the youth training results of Manchester United back then, especially for a team like Manchester City, it is basically impossible to achieve.
Therefore, Manchester City, backed by the strong capital from the Abu Dhabi consortium in the Middle East, has introduced the best football talents in the world and built a top team.
Now, this Manchester City team is expected to win the quadruple championship, which will be greater and more legendary than Manchester United's treble that year.
You know, this is the first time in Manchester City's history to participate in the Champions League! Everyone knows very well that Manchester City's strong rise is unstoppable, and what they are doing now is to consolidate their foundation, dominate the Premier League, and win the European championship, just like Manchester United did in 1999!
Ferguson retired in the last two or three years, Wenger has been mediocre for many years, Chelsea is in civil strife, Liverpool has been in decline for a long time, and although the Premier League is highly competitive, who can stop Manchester City?
Even the rigorous Times published a news item after Manchester City beat Manchester United 1-0.
The Premier League has ushered in the Manchester City era! In this article, The Times believes that the Manchester City era is also the Guardiola era, and even more so the Su Dong era! "From the Portuguese Super League to La Liga, from La Liga to the Bundesliga, and from the Bundesliga to the Premier League, no player has ever been able to create his own legendary era and create a historic peak wherever he goes like Su Dong."
"The Portuguese Super League treble, the La Liga treble and the historic defense of the Champions League, the Bundesliga treble for three consecutive years, these are all incredibly astonishing achievements, and now, Su Dong is creating a new legend in the Premier League."
If this report from The Times was met with some doubts when it first came out, then with the Premier League make-up match in the middle of the week, it is difficult for anyone to find any rebuttal.
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In the middle of the week, in the 34th round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Norwich away.
Norwich, playing at home, is currently ranked 13th and has no worries about relegation. They are fighting more for face and can let go. So as soon as the game started, the home team directly launched a crazy pressing pressure on Manchester City, as if they wanted to test how much strength Manchester City has left after being exhausted after a long battle.
Not to mention, it actually created quite a few threats.
But Manchester City quickly stabilized its position, and in the 18th minute, David Silva and Su Dong made a small-scale two-on-one combination in front of the penalty area. David Silva made a through ball, and Su Dong made a fierce shot to score, making it one to zero.
Nine minutes later, Su Dong cooperated with his teammates again. This time it was Di Maria, and the location was changed from the front of the penalty area to inside the penalty area. The two of them performed a wall-like cooperation, and Su Dong's shot passed through the goalkeeper's crotch and scored again, 2-0.
Just four minutes later, another straight pass from David Silva was made by Su Dong in the penalty area, and the ball flew over the goalkeeper and fell into Norwich's goal again, making it 3-0.
Facts have proved that any team that dares to play against Manchester City will end up losing miserably.
After the second half, in the 51st minute, Toni Kroos made a straight pass, Su Dong broke into the right side of the penalty area, and shot near the penalty spot, breaking Norwich's goal again, 4-0.
Four goals!!! In the 65th minute, Aguero was ready to replace Su Dong. An attack on the field came from Busquets' long pass. Su Dong got in after being offside, headed the ball forward, chased after it, dribbled past the attacking goalkeeper in the penalty area, and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal, 5-0! Five goals!!!
Not only the Manchester City fans who came to the away game with the team, but also many Norwich fans couldn't help but applaud and cheer for Su Dong.
This is his 52nd league goal this season.
In La Liga, there are Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, both of whom scored consecutively, constantly narrowing the goal gap with Su Dong, and they are even now only three or four goals away.
But now, Su Dong scored five goals in one breath against Norwich, which was somewhat suspected of bullying the weak team and inflating the statistics.
After Su Dong left the field, Aguero scored two goals and scored twice.
The Argentine striker scored quite a few goals in his first season with Manchester City, many of which were scored when he came on as a substitute.
With this data, he would definitely be a main player in other teams, so much so that even his father-in-law Maradona felt sorry for him, thinking that Manchester City did not give him more playing time.
But everyone knows that Aguero's goal is actually insignificant in front of Su Dong.
More importantly, in Manchester City, the Argentine striker can only be a substitute. This is not due to Su Dong's status, but Aguero is unable to shoulder Su Dong's burden, especially at key moments in some key games.
Not to mention anything else, just take the last game against Manchester United, didn’t we have to wait until Su Dong came on as a substitute to break the deadlock?
After the game, The Guardian wrote an article specifically analyzing this phenomenon.
The Guardian’s point of view is very clear. It is not because Su Dong has his current status in Manchester City and in the current world football that he is treated specially and is able to turn the tide at critical moments time and time again, but because he has strong enough strength to enable him to turn the tide at critical moments.
"In competitive sports, strength is always the key!"
"Sudon has been proving to all of us that he is a great professional first and foremost."
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Manchester City beat Norwich 7-0 away from home!
Su Dong only played for 65 minutes, and once again achieved success with all five players!
All these things show that as the season draws to a close, Manchester City's form remains excellent, and Su Dong's performance becomes even more impressive. He is not at all complacent because Manchester City has already won two championships.
Naturally, no one noticed that in a corner of the stands of Norwich's Carrow Road Stadium, Liverpool head coach Dalglish and his right-hand man, in disguise, were secretly observing the game and assessing their opponent in the FA Cup final this weekend, Manchester City.
Liverpool's situation this season is not good. It is currently ranked ninth in the Premier League. Not to mention breaking into the top four of the league, it can't even enter the European war zone. The only hope is to win the FA Cup and qualify for the Europa League.
This is Liverpool's only chance and it is also what Liverpool attaches the most importance to now.
In terms of schedule, Liverpool has the advantage because they have no games in the midweek and can go all out on the weekends.
On the other hand, Manchester City not only has to play two games in a row in a week, but also has to fight hard one after another, which will be a big challenge for Manchester City's physical energy consumption.
However, Manchester City's lineup is really strong.
Especially after watching the 7-0 victory over Norwich, Dalglish's face was full of solemnity.
In the upcoming FA Cup final, Liverpool's biggest reliance is the schedule and the team's third-best defense in the Premier League.
"It's not feasible to just defend and defend blindly. If we let Manchester City control the ball, we will be overwhelmed and collapse sooner or later."
Dalglish is a great player, so he knows how desperate it is for a player to not touch the ball for a long time on the court, and Manchester City has a way to make their opponents experience this despair.
"It's even worse if we don't defend tightly. Like Norwich, they took a lead at the beginning but didn't collect it in time and were directly blown up." Dalglish shook his head in embarrassment.
Norwich's tactics tonight were too willful, and this was because they had no desires or ideas and only wanted to please the home fans and let them see a wonderful match.
But the final result was far from ideal and the loss was horrible.
Liverpool can never be like Norwich, but they can't just defend and let Manchester City control the ball and the tempo.
How to say it?
It's like a person choosing between suicide and chronic suicide.
The probability of survival cannot be said to be zero, it can only be said to be too slim.
At least so far this season, no team has been able to beat Manchester City.
Can Liverpool do it?
(End of chapter)
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