Chapter 1016: King of the Premier League
"Tonight Wembley Stadium belongs to Su Dong!"
After the game, Sky Sports gave Su Dong the highest score of nine points and gave him a very high evaluation without hesitation, believing that Su Dong was the key factor in Manchester City's victory over Liverpool tonight. This was another classic game for Su Dong.
In the subsequent commentary article on the match, Sky Sports listed the many superstars that have emerged from Wembley Stadium over the years, from the distant Premier League stars, to later stars such as Cantona, Alan Shearer, and then to Premier League stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Drogba, Gerrard, and Lampard.
“Wembley Stadium is a sacred place in the hearts of countless players and fans because it has witnessed the birth of many legendary stars.”
"Su Dong will undoubtedly be the next one, or even the most dazzling one."
Sky Sports analysis believes that Manchester City's attack was curbed by Liverpool's defense. Although they had an advantage in strength and passing and controlling the ball, they were unable to convert this advantage into goals.
Both of Su Dong's goals were quite exciting and can be listed as classic goals at Wembley Stadium. These two goals also brought Manchester City another FA Cup championship.
"In Manchester City's more than 100-year history, before Su Dong joined, they had only won four FA Cup titles and two English Premier League titles. After Su Dong joined, Manchester City won the Premier League and FA Cup titles for two consecutive seasons. He is leading the current Manchester City team to create the pinnacle in the club's history."
In addition to high praise for Su Dong, Sky Sports also gave positive comments on other Manchester City players. After all, Manchester City basically played at their own level throughout the game and performed as stably as ever.
For Liverpool, Sky Sports' ratings were somewhat inconsistent. The defensive players basically scored well. Gerrard got a high score in the frontcourt. Suarez's performance was not ideal. His most threatening shot in the whole game was the shot after Carroll came on as a substitute. It was very lethal, but that was all.
Sky Sports' evaluation of Suarez is that he is very capable, but needs better partners and tactical environment.
Another young substitute player, Carroll, received good reviews despite only playing for more than half an hour. He was considered to have continued his excellent performance in the final stage of the season and his future is worth looking forward to.
Sky Sports believes that after winning three domestic championships, the League Cup, the Premier League and the FA Cup, Manchester City will aim for the Champions League final at the Allianz Arena in Munich, where their opponent will be their domestic rival Chelsea.
But in this game, Manchester City still has the advantage in strength. As long as they can continue their high level of performance during this period, I believe it is not impossible to defeat Chelsea and win the first Champions League in the club's history.
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After the FA Cup final, Su Dong, as captain, was interviewed by many media reporters in the comprehensive interview area under the arrangement of the English FA. He also mentioned the upcoming Champions League final at the Allianz Arena.
Regarding the FA Cup championship, Su Dong said that he would forget it when he walked out of the stadium.
"As far as I know, we will not arrange any official celebrations, and the club will not celebrate this championship too much. This is not because it is not important to us. On the contrary, every championship is the result of our hard work and is very important to us, especially since the foundation of our club is indeed relatively weak."
"We have to forget about it because we still have another very important championship waiting ahead. We cannot be satisfied with the status quo, but must actively prepare for the next challenge."
Regarding tonight's game, Su Dong said that Liverpool is a worthy opponent and played very tenaciously.
"Steven and I are good friends. He just congratulated me and I told him that he is a great midfielder. Football matches are brutal and winners and losers are inevitable, but in my mind, he is also a winner."
Su Dong believes that Liverpool is a very tenacious and persistent team. They caused a lot of trouble to Manchester City in the game. The team won the game after paying a considerable price.
"I think Liverpool is a very good whetstone. In this game, we exposed a lot of problems. We need to learn lessons in time to avoid similar problems in the next game, especially the most important final."
Regarding Manchester City, Su Dong said that the team played very well tonight and basically played the characteristics of Manchester City. Although there are some areas where they are not doing well enough, this also means that Manchester City still has great potential to be tapped.
"From the perspective of the team's average age, we are a young team. Even among the top 20 teams in the Premier League, we are still considered young. This means that we can still make further progress and keep improving."
As for Chelsea, the opponent in the upcoming Champions League final, Su Dong also gave a very high evaluation, believing that the team in the second half was completely like two different teams from the first half, playing with different mental outlooks and football.
"I know that many people say that Chelsea is aging, the players are out of date, and there is no unity, but I never think so, because if that is the case, it will be difficult for Chelsea to break through the group stage and advance to the final."
"On the contrary, this is a team that is far underestimated. It is still able to advance to the final despite the pressure of many problems such as aging and internal conflicts. I want to say that we must be mentally prepared for a tough battle. This may be our most difficult game so far this season."
Although he won Chelsea, Su Dong still expressed confidence, "I firmly believe that the team can win. This is our goal. We will play our best performance to win the final victory."
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After Manchester City won the League Cup and the Premier League, they won the FA Cup, achieved the Treble, and even had a chance to win the Champions League. The British media also reported on the story behind Manchester City's rise.
Behind Su Dong's outstanding performance is Manchester City's huge financial support and the Abu Dhabi consortium's annual investment of hundreds of millions of funds. Even so far, Manchester City has not found its own way to make profits and is completely supported by the investment of the Middle Eastern consortium.
The Guardian conducted financial statistics and believed that Manchester City's net investment in the transfer market over the past five years exceeded 400 million pounds, which not only included the investment of the Abu Dhabi consortium, but also the investment during Thaksin's time.
But this data does not include Su Dong's transfer fee, because Su Dong transferred to Manchester City on a free transfer from Bayern Munich.
"Manchester City did save a lot of money on Su Dong's transfer, but the problem is that this money was eventually converted into Su Dong's personal assets in the form of a signing fee. At the same time, they also had to pay an astonishingly high annual salary and huge game bonuses, which would all be reflected in Manchester City's financial statements."
The Guardian believes that Su Dong’s contribution alone is almost equal to that of the entire Liverpool team.
This was the key to Manchester City's victory over Liverpool.
Is it worth it? Judging from the results of the past two seasons, it is worth it.
After Su Dong came to Manchester City, he not only brought amazing goal-scoring ability, making Manchester City's offensive firepower leap to the top in Europe, but also allowed Manchester City to attract more first-line stars such as Pepe, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Courtois and Aguero to join, greatly enhancing Manchester City's influence.
Not only that, Su Dong has also driven the increase of Manchester City's brand value with his amazing influence around the world.
"Now in the United States, Manchester City is one of the most well-known Premier League teams, not inferior to Manchester United, and Su Dong has been the most popular football player in the United States since a few years ago, far surpassing Beckham and Henry who play in the Major League Soccer."
The Guardian believes that Su Dong has brought to Manchester City not only results on the field and commercial benefits off the field, but also potential benefits to the club on the spiritual level.
"Everyone in the Manchester City team agrees that Su Dong is no less important than Guardiola, and is even more important than Guardiola. Not only in terms of technical and tactical aspects, but also in locker room management, Su Dong plays a pivotal and irreplaceable role."
The Guardian believes that Manchester City's rise has become unstoppable since the moment Su Dong joined, while Manchester United's decline was doomed as early as when the Glazer family acquired Manchester United.
Starting from the time Manchester United raised more than 500 million pounds in financing in 2005, by the end of December 2011, the interest paid by Manchester United for the Glazer family's acquisition loan that year alone reached a staggering 500 million pounds.
Note that this is interest only.
So far, Manchester United still has a debt of up to 450 million pounds in its account. This is like a heavy mountain pressing on Manchester United's back, making Ferguson and Manchester United hesitant in the transfer market. They only dare to introduce some young players who are of good quality and cheap, and dare not make any big moves. They even do not hesitate to sell their star player Cristiano Ronaldo.
According to statistics from the Guardian, Manchester United's net investment in the transfer market in the past five years was only 50 million pounds, averaging 10 million pounds a year, which is similar to the investment of relegation teams. In comparison, Chelsea's investment in the same period was 150 million pounds, Liverpool's investment was 85 million pounds, and Tottenham Hotspur's investment was 67 million pounds.
Even teams like Sunderland and Stoke City have a higher net investment than Manchester United.
On the one hand, Manchester City is investing regardless of cost, while on the other hand, Manchester United is cutting back on spending. In comparison, the Guardian believes that it is not surprising that Manchester City was able to beat Manchester United and win the Premier League title. This is even a normal phenomenon in professional football.
Manchester City's championships in the League Cup, FA Cup, Premier League and even the future Champions League are all based on huge investments, while other Premier League teams do not even have half of Manchester City's.
For a team like Manchester United, it is already quite difficult for Ferguson to stay at the top of the Premier League with the investment of a relegation team.
Manchester City is truly the king of the Premier League!
(End of this chapter)
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