Chapter 414: The Man with His Own Goal BGM
On the evening of August 26th, Stade Louis II, Monaco.
In the European Super Cup, the Champions League champions Barcelona faced off against the UEFA Cup champions CSKA Moscow.
Just two minutes into the game, Su Dong almost blew open CSKA Moscow's goal with a sudden shot from more than 25 meters away, forcing Akinfeev, the Russian team's "future No. 1 goalkeeper" with amazing potential in FM Football Manager, to make a save.
This shot also showed Barcelona's momentum.
Afterwards, the La Liga team launched a fierce offensive against CSKA Moscow.
In the tenth minute, after Xavi got the ball in front of the penalty area, he made a long pass and sent the ball directly to the left side of the frontcourt.
Ronaldinho chested the ball and then volleyed it behind the defense.
Su Dong penetrated the defense of CSKA Moscow like a flash of lightning, headed Ronaldinho's pass forward, chased after Akinfev, and without waiting for him to arrive, volleyed the ball into the air and broke the goal of the Russian team, opening the scoring for Barcelona, one to zero!
As for the goal scorer, Barcelona played more and more steadily, and their advantage in passing and controlling the ball became more and more obvious.
CSKA Moscow did not launch its first attack until the 27th minute.
Attention, it was the first attack! In the 43rd minute of the first half, another direct pass from Xavi once again penetrated CSKA Moscow's defense.
Su Dong quickly moved forward to the right side of the penalty area, caught up with the ball, broke through the defender and passed the ball to the back point.
The unguarded Ronaldinho followed up and easily scored with a header, scoring another goal for Barcelona.
2-0! In the injury time, Xavi made a long pass from the backcourt. Under the pressure of Su Dong, the CSKA Moscow defender cleared the ball in advance, but he failed to grab the ball and headed it over.
Su Dong quickly inserted himself behind the defense and got the ball. After getting the ball, he faked a shot near the penalty spot, fooled the attacking goalkeeper Akinfefe, and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal, changing the score to 3-0! After scoring the goal, Su Dong excitedly ran all the way to the sidelines to celebrate.
The teammates around him also rushed over to celebrate the goal.
"I found out that the game is really just a game, and Akinfeev is not as powerful as he is in the game!" Su Dong laughed.
Many teammates around me who had played Football Manager laughed out loud.
That's true.
The game is full of cold numbers, and the deduced matches are also deduced based on the data. But in reality, the game is full of all kinds of unpredictability, which is impossible to be simulated and deduced by the game.
As for Akinfefe, there is no need to mention it.
With the huge investment from Abramovich, and the rumors of other Premier League teams being acquired, the purchasing power of the entire European football world has become very amazing, and the demand for outstanding players is very high.
Even a fledgling like Rooney can be hyped up for a sky-high price, which shows how severe the talent shortage is.
If Akinfeev is really talented, how could he only play football in Russia?
It has long been fought over by all the major teams.
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After the second half, CSKA Moscow seized the Barcelona goalkeeper's mistake in the final stage of the game and scored a goal to save face.
Valdes' rash attack caused loopholes in Barcelona's defense.
This goalkeeper is also an old problem for Barcelona. In the just-concluded Champions League award selection, as the goalkeeper of the championship team, he did not even make it into the top three candidates, which shows that his performance is really bad.
Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on Valdés.
Barcelona is a team that focuses more on offense than defense, so all of Barcelona's goalkeepers over the years have been bad, from Reina to Rustu to today's Valdes, without exception, all of them have butter hands.
But on the other hand, after Reina moved from Barcelona to Villarreal, he performed well and was bought by Liverpool this season.
So, many times, defense is really a system problem.
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Bringing the European Super Cup back from Monaco, Barcelona was once again warmly welcomed by the fans.
This is the third time in Barcelona's history that they have won the European Super Cup. The previous two times were Cruyff's Dream Team and Van Gaal's 1997 season.
The only time they won both the Spanish Super Cup and the European Super Cup was in 1992 when Cruyff's Dream Team was in power.
This also made Barcelona fans extremely excited, and they shouted for the arrival of the Dream Team II dynasty!
The Catalan media also sang praises for this Barcelona team, believing that Rijkaard will continue to dominate La Liga in the new season.
But as a mortal enemy, Real Madrid is also unwilling to be outdone.
After introducing strong players such as Baptista and Robinho, Real Madrid's overall strength has been greatly improved. Although the aging Figo and Owen who performed poorly have left, the team's locker room is more united.
When announcing the squad, head coach Luxemburg made it clear that Robinho would play in the game.
All parties have high expectations and regard for this genius from Brazil, nicknamed the new Pele. Luxemburg is also looking forward to Robinho's debut and said that he is the head coach who knows him best.
"That's very important for a young player of his age."
Luxemburg also revealed that Robinho will be the most eye-catching player in the world football field from now on, and he can make a huge contribution to Real Madrid. "He will become the best player in the world, like Su Dong, no, better than Su Dong!"
The Real Madrid coach made no secret of his optimism and expectations for Robinho, and firmly believed that he could train him to become the most perfect and greatest football player.
"He's going to be the best in the world!"
Media close to Real Madrid also compared Robinho with Su Dong, because the Brazilian genius is even a few months older than Su Dong, and everyone believes that his performance will not be inferior to Su Dong.
AS openly issued a challenge, believing that Real Madrid would overwhelm Barcelona from the first round of the league.
"Robinho will lead the team to victory!"
Catalonia responded by saying that Robinho wanted to catch up with Su Dong. "Please let him win a World Footballer of the Year and a Ballon d'Or first, or a Champions League or even a UEFA Cup!"
The confrontation between the two major media has made the new season of La Liga extremely lively.
The opening match is Barcelona's away game against Alaves.
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“Is Robinho really that strong?”
At the Mendizorroza Stadium, newly promoted Alaves is holding a brief opening ceremony.
The Barcelona players stood aside to witness, while Su Dong whispered to Ronaldinho.
"He is indeed very talented, but...it's hard to say." Ronaldinho said ambiguously.
Obviously, there were some things he was unwilling to say.
Su Dong vaguely heard the clues and shook his head, saying, "Now, just looking at the hype created by the media, it feels like Robinho has become the hope and savior of Real Madrid, and superstars like Ronaldo, Raul and Zidane have to stand aside."
At the end, Su Dong couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
Although it is said that the waves behind push the waves ahead, why does it feel like the waves ahead have already been beaten to death on the beach before the waves behind have even pushed forward? "It was like this in Brazil a long time ago," Deco said. "Look at the Santos twins back then. The other one, Diego, was called the new Maradona. How did he perform in Porto last season?"
Deco is from Porto and knows something about Diego.
He is not too bad, but not good enough to be compared with Maradona, so much so that now European media basically stop touting Diego as the new Maradona.
But the media close to Real Madrid are still praising Robinho, thinking he is the new Pele, and even praising him too much.
If someone who doesn't know the truth sees the hype created by the media, they will definitely think that Robinho came to the Bernabeu with the halo of the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or.
Isn't this like putting Robinho on the fire?
What do superstars like Ronaldo, Zidane and Raul think?
Now that he is praised so highly, what if his performance is not as expected? "In the final analysis, Real Madrid performed too badly last season." Xavi laughed.
As their arch-rival, Real Madrid performed poorly, so Barcelona couldn't help but gloat over it.
"Don't they always compare you to Robinho?" Puyol also laughed, "Su, why don't you try harder tonight and score two or three goals for him, and see how he compares."
"I remember that Su scored twice in his debut?" Iniesta also joined in the fun.
"Then get him to score twice. If he can do it, that would be better. If Robinho can't do it, Real Madrid's morale will definitely be affected. Besides, their game is one day later than ours, which just gives them some motivation." Puyol laughed.
The so-called motivation is actually a kind of psychological pressure.
Although Puyol and Raul have a good relationship, they are sworn enemies in the club. Neither of them will hold back and will do everything they can to kill their opponent.
Who makes La Liga a meeting between Barcelona and Real Madrid?
If Real Madrid is defeated, then the championship will still be in Barcelona's pocket, right?
"Look at what you said, is it so easy to score a goal?" Su Dong found it a little funny as they talked more and more outrageous.
"It may be difficult for others, but for you..." Iniesta chuckled.
Everyone was also quite surprised.
It has to be said that their impression of Su Dong is indeed completely different from that of others.
Scoring a goal on the football field is never an easy thing, but for some reason, they always feel that Su Dong scores particularly easily.
When he was in Valencia, he scored 35 goals in a single season, which was almost one goal per game. What a terrible goal efficiency. When he arrived at Barcelona, in his first season, Su Dong scored 37 goals, which was basically one goal per game.
It can be said that Su Dong’s goal efficiency is already quite amazing.
Because of this, the teammates around him felt that Su Dong was definitely a man with his own goal-scoring BGM! "Su, we believe in you, you can do it!" Puyol patted Su Dong's shoulder heavily and said with a smile.
The teammates around him all laughed but nodded.
(End of this chapter)
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