Chapter 424: Too Versailles!
The 7-0 victory over Udinese shocked the entire European football world.
All the media and fans were amazed at Barcelona's performance.
Su Dong's assist hat trick, Ronaldinho's hat trick, young player Messi's double goal, plus Iniesta and Xavi's joint efforts, Barcelona's 69% ball possession rate throughout the game...
This game reflected so much that it surprised the media and fans.
Many people even said that Barcelona has already grasped the key to victory.
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In October, in the sixth round of La Liga, Barcelona faced Zaragoza at home.
Due to the Champions League in the middle of the week, Rijkaard rotated the players for this game.
The team did not play well in the first half. After Deco returned, he partnered with Iniesta in midfield, but the effect was not ideal.
In addition, the combination of Ronaldinho, Larsson and Giuly did not play to the best effect, which led to the team's lack of offense. Instead, Diego Milito scored a goal before the end of the first half.
But after sixty minutes of the second half, Rijkaard made two substitutions.
Su Dong and Messi came on as substitutes at the same time, Su Dong replaced Larsson and Messi replaced Giuly.
Soon, the substitution bore fruit.
Su Dong headed the ball in the penalty area, and Ronaldinho came in from the left and shot into the goal, equalizing the score for Barcelona.
Just before the end of the game, Iniesta and Messi made a short pass on the right side of the frontcourt. The Argentine passed the ball behind him, and Su Dong entered the penalty area and easily shot the ball into the goal, reversing the score to 2-1.
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After the game, the Catalan media launched two discussions.
One is whether Messi should replace Giuly in the starting lineup? Everyone can see that Messi can create surprises every time he plays. In the Champions League, he replaced Giuly in the starting lineup and became one of the best players in the game. In contrast, Giuly performed poorly in the game against Zaragoza.
Another question is whether Barcelona should make adjustments and replace some of the underperforming superstars?
For example, Deco.
But both the head coach and the locker room gave a clear answer.
unnecessary! …………
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After two weeks of national team matches, La Liga resumes the battle.
In the seventh round, Barcelona will challenge Deportivo La Coruna away.
Ten minutes into the game, Deportivo La Coruña took advantage of the chaos in the penalty area. Tristan's shot hit the post and bounced off. Belleron shot the ball into the goal, scoring the first goal for the home team.
But in the 22nd minute, Deco, who has been criticized for his poor form this season, made a wonderful lob pass. After Su Dong chested the ball in the penalty area, he turned around and volleyed the ball directly into the goal of Deportivo La Coruna.
One to one.
In the 41st minute, Ronaldinho made a cross from the left, Su Dong chested the ball to Deco, and then he turned around and quickly inserted.
Behind him, Deco received Su Dong's pass and made a volley pass, which went directly behind the Deportivo La Coruna's defense and to the front of Su Dong's sprint.
The rest was easy. Su Dong easily caught up and scored with a single shot, making it two to one!
Four minutes later, Su Dong pulled to the right side of the penalty area, received a pass from Belletti, and forced a breakthrough and made a cross.
Giuly missed the ball in front of the goal, and Ronaldinho rushed to the back point and easily shot the ball into the goal, making it 3-1!
After the second half, Deco dribbled into the penalty area again, causing the opponent to foul, and the referee awarded a penalty.
Ronaldinho calmly shot the ball into the goal, extending the score to four to one!
This score remained until the end of the game.
Barcelona reversed Deportivo La Coruna 4-1 and won again.
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In the middle of the week, in the third round of the Champions League group stage, Barcelona will challenge Porto away.
Returning to the Portuguese Super League, the trident of Su Dong, Ronaldinho and Messi reunited.
Just seven minutes into the game, the three of them teamed up to deliver a wonderful performance.
After Ronaldinho attracted the defense's attention on the left, he moved to the right with a long kick. Messi stopped the ball and made a straight pass into the penalty area, where Su Dong easily pushed the ball into the goal, opening the scoring for Barcelona.
Porto then strengthened their defense.
In the second half, it was Messi again who suddenly got rid of the defender near the center line and made a precise long-distance pass. Su Dong used his speed to shake off the defender and broke through Porto's goal with a single shot, scoring his second goal.
In the end, Barcelona defeated Porto 2-0 away and won three consecutive victories in the group.
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After this game, there are louder calls for Messi to replace Giuly in the starting lineup.
In an interview with the media, Rijkaard said that he would arrange more playing time for Messi. He also explained that the reason why Messi was not included in the squad last weekend was mainly because he traveled a long distance back to Argentina to make his national team debut.
In an interview, Su Dong also publicly expressed his support for Messi and believed that he should be rewarded.
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As expected, at the weekend, in the eighth round of La Liga, Barcelona faced Osasuna at home, and Messi started again.
It is still the front trident combination of Ronaldinho, Su Dong and Messi.
This time it was Su Dong who gave Messi a wonderful assist.
In the 20th minute, Deco took a free kick from the right, Sudong headed the ball back to the front point from the middle, and Messi headed the ball into the goal at close range, scoring the first goal for Barcelona.
After scoring the goal, Messi was so excited that he jumped onto Su Dong.
After that, the young Argentine was completely activated.
First, he dribbled past three players and then failed to shoot with his left foot. Then he drove straight into the game with the ball and was fouled by the opponent.
It can be said that the entire first half was Messi's personal show.
After the change of sides in the second half, Messi created a corner kick again. Ronaldinho accurately kicked the ball to the back post. Su Dong ran into the open space and with no one guarding him, he didn't even need to jump and headed the ball directly from close range.
2-0! Seven minutes later, Ronaldinho made a beautiful cooperation with Sylvinho on the left and broke into the penalty area to shoot. After being saved by goalkeeper Ricardo, Su Dong appeared in front of the goal like a ghost, facing the ball saved by Ricardo, easily picked up the leak and shot into the goal.
Three to zero! Double goal!
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As Messi's performance became better and better and he gradually began to gain a foothold, not only Ronaldinho felt the pressure, but even Giuly smelled the danger signal.
So, after coming on as a substitute, Ronaldinho seized the opportunity to make a wonderful pass, and Giuly calmly shot the ball, helping Barcelona lock the score at 4-0.
After winning consecutive games, everyone in Barcelona felt relieved.
In a subsequent interview with the media, Su Dong even joked that between Ronaldinho and Messi, he didn't need to do anything at all, because the two of them would always find ways to help him score goals.
"Sometimes, I have a headache. They are rushing to assist me. Whose pass should I go for first?"
Su Dong's words once again became the focus of major media reports.
It's too Versailles! When the forwards of other teams were fighting for the goal, Su Dong was worried about who passed the ball?
Is there anyone who boasts about his goal so loudly as you do? But I have to say that this is indeed the truth.
Ronaldinho, Messi, Deco, Xavi and Iniesta, with so many outstanding passers around him to pass the ball, it is difficult for Su Dong not to score.
But no one will look down on Su Dong because of this, because everyone knows that Barcelona can do without anyone except Su Dong.
What would Barcelona be like without Su Dong? Rijkaard said it was absolutely unimaginable.
Because now Barcelona is launching its attack around Su Dong, the team is playing better and better, and Su Dong can act like Versailles in front of the media because everyone around him regards him as the backbone and plays around him.
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This weekend, in the ninth round of La Liga, Barcelona will face Real Sociedad at home.
Eighteen minutes into the game, Ronaldinho made a lob pass from the left, Sudong chested the ball in the penalty area, turned around and shot, scoring the first goal for Barcelona.
After that, Barcelona launched attacks in turns. Iniesta even dribbled past three players in the middle and entered the penalty area. However, he did not shoot but insisted on passing the ball to Su Dong, resulting in a missed opportunity.
This left the TV commentator speechless.
"Is it really as Su Dong said? His teammates have to feed him the ball. Does that mean there are extra rewards for assisting Su Dong in scoring goals?"
In the 31st minute, Su Dong pulled to the left side of the penalty area and made a small-scale two-pass cooperation with Ronaldinho. The Brazilian broke into the penalty area and calmly shot the ball into the goal, making it 2-0.
After the second half, Ronaldinho scored again with a direct free kick, scoring his second goal, and then Puyol scored with a header from a corner kick.
Even Larsson, who came on as a substitute for Su Dong, scored a goal in the 86th minute.
In the end, Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 5-0 at home.
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In the middle of the week, Barcelona faced Porto at home in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.
Rijkaard once again used the front trident of Ronaldinho, Suarez and Messi, and Iniesta, Xavi and Marcos Senna in the midfield.
As a result, it was this combination that performed brilliantly in the match against Porto. Sudong scored a hat trick with his head and feet, while Marcos Senna and Messi each scored a goal.
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In two consecutive games, they defeated their opponents 5-0. Especially as Iniesta and Messi gradually gained a foothold in the main lineup, Barcelona once again ushered in a round of outbreak, making opponents throughout European football tremble in fear.
Su Dong has also been continuously improving his reputation and status in world football with his numerous goals. Especially for this year's two supreme awards, Su Dong seems to be determined to win them.
And everyone knows that with Su Dong's current state and Barcelona's momentum, it will be difficult for anyone to stop him.
Even Real Madrid's mouthpiece AS believes that this year's double Footballer of the Year award must go to Su Dong, and it is difficult for any team in La Liga this season to snipe Barcelona.
At least, Luxemburgo's Real Madrid does not seem to have this strength.
Robinho, who was frequently compared with Su Dong before the game, now seems to be far from Su Dong.
Not to mention competing with Su Dong, his performance is not even half of Su Dong's.
So much so that the Daily Sports newspaper asked sarcastically: "If this is Pele, who is Su Dong?"
(End of this chapter)
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