Chapter 433 Who is more qualified to win the prize than Su Dong?
In the 14th round of La Liga, Barcelona will challenge Villarreal away.
Before the game, Barcelona suffered a series of injuries.
During a team training session, it was drizzling and the weather was very cold and damp. When Xavi was facing a defensive player, he tried to use his lifelong skill "spinning" and accidentally got his studs stuck in the grass.
He turned around, but his ankle was sprained. Harvey fell to the ground and said he heard the sound of his knee bone breaking.
The team doctor took it very seriously and immediately sent Xavi to the hospital. The test results showed that his cruciate ligament was ruptured.
The club immediately arranged for Xavi to undergo surgery and implant tissue that could replace the ligament function, but Xavi's season is likely to be over, and it is even unknown whether he can make it to the World Cup.
Xavi's serious injury is a big blow to Barcelona. He is the team's best midfielder this season, even better than Deco.
Unfortunately, he was really unlucky.
In addition to Xavi, Motta is another injured midfielder.
This midfielder, who is highly favored by Rijkaard, has been suffering from injuries in the past two seasons. He missed most of the games last season and can only be a substitute this season. He finally waited until Xavi was injured and he is still recovering from the injury.
Therefore, Iniesta became Xavi's natural successor, and it was difficult for Van Bommel to snatch the ball from Iniesta.
Perhaps because of the weather, even Barcelona head coach Rijkaard was ill, so that the away game against Villarreal had to be led by assistant coach Ten Cate.
This has to be said, it is indeed a very sad thing.
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Plagued by numerous injuries, Barcelona challenged Villarreal away.
During the game, the Yellow Submarine caused a lot of trouble for Barcelona, but Marcos Senna suppressed Riquelme and Puyol froze Fran, which made it difficult for Villarreal to display its strength.
In the 24th minute, Ronaldinho took a free kick, but the goalkeeper flew to save it. Su Dong quickly appeared in a critical position and took advantage of the opportunity to make a supplementary shot and scored the first goal for Barcelona.
After the second half, Deco's long shot from outside the penalty area hit the back line and bounced into Villarreal's goal, extending the score to 2-0.
In the end, Barcelona took all three points away from home.
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After playing against Villarreal, when I returned to Barcelona, the latest news about the World Footballer of the Year came from Zurich, Switzerland.
As per past practice, FIFA announced the final top three list for the 2005 World Footballer of the Year award.
Sudon and Ronaldinho from Barcelona, and Lampard from Chelsea rounded out the top three.
This top three ranking quickly sparked controversy.
It’s not that the top three players are not qualified to be shortlisted, but among those who have the hope of being shortlisted, there are also people like Kaka from Serie A, who has also performed very well in AC Milan, which makes it hard to believe that he cannot be shortlisted.
The same thing goes for Gerrard from Liverpool, who was also very good.
As soon as the top three lists of the World Footballer of the Year came out, almost everyone knew that Su Dong was about to win the award again.
Alan Hansen, a famous host of BBC TV, said directly when announcing the top three list, "Sudon is almost the choice of the whole of Europe! Lampard and Gerrard are the core of England. They will lead the team to success in next year's World Cup. They are both phenomenal players, but this year belongs to Sudon!"
England head coach Eriksson strongly supports his favorite player Lampard, believing that Lampard is the strongest star in European football. Being shortlisted in the top three is a recognition of him by FIFA. "I can't imagine any weaknesses he has."
But Eriksson later admitted that Su Dong had a greater chance of winning the award.
The French team newspaper also supported Su Dong and even revealed a little-known secret during the Golden Ball Awards.
"After the awards ceremony, FIFA President Blatter had a brief conversation with Su Dong, at the end of which the FIFA President smiled and told Su Dong, 'See you in Zurich next month'."
L'Equipe believes that with Blatter's words and the now announced top three list of FIFA World Footballer of the Year, it is a foregone conclusion that Su Dong will win the award.
French media also believed that Su Dong should win the award. "Looking back on the past year, who is more qualified than Su Dong to win this award?"
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In the middle of the week, the last round of the Champions League group stage.
Having already qualified as the group leader, Barcelona doesn't care about this game at all.
Many main players, including Su Dong and Ronaldinho, missed the game.
Gabriel replaced Xavi and partnered with Deco in midfield.
As a result, Barcelona performed very poorly throughout the game, failed to organize a decent attack, and was unable to break Udinese's goal.
It was not until the 75th minute that Ten Cate, who was still acting as Rijkaard's coach, made a substitution, replacing Gabriel Gabri with Iniesta. As a result, this substitution successfully activated the team's offense.
In the last five minutes of the game, Iniesta first planned an attack, Esquero broke into the penalty area from the left and scored, and then Esquero made a cross from the left and Iniesta scored.
In the end, Barcelona defeated Udinese 2-0 away from home with a lineup of half main players and half substitutes.
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This weekend, in the 15th round of La Liga, Barcelona will face Sevilla at home.
Rijkaard returned to the team after recovering from illness. Before the game, Sudong also held up his Golden Ball to show the honor he had just received to all the Barcelona fans present.
One hundred thousand Barcelona fans at Camp Nou witnessed this moment together.
Although this is the second time they have won the award, Barcelona fans are still extremely excited.
But in the game, Sevilla didn't give Barcelona any face at all.
Just ten minutes into the game, Sevilla took advantage of a counterattack and made a straight pass in the middle. After Kanoute successfully made an offside, he made a cross from the right and Saviola scored the first goal for Sevilla.
This is another tragedy in which a former Barcelona player scored against Barcelona.
After that, Sevilla continued to defend tenaciously and Barcelona could not find an effective way to score.
It was not until the 66th minute of the second half that Ronaldinho quickly took a corner kick from the left side. Sevilla's defense made a mistake in marking, and Sudong at the back post headed the ball into the goal from close range with no one guarding him, equalizing the score for Barcelona.
Just ten minutes later, Marcos Senna made a straight pass from the middle, Su Dong stopped the ball with his back and passed it back. Ronaldinho quickly moved forward from Su Dong, dribbled into the penalty area after receiving the ball, and pushed the ball into the goal, reversing the score.
Two to one!
In the end, Barcelona reversed Sevilla 2-1 with Su Dong's pass and one shot, and won another three points!
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A week later, on the eve of the FIFA awards ceremony.
In the 16th round of La Liga, Barcelona will challenge the newly promoted Cadiz away.
The two teams had played against each other in the Carranza Cup final before the game, so they knew each other well.
Inspired by the two major award ceremonies, the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Footballer of the Year, Su Dong has been in good form recently.
Just fifteen minutes into the game, Su Dong scored the first goal for Barcelona with a brilliant volley from the top of the penalty area.
Barcelona then launched a crazy offensive against Cadiz.
In the 32nd minute, Iniesta passed the ball past two opposing players and sent a straight pass to the right. Messi got rid of the defender and shot with his left foot, extending the lead for Barcelona to 2-0! After that, Barcelona continued to attack Cadiz in turns.
After the second half, Barcelona launched a wave of attacks and achieved results in the 49th minute.
Deco broke into the penalty area and made a cross pass. Su Dong shot from the penalty spot. After the goalkeeper saved it, Messi passed the ball back. Su Dong kicked again and sent the ball into the goal of Cadiz. It was 3-0! Barcelona's continuous offensive made Cadiz a little tired of parrying.
In particular, the right-wing attack composed of Sudong, Messi and Iniesta made Cadiz quite embarrassed.
In the 71st minute, Messi passed three people on the right and passed the ball directly to the defense line. Su Dong quickly moved forward, received the ball in front of the baseline, turned around and broke through into the penalty area, then knocked the ball back to Messi who was following behind.
Messi calmly shot into the far corner, further expanding the score.
Four to zero! Afterwards, Barcelona replaced three players, Su Dong, Messi and Iniesta.
After Xavi was seriously injured and missed the game, Iniesta gradually replaced Xavi's position and established a firm foothold in the starting lineup.
His outstanding performances in several consecutive games have given people a very high evaluation and a new understanding of this Barcelona youth player.
Especially his cooperation with Su Dong and Messi on the right side became the biggest highlight of Barcelona's game.
On the contrary, Ronaldinho on the left was affected by a cold and performed very poorly in the match against Cadiz.
And everyone believes that with Iniesta's outstanding performance, he will be an important member of Barcelona's midfield, at least during Xavi's recovery period, together with Messi who has successfully replaced Giuly and taken the starting role.
In a short time, Su Dong's two little followers have become regulars in Barcelona's starting lineup, and their performances are also remarkable.
The former iron triangle has now become an indispensable core combat force in Barcelona's attacking lineup.
Coupled with Marcos Senna, who had just been shortlisted for Aragones' Spanish national team, all these made Su Dong's position in the Barcelona locker room more prominent.
Among the eleven starting players of the first team, three players were recommended and promoted by Su Dong. Together with himself, they almost occupied half of the team. Even captain Puyol could not do this in the Barcelona team.
Fortunately, Su Dong is different from Ronaldinho. He is not interested in fighting for power and only wants to play well. This makes Puyol feel relieved and saves Rijkaard a lot of trouble.
But everyone can feel that Su Dong's status in the Barcelona locker room has become quite high.
Sometimes, his words are even more effective than captain Puyol's.
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After playing against Cadiz, Su Dong followed the team back to Barcelona. After a day of rest, he set off for Zurich.
(End of this chapter)
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