Chapter 439: Seeking to be defeated alone
Rijkaard's loose management made Barcelona's holiday the longest among the 20 La Liga teams.
The locker room is also quite satisfied with this.
After the team regrouped, they immediately headed to the Canary Islands for training.
The reason for choosing this place, in addition to wanting to avoid the turmoil in Spain, was also a charity event initiated by UNICEF, which invited Barcelona players including Sudon, Ronaldinho, Iniesta and Rijkaard to visit an orphanage in Tenerife.
Orphans from all over the world gathered here, and Su Dong and others had to carefully prepare gifts for these children.
The previously controversial chest advertisement at Barcelona has been temporarily suppressed by the opposition of fans, but the Barcelona management has been seeking a breakthrough. After all, putting an advertisement on the chest of the jersey is equivalent to increasing the revenue by tens of millions of euros every year. Who can give it up?
Because of this, Barcelona tried to save the country in a roundabout way, starting with charity.
I have to say that Laporta's men are very smart.
UNICEF is also happy to cooperate with Barcelona. Not only that, they have also consulted Su Dong through Barcelona whether he is willing to serve as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. Of course, Su Dong would not refuse.
After attending the event in Tenerife, UNICEF will officially announce this matter when returning to Camp Nou.
The first thing Su Dong did after taking office was to launch an event in conjunction with UNICEF, calling on top players to participate in an event called "Unite for Children, Unite for Players", and shoot a public service announcement to be broadcast at the World Cup in Germany, including live TV stations around the world.
This is a charity, but for Su Dong, it is also an activity that can greatly enhance his influence in world football. He promised to do his best to organize this event and actively contact influential world-class superstars to participate.
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In the orphanage in Tenerife, Rijkaard brought a lot of clothes, Ronaldinho sent a lot of toys, Iniesta sent a large car of footballs, and Su Dong prepared a lot of books for the children, all of which were interesting science books for children.
Su Dong explained that the reason he gave away books was because he had always believed that knowledge could change destiny.
"I hope that each of them can learn knowledge and strength from books and change their own destiny when they grow up. I wish them a bright future!"
Su Dong said this very sincerely because that is exactly what he thought.
Sometimes he even feels that the reason why domestic football is weak and no one is willing to play football is, on the one hand, because the future of playing football is not clear enough, but at the same time it is also influenced by the saying "knowledge changes destiny".
When everyone wants to change their fate by studying, who is willing to play football? …
In addition to the activities at the Tenerife orphanage and the World Cup public service announcement, Su Dong also communicated with the head of UNICEF on the spot. He mentioned that there are many poor and backward areas in his own country, where there are many elderly people and children who need attention.
Su Dong expressed his hope to get help from the United Nations and do his part to help those in need in his motherland.
The head of the foundation also promised on the spot that he would do his best to help Su Dong make this happen.
Su Dong also started contacting the star players immediately.
Not to mention several stars in the Barcelona team, he is also familiar with the stars of Real Madrid and other La Liga teams. He has contact information for most of them and can just call them directly.
Some of the superstars from other leagues are relatively unfamiliar to him and he still needs to contact them through various channels, but he believes that it will not be a big problem.
As for who to choose, that's very simple. Choose based on the rankings of the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year.
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The La Liga winter transfer window officially opened during Barcelona's training camp in the Canary Islands.
Due to limited financial budget, Barcelona did not sign any new players in the summer and does not plan to do so during the winter break.
But during his vacation in his hometown, Larsson said in an interview with the Swedish Dagblad Daily that he wanted to officially leave Barcelona after the end of this season and return to Sweden to play football.
Barcelona actually still wants to renew Larsson's contract, but the Swedish center is not satisfied with his situation in Barcelona.
The reason was simple and also very despairing, because he couldn't get any chance behind Su Dong.
Su Dong is only 21 years old, at an age where his career is progressing rapidly. He has basically no injuries and is as strong as a bull. As a result, Larson has little chance to get a chance in front of Su Dong except for some unimportant rotation games and playing time.
Speaking of which, this is also a very sad thing.
Both of them came to Barcelona with the halo of the Golden Boot Award. Sudon and Larsson were not only the Golden Boot winners of La Liga and the Scottish Premier League, but also the top two players in Europe's Golden Boot Award. At that time, many people even thought that Larsson had a good chance of suppressing Sudon and becoming Barcelona's main center forward.
But who could have thought that a year and a half later, Larson couldn't get any chance in front of Su Dong.
This made the Swedish center feel depressed, and he also wanted to leave and return to his roots.
Barcelona has not yet officially responded to Larsson's request, but it is very likely that they will comply with his wishes, and the team will then need to introduce another backup striker.
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In addition to Larsson, Giuly is another player who is not very happy with his situation.
The French international's position in Barcelona was shaken by Messi, especially in the second half of the first half. Messi basically played as a starter in every game. His cooperation with Sudon, Iniesta and Ronaldinho became more and more tacit, and the threat he posed became greater and greater, which made it difficult for Giuly to see any opportunities.
But unlike the 34-year-old Larsson, Giuly is in his prime and his characteristics are different from Messi. In addition, Messi is young, so the team still needs Giuly. Therefore, Barcelona has made it clear that it rejects the possibility of Giuly leaving the team.
Rijkaard also promised to give Giuly more playing time in the second half.
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After returning to Barcelona from the Canary Islands, Barcelona immediately went to challenge the Spanish Third Division team Zamora away.
The team is not strong. Rijkaard directly benched players such as Sudon, Ronaldinho, Messi and Deco. The midfield was a combination of Marcos Senna staying back and Iniesta partnering with Van Bommel.
Oleg, who had been away from the starting center back for a long time and performed well as a right back, appeared in the starting center back position again. However, whether it was due to nervousness or other reasons, he made a serious mistake just four minutes into the game, causing the team to lose a goal.
Fortunately, Marcos Senna scored two goals for Barcelona afterwards, and both were long shots from outside the penalty area. The new Spanish international finally showed his bloody fangs in front of the weak opponent.
This is also the only game in Marcos Senna's career so far in which he scored twice.
In the end, Van Bommel and Giuly each scored a goal.
Barcelona reversed their opponent 4-1 and won the first round of the King's Cup, and their advancement is basically a foregone conclusion.
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Marcos Senna's double goal won him a round of applause.
This Brazilian player, who had just been called up to the Spanish national team by Aragones, has always been very low-key. He even joined Barcelona as a bonus to Riquelme, but no one expected that he would perform better and better in Barcelona.
Especially when cooperating with technical midfielders such as Xavi, Deco and Iniesta, he is very comfortable with it, which is quite rare.
So much so that the Catalan media are joking that Sudon's eye for signings is better than Barcelona's scouting team.
Messi and Iniesta, whom he recommended, and Marcos Senna, whom he insisted on bringing in, have now become the core fighting force of Barcelona.
Mundo Deportivo even joked, "Perhaps we should consider letting Su Dong take over the technical department."
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After playing the King's Cup, Barcelona faced Espanyol in the 18th round of La Liga's city derby away from home.
After a week of intensive training, the Barcelona players were not fully adjusted to their current state, so they played unsmoothly at the beginning of the game. Although they had an obvious advantage in ball possession, their offense always felt a little lacking.
Even Su Dong, who has always been known for his stability and efficiency, missed two good opportunities in the first thirty minutes.
But in the 34th minute, Su Dong and Messi regained their tacit understanding. After a small wall-to-wall cooperation in the penalty area, Messi poked the ball into the goal, opening the scoring for Barcelona.
After the second half, Barcelona scored in their first attack.
Ronaldinho sent a straight pass from the left, Su Dong successfully got offside, got the ball and had a single shot, shot into the near corner and scored, 2-0! Just five minutes later, Deco passed the ball behind him, Su Dong successfully got offside again, and scored again, scoring twice, and expanding the score to 3-0!
After that, both sides fought hard, but no one was able to score again.
Barcelona finally won 3-0 against Espanyol away from home thanks to Sudon's two goals.
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After the winter break adjustments, Barcelona still maintained its excellent competitive form after the La Liga resumed.
Real Madrid is as sluggish as ever.
Luxemburgo was sacked before the winter break, and Sacchi also fell, but the new head coach Carlo failed to integrate the team well. In Real Madrid's first game after the winter break, they played away at the Estadio della Signoria and ended up drawing 0-0 with Villarreal.
After this game, Real Madrid's league ranking dropped to sixth place. Although it is only three points behind Valencia, which is third in the league, it is still somewhat worrying. I wonder whether the Galacticos can retain their Champions League qualification.
On the contrary, the Osasuna team, after sending away strong players such as Pablo Garcia, is still performing well this season. It is currently ranked second in La Liga, even higher than teams such as Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna. It has to be said that this is also a great spectacle.
Although the season is only halfway through, everyone can see that this season's La Liga championship is basically in Barcelona's pocket.
At least judging from the performance in the first half, no team can challenge Barcelona's dominance.
In La Liga, Barcelona has a bit of a feeling of being the only one seeking to be defeated.
(End of this chapter)
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