Chapter 443 Who can stop Su Dong?
This weekend, in the 21st round of La Liga, Barcelona will challenge Real Mallorca led by Cooper away.
In the first half, Messi received an assist from Deco and scored the first goal for Barcelona, but overall, Barcelona's performance was not ideal and not stable enough. Eto'o created several good scoring opportunities for Real Mallorca.
After the second half, Rijkaard saw that the team was failing to attack for a long time and made a substitution immediately.
Iniesta replaced Van Bommel and Sudong replaced Larsson.
Just two minutes into his appearance, Su Dong was fouled by the opponent's central defender Tusio. The referee gave him a yellow card, the second yellow card of the game, and sent Tusio off with a direct red card.
Barcelona quickly took a free kick, Ronaldinho made a diagonal pass into the penalty area, Sudong took the lead and volleyed the ball into Real Mallorca's goal, 2-0!
In the 82nd minute, Su Dong and Messi made a very exquisite cooperation on the right side of the penalty area.
After Su Dong passed the ball to Messi with his back, he turned around and rushed forward. Messi stopped and dribbled the ball straight to the right side of the penalty area, and when he saw the opportunity, he knocked the ball back in front of the goal. Su Dong rushed over and pushed the ball into the goal of Real Mallorca again.
3-0! Su Dong scored twice in just 20 minutes after coming on as a substitute. His performance once again sparked a frenzy among Barcelona fans and shocked the Spanish media.
This is his 31st La Liga goal this season!
What’s even more terrifying is that this is only the twenty-first round.
In other words, Su Dong's number of goals in La Liga this season is bound to set a new record.
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Real Mallorca's head coach Cooper is famous for his feud with Ronaldo. The Argentine has always been harsh on his players, but this time at the post-match press conference, he expressed his appreciation for Su Dong in a high-profile manner.
"Although it's a little inappropriate to say this as an opponent, I want to say that losing to Su Dong is nothing to be ashamed of!"
Cooper said that Su Dong is now stronger than Ronaldo when he coached him. "He is the most decisive player in world football today, no doubt about it!"
The Argentine believes that the presence of Su Dong makes Barcelona even more powerful. "I believe that Barcelona will be the strongest contender for various championships this season."
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After the league, the King's Cup semi-final matchup is also released, and Barcelona will face Real Madrid.
The national derby in the Copa del Rey semi-final is undoubtedly quite eye-catching.
After the change of coach, Real Madrid's recent performance has improved significantly, with seven consecutive victories. The coaching of acting coach Carlo is also remarkable, and Barcelona has continued its excellent performance in the first half of the season and is now leading the La Liga standings.
Real Madrid's mouthpiece AS asked a soul-searching question in its report: Who can stop Su Dong? AS believes that the creed of Spanish football is offense, and offense is the best defense.
"Barcelona's terrifying attacking power made their opponents forget about attacking. Su Dong's presence forced them to put too much energy into defense and forget how to attack."
AS stated that judging from the first leg of the King's Cup, one of the important reasons why Zaragoza tied with Barcelona 3-3 was that they dared to press forward and attack Barcelona, which is worth learning from for all La Liga teams.
As for freezing the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, this has been proven impossible countless times.
"I don't know since when, fans' demands on Su Dong have become higher and higher, especially this season. It seems that Su Dong's failure to score has become a proof of the opponent's successful defense, which has become very rare."
AS believes that Su Dong has shown amazing fighting power by scoring 31 goals in 21 rounds of La Liga, which is incredible to everyone. With Su Dong's current scoring form, it is a foregone conclusion that he will break the historical record of 38 goals in a single La Liga season set by Sara and Sanchez.
In fact, Su Dong almost broke this record last season.
In addition, with 31 La Liga goals, eight Champions League goals, and five Copa del Rey goals, even without counting two Super Cups and the Club World Cup, Sudong's goal tally has reached 44 goals, which is not far from the single-season record of 49 goals set by Real Madrid legend Puskas.
AS was shocked by Sudon's performance this season and believed that it was Sudon's amazing performance that drove Barcelona's overall performance.
If you want to stop Barcelona, you must find a way to freeze Su Dong.
But so far, no one has come up with an effective way to freeze the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
"He's almost unbeatable!"
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As if to prove AS's remarks, in the 22nd round of La Liga, when Barcelona faced Atletico Madrid at home, Su Dong was absent from the roster for the first time this season.
Rijkaard said at the pre-match press conference that the coaching staff let Su Dong rest because he had been fighting continuously since the winter break, his muscles were a little tired, and he needed a good rest to be in better condition to face Real Madrid in the middle of the week.
This is the alarm raised by Su Dong's personal coaching team.
After detailed comparison and observation, Nuno Cruz and others believed that Su Dong's continuous play since the winter break had made his muscles very tired and he needed a ten-day recovery and adjustment period.
It was exactly ten days from the 21st round of La Liga against Real Mallorca to the semi-final of the King's Cup against Real Madrid.
And before the match against Atletico Madrid, Su Dong still needs to rest.
Rijkaard also accepted this because Sudong is one of Barcelona's most stable players with the most playing time this season. Although there have been some rotations in the middle, Sudong's fatigue is obvious.
Everyone knows that player fatigue can easily lead to injuries.
So Rijkaard fielded Ronaldinho, Larsson and Messi as the front attacking combination.
But no one expected that Barcelona, who were originally full of confidence in the home game, would end up losing 1-2.
Barcelona still had the advantage in ball possession and situation, but Atletico made two sharp counterattacks in the first half, with Torres and Maxi Rodriguez scoring goals respectively.
Although Iniesta assisted Larsson to score a goal in the second half, Barcelona's overall offensive threat was not great.
At the critical moment, Rijkaard turned and looked at the bench, but did not see Su Dong.
In the end, Barcelona lost to Atletico Madrid 1-2 at home.
This defeat also made the Catalan media miss Sudon after the game, believing that the team created so many opportunities. If Sudon was on the field, Atletico would not dare to be so presumptuous.
Even Atletico Madrid coach Murcia hinted after the game that without Sudong, Barcelona's attack lacked threat.
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Barcelona lost 1-2 at home, but Real Madrid beat Espanyol 4-0 at home.
Veteran Zidane scored twice, while Guti and Ronaldo each scored a goal, creating a complete victory at the Bernabeu.
One loss and one win, plus in recent times, Real Madrid has achieved eight consecutive wins under the leadership of new head coach Carlo, and is in the limelight. This makes everyone look forward to the first leg of the upcoming King's Cup semi-final.
Since Ronaldinho will be suspended due to a previous red card and Sudon will miss the match against Atletico Madrid due to muscle fatigue, many people have speculated that Barcelona will be in trouble this time when they face Real Madrid, who are in good form, at home.
They may even suffer a home defeat.
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On the evening of February 8th, at Camp Nou.
In the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, Barcelona faced Real Madrid at home.
As expected by the outside world, both teams played at a fast pace as soon as the game started.
Real Madrid has been in good form recently. They took the initiative from the start and created threats frequently. Barcelona, on the other hand, played it safe from the start and fell into a disadvantage.
There is not much difference in Real Madrid's offensive combination in the frontcourt, the biggest difference comes from the defense line.
Cicinho, who has been in excellent form recently, was rested and veteran Salgado replaced him in the starting lineup. Elguera partnered with Ramos, who had just returned from injury, and Carlos was still the left back.
Carlo's arrangement is obviously also to play it safe away from home. After all, Cicinho is a newcomer, while Salgado is a veteran who has been famous for many years and has more experience.
But the facts also proved that it was precisely this defensive line, which had rarely played together recently, that did not play stably at the Camp Nou and quickly exposed problems.
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After the fast-paced attack in the first ten minutes, the Real Madrid players on the field were surprised to find that it was difficult for them to control the rhythm. Neither Guti nor Gravesen, nor Baptista nor Beckham were good at this.
Barcelona is just waiting for Real Madrid to expose problems under the fast pace.
After intercepting the ball on the right, Iniesta moved to the wing to receive Belletti's pass and sent a straight pass behind him along the right sideline.
Messi broke free from Carlos's entanglement, got the ball first, drove straight into the right side of the penalty area with the ball.
Messi passed the ball back before Gravesen fell to the ground and made a tackle.
Facing Elguera, Su Dong stopped the ball with the outside of his right foot, took a step back lightly, and shot with his right foot. The ball went straight into the Real Madrid goal at lightning speed, making it one to zero!
This goal ignited the frenzy atmosphere at Camp Nou.
If the first goal conceded was an accident, then the second goal conceded not long after completely exposed Real Madrid's problems.
Still on the right side of Barcelona, the combination of Iniesta, Messi and Belletti created an opportunity for a throw-in.
Belletti ran to the sidelines, quickly kicked the ball out of bounds, and threw it directly into the penalty area.
Su Dong quickly moved forward from between Carlos and Elguera to the right side of the penalty area. After catching up with the football, he dribbled the ball back and directly passed Elguera who was returning to defense. He blocked Carlos with his back and shot with his right foot.
The ball went straight into Real Madrid's goal again, two to zero!
Casillas was completely enraged this time. He yelled at his teammates, asking them what was going on.
Why did Barcelona's counterattack turn out like this?
It was only at this moment that everyone began to clearly realize that the trend of the game did not seem to go as the outside world had expected. Real Madrid was not evenly matched with Barcelona, but instead seemed to be showing signs of collapse and defeat.
Just over 20 minutes into the game, Real Madrid had already lost 0-2.
How many goals will they lose in the whole game?
(End of this chapter)
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