Chapter 470 469 Defending the Champions League
"Chelsea took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to make a substitution."
"Joe Cole replaces Duff."
"Mourinho obviously wants to use Joe Cole's ability to get the ball and create more offensive opportunities in the frontcourt."
"But we saw that the game was still under Barcelona's control."
"Barcelona's advantage in ball possession is too obvious. Even Chelsea still doesn't have a good way to deal with them?"
"Look at this time, Barcelona launched a counterattack after stealing the ball."
"Marcos Senna made a long pass directly to Su Dong."
"Su Dong took the ball sideways and rushed forward with the ball. Terry and Carvalho were both marking Su Dong."
"Let's see how Su Dong will handle it this time."
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When Su Dong rushed to the front of Chelsea's penalty area with the ball, he was blocked by Terry and Carvalho, and Makelele was returning to defend behind him, which put him in a passive position.
But Su Dong still seized an opportunity and passed the ball to the right side in time to Messi.
After Messi stopped Su Dong's ball outside the right corner of the penalty area, he cut inside horizontally, shook off Gallas, and suddenly fired a long shot with his left foot.
The Argentine youngster's shot was powerful and the angle was very tricky.
Goalkeeper Cech was also powerless to do anything about it.
But just when everyone thought that Messi's long shot would score a world-class goal, a loud bang was heard at the scene, as if it hit everyone's heart at the scene.
The ball hit the angle between the crossbar and the post in the upper left corner and bounced directly out.
The whole audience suddenly burst into a mixture of sighs and surprise.
Messi was also very worried. He grabbed his long hair in frustration and kept shaking his head.
The shot was very tricky, with both strength and angle, but the luck was a little lacking.
If it was a few centimeters off, the ball would be there.
And now, after hitting the angle, the ball bounced back into the court and was quickly headed out by Ferreira.
A world wave was gone just like that.
Su Dong ran over with a smile and touched Messi's head vigorously, "It's okay, there is still a chance, try harder."
Su Dong really didn't know what to say about such a ball.
This has nothing to do with shooting skills, it's pure luck.
It can be said that Messi's control of shooting skills has reached a very sophisticated level.
"If you keep going like this, you will definitely score a lot of goals." Su Dong praised with a smile.
He really felt that Messi was a genius, the kind of genius he had never seen before.
When he was at Sporting Lisbon, he thought Quaresma was a genius and Ronaldo was inferior to Quaresma.
But after coming to Barcelona, he began to think that Ronaldinho was the genius, because many of his ideas were different from others, but the Brazilian star's spirituality was very unstable.
But after getting to know Messi more, he began to find that Quaresma and Ronaldinho were slightly inferior, and Messi was the most talented genius he had ever seen.
This kid really learns everything quickly, and he understands and masters football faster than anyone else.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about that shot.
Cutting in from the right corner of the penalty area and making a sudden shot requires a very high level of leg strength and control of shooting skills. This was definitely not just a random kick by Messi and a stroke of luck.
That shot just now was definitely a well-aimed shot by Messi.
And from this shot, we can see that Messi's shooting skills have improved a lot.
You know, he has just become a starting player this season.
"Compared to you, I'm still far behind." Messi was happy after being praised by Su Dong.
He was not convinced by anyone, not even Ronaldinho, but he was obedient to Su Dong, whether in private or on the court, and he followed Su Dong's lead.
Perhaps, he has gotten used to it.
Ever since he joined the first team, hasn't everyone been saying that he is Su Dong's little follower? "Don't say that, wait until you play for another two or three years, you will definitely be better than me!" Su Dong said with a smile.
Messi respects him, and he takes good care of Messi and doesn't mind that Messi is better than him.
Of course, if one day Messi is better than him, he will fight to the death like Ronaldo did to Quaresma and do everything he can to catch up with Messi.
But Su Dong believes that this possibility is not very high because he has been exploring his potential and making progress.
Now, he has upgraded his level to level three, which is considered to be a world-class talent potential.
To put it simply, with his current potential, he is invincible except for the king of football!
Therefore, unless Messi has the potential to be the king of football, Su Dong doesn't have to worry about Messi surpassing him.
Besides, even if Messi really has the potential to be a football king, he needs to be able to fully tap it.
More importantly, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe are not incapable of progress.
To upgrade from the third place to the best player, one needs to win three consecutive Champions League titles. If Barcelona successfully defends the title this season, then if they win another Champions League title next season, Su Dong will be able to achieve three consecutive titles, and he will have the potential to be the best player.
When that time really comes, his strength will be comparable to legendary football stars such as Pele, Maradona and Beckenbauer.
Thinking about it, Su Dong was really excited.
He really wants to experience it and see how strong the king of football is.
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Although Messi's long shot did not score, it seemed to sound a wake-up call in the hearts of Mourinho and Chelsea players, reminding them to be careful and not to attack blindly!
They knew how strong Barcelona's offensive capabilities were and they could score again in minutes.
This subsequently put Chelsea in a dilemma.
If they attacked, they were afraid of losing the defense behind them again. If they didn't attack, they would be very depressed just watching the time slip away.
In fact, when Su Dong scored the second goal, they were already desperate.
Players with slightly lower morale have probably already given up in their hearts.
After Messi kicked that long shot, Mourinho no longer called on the players to keep working hard on the sidelines. He just sat in the coaching booth, watching the game silently, feeling helpless.
Rijkaard took the opportunity to replace Deco with Xavi.
Xavi, Iniesta and Marcos Senna are Barcelona's midfielders with superb ball control capabilities, especially Xavi, who just came on as a substitute and ran very actively, controlling the ball more firmly.
Throughout the game, except for the opening stages of the first and second half, Barcelona's ball possession rate never fell below 70%.
This also shows the strength gap between the two teams.
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In the final stages of the game, Chelsea launched another fierce attack.
The Blues obviously still wanted to fight back, so Barcelona did not confront them head-on this time. Instead, they retreated to their own half, patiently passing and controlling the ball, allowing Chelsea to press forward and then waiting for an opportunity to attack behind Chelsea's defense.
But the Blues did not dare to invest too many troops in the attack.
If only one goal is lost, Mourinho will launch a crazy offensive, attacking desperately, trying to equalize the score.
But now they have lost two goals and they are not sure about it.
Time disappeared in this tug-of-war, and finally, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
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When the referee Hauge blew the whistle to end the game, Su Dong in the stadium jumped up on the spot, punched the air, and yelled, venting his inner excitement.
The title defense was successful! Barcelona fans cheered deafeningly throughout the Estadio do Ferrari.
On the sidelines, Barcelona's substitutes, staff and coaching staff all rushed into the stadium and celebrated wildly.
Every corner of the stadium was filled with the sound of Barcelona celebrating the championship.
After celebrating continuously, Su Dong was the first to high-five Messi who was running towards him, and then he picked up the young Argentine player by the waist. Just as he put Messi down, Iniesta also rushed over.
The three of them hugged each other in the venue, allowing the whole world to feel the deep friendship between them.
Elsewhere in the stadium, Barcelona players were celebrating in groups of three or five.
"Let's congratulate Barcelona!"
"Congratulations to them for becoming the first team to successfully defend the title since the Champions League was restructured!"
"Two to zero! Barcelona defeated Chelsea and successfully defended the Champions League!"
“It’s going to be a fantastic night!”
"Tonight's game, tonight's football, belongs to Barcelona! To Su Dong! To every player of the Dream Team II!"
"We would especially like to congratulate Su Dong."
"Last season, Barcelona was able to reverse AC Milan and win the Champions League. Su Dong was a key figure. Now, it was thanks to Su Dong's two goals that Barcelona defeated Chelsea."
"It is particularly noteworthy that behind every championship won by Barcelona this season, Su Dong is indispensable."
"La Liga, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup, plus tonight's Champions League, this season Barcelona has won all the championships they can win, and behind each championship, there is Su Dong's goal."
“This has been a fantastic season!”
"This is a season for Barcelona's Dream Team II!"
"This is a season that belongs to Su Dong!"
"We have to be surprised to find that in the past three seasons, Su Dong has won three Champions Leagues in a row, representing two teams, Valencia and Barcelona. After coming to Barcelona, he led the team to win the Champions League and La Liga for two consecutive years. He is a veritable champion professional."
"We are also looking forward to the future, in the new season, Su Dong can lead Barcelona to continue to move forward, win more championships, and create a peak dynasty belonging to Su Dong and Barcelona!"
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While Su Dong was celebrating with his teammates and staff on the field, he also accepted congratulations from Chelsea players from time to time.
Especially Drogba.
Despite losing again, Drogba graciously congratulated Su Dong.
However, the Ivorian still insists that if they meet again, he will definitely defeat Su Dong.
"Don't think I'm being persistent, because I really have no other choice. If you lose again next time, I'll beat you the next time. I don't believe you will never lose. One day, I will definitely defeat you!"
Su Dong laughed and hugged Drogba, thinking that this guy must not go into the casino, otherwise he would definitely lose so much that he would even sell his wife.
(End of this chapter)
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