Chapter 561: Goal-scoring machine from outer space
On the evening of February 10, in the 19th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern faced Werder Bremen at home.
Just forty-two seconds into the game, Brazilian midfielder Diego seized an opportunity in the frontcourt and took advantage of Demichelis's mistake to score the first goal for Werder Bremen.
Afterwards, the Brazilian midfielder had a long shot that threatened Bayern's goal but failed to score.
Werder Bremen took the initiative while playing away from home, turned the tables and launched a fierce offensive.
Bayern had to temporarily avoid the attack and chose to stabilize its defense.
It was not until the 22nd minute that Bayern launched a quick counterattack. Ribery drove straight into the penalty area from the left and made a cross from the left side of the penalty area. Su Dong rushed to the middle, overpowered Mertesacker, and headed the ball from close range to equalize the score for Bayern.
Su Dong's goal was very morale-boosting and Bayern quickly launched a counterattack.
In the 30th minute, a long pass came from the midfield, Tosic headed the ball, Sudong quickly inserted from behind and successfully made an offside. When he got the ball to the outside of the penalty area, facing the goalkeeper Wiese who was attacking, he made a fake move and almost got rid of the opponent, but was tripped by Wiese who fell to the ground. The referee gave a red card without hesitation and gave Bayern a free kick opportunity.
Schaff immediately made a substitution and replaced the goalkeeper.
Su Dong stood at the free throw spot and slowly backed away.
Since scoring a direct free kick against Wolfsburg last time, Su Dong has not taken a free kick again, but his falling leaf kick with a rather strange arc still made the entire German football world tremble with fear.
A free kick is different from other goals. It is scored based on real personal level and cannot be scored with any tricks.
When Su Dong took the free kick again, the entire Allianz Arena became excited.
Werder Bremen's substitute goalkeeper is Christian van der Leyen, a bald German strongman who is 1.95 meters tall. He stands in front of the goal, commanding the human wall as if facing a great enemy, with a lot of complaints.
He was looking forward to playing in the game day and night, but who would have thought that he would have to face Su Dong's direct free kick in the first minute after coming on as a substitute.
Damn, is it easy for me to be a substitute goalkeeper?
Su Dong did not hear the thoughts of the bald and strong goalkeeper on the opposite side, nor was he interested in listening. After hearing the referee's whistle, he quickly ran forward, stood still with his left foot, and quickly kicked out with his right foot.
Another curve ball!
The ball quickly passed the high-jumping human wall, fell rapidly, and went directly into the upper left corner of Werder Bremen's goal at lightning speed.
The bald goalkeeper Van der didn't even have time to react before the ball went in! The substitute goalkeeper was completely stunned! Su Dong's penalty kick not only had a strange arc, but also had a very fast speed and great power.
No wonder Wolfsburg's Yan Qi didn't react, because it was too strange and too sudden! ...
After a 2-1 reversal, Bayern once again created a threat in the second half.
Su Dong received a pass from his teammate at the front of the penalty area, took the ball with his back, and then passed it to Modric who was coming from behind.
The Croatian midfielder dribbled into the penalty area and shot from the right side of the penalty spot, scoring another goal for Bayern! 3-1!
Modric is also actively preparing for this summer's European Cup. His current position in the Croatian national team is relatively solid, but if he wants to get more tactical authority, especially as a core midfielder, he must put in better and more convincing performances at the club to convince everyone.
Especially after the winter training, his cooperation with the players in the team has become more tacit and his performance has become even better.
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A week later, in the 20th round of the Bundesliga, Bayern challenged Hannover 96 away.
In the previous two rounds of the Bundesliga, Su Dong's performance was better than the previous one.
He scored twice against Rostock and had two shots and one assist against Werder Bremen, which shocked the entire German football world and made people deeply feel the strength of Bayern, especially Su Dong.
In the words of Kicker magazine, he is beyond human comprehension and is like a goal-scoring machine from outer space.
Heynckes is very satisfied with Su Dong's condition and believes that the team's two consecutive victories after the winter break are a good start, laying a solid foundation for the team's subsequent two-line or even three-line operations.
"Su Dong's form has just begun. We have reason to believe that he will perform even better as the second half of the season progresses," Heynckes said confidently.
This is also the assessment of Su Dong, Nuno Cruz and others, and the most important thing is the winter break.
Whether in the Portuguese Super League or La Liga, although there is a winter break, there has never been more than a month of rest and adjustment like when he was in Bayern. This allows Su Dong to recuperate and prepare for the second half.
More importantly, Su Dong always kept in mind the bet he made with Ronnie and Messi.
He must perform better in the second half!
Because Ronaldo also has the European Cup, but he only has the Champions League!
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In the match against Hannover 96, Su Dong had a complete explosion.
First, Schweinsteiger's assist allowed Su Dong to score the first goal for the team. Then Modric made two consecutive wonderful passes, and Su Dong seized the opportunities to secure the advantage for the team early.
Three to zero! Su Dong scored a hat trick in the first half.
Due to the Champions League match in the middle of the week, Su Dong was substituted early, but Bayern still defeated Hannover 96 3-0 away from home thanks to Su Dong's hat trick and escaped unscathed.
After this round, Su Dong has scored 34 goals in the Bundesliga.
The entire German football world was almost crazy! The media and fans were all incredulous about Su Dong's crazy state for three consecutive rounds.
Everyone guessed that Su Dong had a chance to break the Bundesliga record set by Gerd Muller this season, but no one expected that he would break the record so soon.
Today, Su Dong is only six goals away from Muller's historical record, and there are still fourteen rounds of the Bundesliga.
Given Su Dong's goal efficiency this season, breaking the record is only a matter of time.
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While Su Dong was scoring goals in the Bundesliga, far away in London, Arsenal beat Blackburn 2-0 at home.
Wenger's team has an unbeaten record of eight wins and two draws in the past ten rounds of the Premier League, and has the most devilish Christmas and winter break schedule in the Premier League season. This allows the Gunners to lead Manchester United, second in the Premier League standings, by five points and Chelsea, third, by eight points, becoming the favorite to win the Premier League this season.
If everyone still doubted Arsenal's strength when the draw for the Champions League round of 16 came out at the end of December last year, thinking that the Gunners were no longer as strong as they once were, then now, Arsenal's top result in the Premier League has told the world that the Gunners are still a top club! Without investing much in transfer fees, they have crushed the Premier League and Champions League double defending champions Manchester United and the wealthy Chelsea. Such a result is enough to make Wenger proud.
Of course, Manchester United's Ferguson is always stubborn.
Previously, the old Sir Alex Ferguson threatened in an interview with the media that Wenger's team would begin to collapse after the two-front battle began because they would have physical problems, and Manchester United would reverse Arsenal and top the league in March and April.
Arsenal fans of course scoffed at this, but Wenger had to take it seriously.
Ferguson, this old fox, may not be good at other things, but his vision is very sharp.
The tactics that Wenger tailored for the Gunners were nice to look at, with nice passing and receiving, but the players ran too much and consumed too much energy, which did cause physical problems for Arsenal after they entered a two-front battle, thus affecting their results.
This is not a one-off phenomenon, but something that happens over and over again.
This is not the first time that Wenger's team has collapsed after the winter break, and Wenger himself knows the reason very well.
But the competition doesn’t wait for anyone!
Wenger will next face Bayern, led by Su Dong, who has scored seven goals in three games since the winter break.
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The day after playing against Blackburn, after the morning recovery training, Wenger called Swiss central defender Philippe Senderos to his office.
He is the tallest and strongest central defender under Wenger, and Wenger needs him to defend Su Dong.
"Philip, I hope you can answer a question for me honestly."
Wenger's expression was extremely solemn, as if he was talking about a matter of life and death.
"Do you have confidence facing Su Dong?"
When Senderos heard the name Su Dong, his heart obviously tightened. He still clearly remembered the terror he felt when facing Su Dong. It was simply his nightmare.
Another one is Drogba, but compared with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the Ivorian Elephant King is relatively docile.
Ever since the draw with Bayern, Senderos knew that he might have to face Su Dong again, but he is not the team's main central defender, so he was hoping for a lucky break. But now it seems that the head coach still intends to let him play.
"Bayern's front three are very good. Ribery and Robben both have very strong personal abilities. I need Sylvester and Kolo Toure to focus on defense on the two wings. In the middle, I need you to cooperate with Gallas to defend Sudon."
Wenger introduced his tactical thinking for this game, especially targeted defense.
After he finished speaking, he looked deeply at Senderos again, “Philip, look at me and answer me, do you have confidence?”
Senderos knew that this might be his last chance in the team.
If he can't give an answer that satisfies Wenger, he will never be able to play as a starter again.
The Swiss central defender took a deep breath, raised his head, looked directly at Wenger, and nodded: "Don't worry, Professor, I will work with Gallas to completely freeze Su Dong. I won't let him take away even a single goal at the Emirates Stadium!"
When Senderos finished speaking, he was gritting his teeth, as if he had used up all his strength.
He couldn't ignore Su Dong, but his reason kept reminding him that if he wanted to break the shadow cast by Su Dong, he had to defeat Su Dong thoroughly on the court.
Even if it's just one game!
As long as he can freeze Su Dong, his confidence and pride will all be restored!
Then he, Philippe Senderos, will still be the best of the young generation of central defenders in Europe and the future defensive pillar of Arsenal!
And all of this starts with defeating Su Dong!
(End of this chapter)
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