Chapter 704: Professional Champion
December 16, Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
In the Club World Cup semi-finals, Bayern faced Atalanta.
Before the game, Atalanta's head coach Jose Cruz said: After studying Bayern's game in detail, Atalanta decided not to take a defensive stance, but to take advantage of Bayern's high defense and use the speed of their forwards to create threats.
The implication is very clear: attack!
As for Su Dong, who has attracted much attention from the outside world, Jose Cruz admitted that Su Dong is a player who can change the situation on the field.
"With or without Su Dong, these are two completely different Bayern teams, but my players and I are fully prepared."
Jose Cruz's confident words made many people believe it.
So, here comes the question.
Atalanta has done such thorough preparations, but how long can he last in the competition?
The answer was not hidden and was soon revealed.
Four minutes! When the game was more than three minutes in, Klose retreated to receive the pass and sent a straight pass. Su Dong quickly inserted the ball, dribbled past the attacking goalkeeper, and calmly pushed the ball into the empty goal, scoring the first goal for Bayern!
The live TV camera even gave a close-up of Atalanta head coach Jose Cruz on the sidelines, allowing everyone to clearly see the embarrassment, shame, regret and other complex emotions written all over his face.
Didn't they say they were fully prepared? Didn't they say they were determined to fight Bayern head-on?
"Jose Cruz was only half right before the game. With or without Sudon, Bayern are indeed two completely different teams. But he was wrong about the second half. Atalanta were not fully prepared, especially when defending against Sudon."
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Following Sudong's goal, Olic and Tymoshchuk also scored goals.
Even once when Atalanta was anxious and pressed too high, Neuer made a long pass, and the opponent's defender misjudged under the pressure of Su Dong and actually headed the ball.
The rest of the process was a natural progression.
After Su Dong easily received the ball, facing the goalkeeper who was halfway out, he easily lobbed the ball and sent the ball into Atalante's goal again.
The unfortunate goalkeeper was quite speechless about the goal conceded and was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Four to zero! Bayern ended the battle in the first half.
Su Dong only played half the game and was substituted during the halftime break.
Obviously, such a game is not challenging for him or Bayern.
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On the evening of the 19th, in the Club World Cup final, Bayern Munich faced Argentina's Estudiantes.
In the eighth minute of the game, Modric dribbled the ball forward on the right side and when he reached the front of the penalty area, he made a horizontal pass to the left side of the top of the arc and gave it to Su Dong.
Su Dong stopped the ball and entered the penalty area, facing defender DeSavato one-on-one.
The defender wearing the number two jersey had obviously made preparations for Su Dong. He stood slightly forward, obviously trying to prevent Su Dong from cutting inside, but this would expose Su Dong's open space for kicking the ball.
This requires the goalkeeper to block Su Dong's shooting angle.
Su Dong encounters such scenarios in almost every game. He has accumulated a wealth of experience and is already familiar with it. In the penalty area, he makes a fake move of stopping suddenly and cutting inside, which tricks De Salvato into quickly blocking him. He then suddenly drives the ball towards the goal, takes a step closer, and shoots directly with his left foot.
The ball passed by DeSavato and the goalkeeper made a save but failed to reach the ball in time.
The ball slid to the far corner, hit the inside of the right post, and bounced into the college team's goal.
One to zero!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!"
A long sound of goal was heard at the scene.
The fans in the stands were also shouting Su Dong crazily, their voices were uniform and full of rhythm.
Su Dong quickly rushed to the sidelines and kissed the ring on his left hand hard to celebrate his goal.
Although Toni Kroos said that preparing goal celebrations in advance was a stupid thing to do, Su Dong still decided to do it. Otherwise, he would be exhausted to death if he had to think of new moves every time he scored a goal. By then, he might have developed a fear of scoring goals.
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Mansour sat in the stands with members of the Abu Dhabi royal family. In addition to Manchester City's two senior executives Soriano and Begiristain, they were also accompanied by Mubarak who came specially from Manchester.
The Club World Cup is a big event for Abu Dhabi, and Mubarak will definitely come back to show his support.
In the final, Su Dong scored a goal at the very beginning of the game and won applause from the audience.
"How long will it take before we can see Manchester City in the Club World Cup held in Abu Dhabi?" Mansour asked with emotion as he watched Sudong's goal.
Soriano and Begiristain looked at each other and both felt a sense of pressure.
Although Mansour didn't say anything, the pressure on them was enormous.
With so much money invested and the management failing to deliver results, what else can they do except resign? Compared to Abramovich, Mansour is actually very lenient towards the management. He believes that professional matters should be left to professionals, so he is very decentralized and only pays money, not asking about the process, but only the results.
But now it seems that Soriano and Begiristain really find it difficult to produce satisfactory results.
"After we go back, we will talk to Mendes again and try to sign Sudong next summer no matter what!" Soriano promised solemnly. This was the biggest promise he could make.
"I will also have a good talk with Guardiola and come up with a detailed solution to improve the team's performance in the second half of the season, at least to ensure that we can reach the European competition zone," Begiristain also promised.
Unable to qualify for the European competition zone, what can Manchester City use to attract the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe?
It's fine if he can't play in the Champions League, but will Su Dong also not be able to play in the Europa League? How long has Robinho joined Manchester City? How much has his value shrunk? How can it be possible that Su Dong has no worries in this regard? "I have money. I just want to see Su Dong put on Manchester City's jersey, see the team play well, and see the return and results of my investment in Manchester City." Mansour also felt that the management should be appropriately pressured.
"Go back and prepare, come up with a plan, and give me a price."
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On the field, Bayern formed an siege on the university team.
After a back and forth pass, Modric made a lob pass to the front of the penalty area. Klose headed the ball to the left side of the penalty spot. Su Dong quickly came in from behind and, relying on his strong physical advantage, headed the ball directly into the far corner without even jumping.
The ball passed the goalkeeper and fell to the right side of the goal.
2-0! After the second half, Bayern continued to suppress the university team.
After an assist to the frontcourt, Marcelo got the ball, took a look at the penalty area, and made a diagonal pass to the middle of the penalty area. Su Dong jumped high, overpowered the defensive players around him, and headed the ball to the left from close range, and the ball went into the net.
Three to zero! Hat trick!
Su Dong's name rang out again throughout the stadium!
Su Dong still rushed out of the stadium, running all the way to celebrate his goal.
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In the end, Bayern defeated the Argentine Estudiantes 3-0.
Su Dong scored a hat trick and was named the best player of the Club World Cup.
At the award ceremony after the game, FIFA President Blatter presided over the ceremony personally, announced that Bayern had won the championship, and personally presented the championship gold trophy to Bayern. Captain Lahm went on stage to receive the award on behalf of Bayern.
Afterwards, UEFA President Platini announced the best player of this year's Club World Cup, and Su Dong went on stage to receive the award.
Interestingly, the person responsible for presenting the award to Su Dong was none other than Mansour.
The most powerful member of the royal family in Abu Dhabi held the golden cup in his hand and handed it to Su Dong with great care.
"Tonight's match was my first time watching your match live, it was really exciting!"
"Congratulations, world champion!"
Su Dong politely shook hands with Mansur, said a few words of thanks, and raised the golden cup in his hand high.
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Bayern won the Club World Cup again, and Germany's Bild gave the most important praise in history after the game.
"This Bayern is the best team in Bundesliga history!"
Successfully defending all the championships, this is an honor that no team in the history of German football can do. Even the golden years when Beckenbauer led Bayern to win three consecutive Champions League titles could match it.
Kicker magazine also gave it high praise, believing that Bayern had a great season.
"Su Dong has written a magical page in the history of Bayern and German football with his outstanding performance!"
Kicker magazine believes that Sudon is already one of the greatest players in Bayern's history.
The French L'Equipe used "Invincible Bayern" as the front-page headline, but the cover photo was Su Dong.
In addition to introducing the game, the report also focused on Su Dong's role.
With Ribery injured and Robben still to recover, Sudon became the only superstar in Bayern. It was his outstanding performance during this period that led Bayern to great success.
"He opened up a peak dynasty era for Bayern!"
In addition to major media outlets, FIFA and UEFA also competed to report on the Club World Cup and praised Su Dong highly.
Among them, UEFA President Platini publicly stated in the report that after the Soviet Union won the Club World Cup, all the games in 2009 ended perfectly.
"I am extremely optimistic about him and hope he can win the championship again at the next FIFA Awards Ceremony!"
FIFA President Blatter also said that he could not find any reason to convince himself not to award the World Footballer of the Year to Su Dong, because his performance in 2009 was so outstanding that it was difficult to ask for more from him.
"He is like a professional champion who has won all the honors. As long as he participates in the competition, the championship of this competition will lose suspense. This is incredible, but this is Su Dong!"
Blatter believes that he is a fan of Su Dong and is very optimistic that he will continue to dominate world football this year, next year, and even later, and create a great era of his own.
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Bayern won the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi, and the team chartered a flight back to Munich from Abu Dhabi the next day.
On that day, Munich held a grand celebration ceremony to welcome the Club World Cup. Many Bayern fans took to the streets to celebrate the team's defense of the Club World Cup.
The celebration lasted for a day.
On the morning of the 21st, Su Dong set off for Zurich.
(End of this chapter)
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