Chapter 766: The Attack of Warcraft
There is an interesting story circulating in the UK.
Daily Mirror readers think they run the country; Guardian readers think they should run the country; Times readers actually run the country; Daily Mail readers are the wives of the people who actually run the country; Financial Times readers actually own the country.
As the names suggest, The Times and Financial Times are the most authoritative newspapers in the UK.
But after Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 at White Hart Lane away from home, The Times published a very un-Times headline on the front page of the next day.
Manchester City's superstar, beyond imagination! In this front-page headline, The Times reviewed the opening match last night and believed that Su Dong played a decisive role in the match. Not only did he score twice, he also contributed an assist, helping Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 away and win the first three points of the new season.
"Throughout the game, Su Dong was in charge of the front line. He not only threatened the goal but also created opportunities for his teammates. He has become the offensive core of the team, making everyone around him revolve around him."
The Times reviewed the process of the game. Tottenham Hotspur's attack at the beginning forced Manchester City to retreat and even concede frequent shots, which made the scene quite embarrassing. However, at the critical moment, Su Dong's goal played a key role and also sounded the clarion call for Manchester City's counterattack.
"In terms of opening tactics, the experienced Harry completely suppressed the immature Guardiola. The latter's tactics were indeed very sophisticated, but Ray almost broke through Manchester City's goal with a wave of opening attacks, and completely suppressed Manchester City for more than 20 minutes, preventing them from launching a decent attack."
The Times believes that Redknapp's starting tactics were successful, but he overlooked Su Dong.
"Su Dong's goal boosted Manchester City's morale and also dampened Tottenham's determination. The game then began to play in Manchester City's rhythm. Ray and his Tottenham gradually lost the initiative and were eventually scored the second goal by Su Dong."
The Times believes that if the first goal was the clarion call for Manchester City's counterattack, then Su Dong's second goal was the key to winning the game. This goal completely defeated Tottenham Hotspur.
Afterwards, the Times reviewed Su Dong's performance throughout the game and used various data to verify Su Dong's performance.
As Manchester City's lone striker, Su Dong contributed the most threats to the team and received the most fouls. This is enough to prove that he is the most threatening player on Manchester City's field and also the most feared target by Tottenham's defenders.
"Coming to the Premier League, he didn't even need to adapt at all and was able to integrate perfectly into the team."
"He is tall and strong, yet has delicate and flexible footwork. Whether it was the long pass he received when scoring the first goal or the stop he made to get rid of the defensive double-team when scoring the second goal, it all showed Su Dong's strong personal ability."
The Times believes that when Su Dong first joined Manchester City, many people expressed doubts, thinking that it would be difficult for Su Dong to adapt to the Premier League.
"Such comments have been made since he was at Valencia and have been going on almost non-stop."
But the Times believes that with this game against Tottenham Hotspur, all doubters can basically be silenced, because Su Dong's performance shows no need for any adaptation process. He has completely integrated into the team and fully adapted to the Premier League.
More importantly, he continued his fine tradition of scoring twice in the first official game after joining the team in the past few years, showing his excellent competitive state.
"Su Dong, whose condition and body are at 100%, will contribute more amazing performances in the future!"
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If the Times was paying more attention to the football match itself, the Guardian, which has always been radical in style, published an almost provocative article as its front-page headline.
Su Dong is not the second Shevchenko! In this article, in addition to introducing the game process and Su Dong's outstanding performance, the Guardian listed a series of evidence to convince readers that although Su Dong only played one game, he has perfectly integrated into the Premier League and there is no problem. He is completely different from Shevchenko back then.
The Guardian used two very different examples.
One is David Silva.
Last season, after David Silva joined Manchester City, Guardiola entrusted him with important tasks, but his performance at the beginning was not satisfactory. He was somewhat unable to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League and its requirements for speed and physicality.
He went through a period of adjustment and gradually became familiar with the rhythm of the Premier League before gradually regaining his form.
"More importantly, David Silva has outstanding footwork and passing ability."
The opposite of David Silva is Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shevchenko.
The Guardian recalled that when Shevchenko joined Chelsea, he performed well in the Community Shield and scored a goal, but that was just a warm-up match. When it came to the Premier League, Shevchenko surrendered.
"According to outside sources, Shevchenko was exhausted physically and mentally after participating in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. After returning to the club, he was not given enough rest and adjustment to slowly regain his form. Mourinho could not wait to push him into the starting lineup, which resulted in him playing more tiredly, performing worse, and losing confidence the worse his performance became.
"This formed a vicious cycle, which eventually wore away all of Shevchenko's confidence and fighting spirit, causing this world-class striker to suffer the most painful Waterloo of his career at Chelsea."
The Guardian introduced Su Dong after analyzing the process of these two players.
They believe that Su Dong showed great adaptability in his first Premier League game. He may not even be in his best condition, but he still played a crucial role.
"We have no doubt that Su Dong can actually do better, but at White Hart Lane, he has performed well enough!"
The Guardian believes that Su Dong's first game slapped the faces of those doubters, especially the media reporters and fans who have been persistently mocking and questioning him over the years.
"I believe that all the fans who watched the Premier League opening game, as long as they still have eyes and conscience, will no longer question Su Dong. He blew the clarion call to conquer the Premier League with his two goals!"
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At the same time as the two major media outlets left the market, major media and newspapers in the UK, big and small, also entered the market.
The most watched event on the first day of the Premier League is the opening match, and Su Dong is a superstar with his own traffic, making him the front-page headlines of major media newspapers, and everyone wants to dig out more news from him.
With two goals, Su Dong became the most eye-catching player on the first day of the new Premier League season.
But it was only the first day.
By the next day, other Premier League matches gradually ignited the flames of war.
Chelsea face West Bromwich Albion at home.
Ancelotti's team launched a wave of attacks at Stamford Bridge and achieved a resounding victory, eventually beating West Bromwich Albion 6-0, winning the most eye-catching victory in the first round of the Premier League this season.
More importantly, Drogba scored a hat trick in this game.
This hat trick allowed Drogba to surpass Su Dong and become the top scorer in the scorer list.
At Stamford Bridge, when Drogba scored a hat-trick, Abramovich and more than 40,000 fans at the scene stood up and gave him the warmest applause, which was the greatest affirmation of Drogba's performance.
In an interview with the media after the game, Drogba was happy with his hat-trick and thanked his teammates.
He mentioned Su Dong, believing that Su Dong was the goal he had been chasing over the past few years.
"I am very familiar with him and we have a very good relationship. We occasionally talk on the phone. I have been targeting him since I played for Marseille. I hope to surpass him and beat him, but I have never succeeded."
Drogba expressed great regret for this, but he was also extremely proud that he could surpass Su Dong in the scorer list.
"I know this should only be temporary, and he will soon turn the tables because he is a natural killer and the most terrifying scorer in the world. I don't think I can keep this advantage forever, but I will still try my best for it."
"Being able to lead Su Dong in the scorer list, even for just one day, is something that I am very proud of."
Chelsea coach Ancelotti publicly praised Drogba in the post-match press conference, saying that he performed very well, not only because he scored a goal, but also because of his efforts for the whole team, especially in defense.
Ancelotti recognizes Su Dong's strength, but also acknowledges Drogba's value. He even said that if Drogba can continue his form and performance in the first round of the league, it may not be impossible for him to surpass Su Dong in the scorer list.
Anyone can hear that although Ancelotti favors his favorite Drogba, he still recognizes Su Dong's strength.
After all, this was achieved by scoring one goal after another in the European leagues over the past few years.
At the press conference, the media also mentioned Brazil's 18-year-old forward Neymar, in whom Chelsea is very interested.
Ancelotti did not deny it, but he said he knew nothing about the progress of the transfer. He only knew that Neymar had excellent technical ability and was one of the young players he was most interested in.
"It is not easy to attract Neymar to join. As far as I know, teams including Manchester United, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus, Inter Milan and even Manchester City are all very interested in Neymar."
"He is like Su Dong when he played for Sporting Lisbon, causing competition from the entire European football world!"
What’s more interesting is that Ancelotti also mentioned that Manchester City performed very poorly in the warm-up matches of the new season, and the same was true for Chelsea’s summer warm-up matches, and they even lost to Manchester United 1-3 in the Community Shield.
However, these two teams that performed terribly in the warm-up matches became the most eye-catching focus of the first round of the Premier League.
(End of this chapter)
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