Chapter 789 Fatal Arc
Su Dong used his jersey to carefully wipe the football in his hand, and then gently placed it in the penalty area. He slowly stepped back three steps and then stood still.
He raised his head and slowly looked forward.
Chelsea should have realized the danger of the penalty position. The middle, 25 meters away from the goal, is definitely a high-risk area, so Chet specially set up a human wall of four people, and all of them were tall players in the team. Even Drogba was pulled in to make up the numbers, obviously to increase the difficulty of Su Dong's penalty.
As we all know, the higher the human wall is, the more difficult it is to lower the free throw arc after crossing the wall.
But the most terrifying thing about Su Dong is his free throw arc.
Previously, French Football Magazine produced a special article to explain Su Dong's free kick skills, believing that his free kicks were the most deadly in European football after Juninho. Not only were the angles tricky, but the arc of the penalty kicks was also particularly strange.
Su Dong doesn't take many free kicks, but basically whenever he takes a kick, his hit rate is very high.
Precisely because of Su Dong’s great reputation, Cech was particularly nervous.
His legs were slightly spread and his body was slightly bent, like an agile cheetah ready to pounce on its prey at any time.
Su Dong was trying to calm his breathing and adjust his physical condition.
When the referee blew the whistle, he rushed to the ball with familiar steps, stood firm with his left foot, and kicked out quickly with his right foot.
After completing the entire free kick action, his body was in a very awkward posture, but the ball he shot out was like a cannonball, quickly shooting out from the grass and climbing rapidly.
The human wall jumped high, trying to jump as high as possible, but still couldn't catch the ball kicked by Su Dong.
In front of the goal, Cech stared at the top of the human wall. When he saw the ball pass over the wall, he immediately guessed that Su Dong's free kick was of high quality and was heading straight for his own goal.
After determining the trajectory of the ball, Cech quickly leapt to the side and dived directly to his upper left.
Su Dong's free kick passed the wall and began to fall rapidly. This is the inertia of the falling leaf ball. Cech is not unfamiliar with this. He had already left room for it and was ready to take action at any time.
But what he didn't expect was that Su Dong's ball fell faster and the speed of the ball did not slow down.
Cech was shocked and immediately tried to kick the ball away.
But what he didn't expect was that his hands couldn't touch the ball at all.
The ball almost passed through the gap between his hands and went into the goal behind him.
The whole process happened in the blink of an eye. Cech's side dive missed the ball and he fell to the right side of the goal.
The ball went into Chelsea's goal again, 2-0! "GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
“Score twice!!!”
"Su Dong scored twice with a wonderful direct free kick, helping Manchester City take a two-goal lead!"
"It was really a wonderful free kick, a masterpiece of art, coming from Su Dong's right foot!"
After seeing the ball go into the net, Su Dong rushed to the sidelines excitedly and ran all the way to celebrate.
All the Manchester City fans in the stadium shouted at the top of their lungs. Countless fans rushed out of their seats and shouted Su Dong's name frantically. It seemed as if thunder had sounded over the entire Etihad Stadium.
Finally, Su Dong stood on the sidelines, kissed the ring on his left hand hard, and pointed to somewhere in the stands.
He knew that Wang Chuqing was sitting in that position!
The live TV camera was also very cooperative and immediately switched to the stands, giving Wang Chuqing a close-up, presenting her beautiful face like a flower to more than 40,000 Manchester City fans and all the fans around the world who were watching the live broadcast of the game.
This is not the first time, but every time it attracts countless people’s admiration and amazement!
“Two to zero!”
"Sudon played very well tonight and scored two wonderful goals to give Manchester City the lead."
"Chelsea's defense really couldn't stop Su Dong. First, he made an offside move, which showed his speed. Now it was a direct free kick. Before the free kick, Su Dong's dribbling forward also caused Mikel to foul."
"It can be said that Chelsea's defenders did not have a good way to deal with Su Dong."
"They can only passively take the beating, but this is very dangerous!"
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After Su Dong scored two goals in a row, Manchester City's morale was high.
Chelsea launched a counterattack, but with little success.
Manchester City firmly controlled the ball, and the possession rate even exceeded 70% at one point, suppressing Chelsea very badly.
But in the 41st minute of the first half, Chelsea had a very threatening corner kick tactic.
After a quick corner kick, Malouda made a cross from the left, and Alex headed the ball to the back post.
When Ivanovic headed the ball from outside the penalty area, he was blocked in front of the goal line by Pepe who returned to his position in time.
Drogba's header was saved by Joe Hart in time.
This time Manchester City's goalkeeper made a great contribution and kept the goal safe.
Afterwards, the game was once again under Manchester City's control and Chelsea was powerless.
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Manchester City went into halftime with a two-goal lead.
But the situation of the game was not as the score showed, Chelsea was not completely powerless.
In fact, the Blues are one of the strongest teams in the Premier League both in terms of overall strength and bench depth.
From the current perspective, Manchester City is still clearly inferior.
Of course, Manchester City’s biggest reliance is Su Dong.
It was thanks to Su Dong's stable performance that we took a two-goal lead in tonight's game.
It can be said that Su Dong seized the opportunity that he should have seized most.
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Guardiola was very satisfied with the team's tactical execution in the first half, highlighting Su Dong's two goals, but also specifically praised Pepe and Kompany.
Pepe, needless to say, made many saves, and as a lying central defender, he performed quite well in several timely steals.
"Vincent played very well. You were able to entangle Drogba tonight and made a great contribution to the team!"
Guardiola's affirmation made Kompany smile, and his slightly childish face was full of joy.
The dark-skinned Kompany is half African. His father is Congolese and his mother is Belgian. His mixed blood gives him extremely strong physical fitness and power confrontation, as well as agile jumping ability, excellent speed and flexibility.
Having played in midfield before, he has pretty good footwork, which has allowed him to continue to gain a foothold in Guardiola's tactical system.
It can be said that Kompany has everything a perfect central defender should have.
This is actually very similar to Pepe.
But there is one obvious difference between the two.
Pepe looks reckless, but actually he is shrewd and clever in his own way, whereas Kompany has a harmless baby face and his playing style is not reckless either. He has very good awareness and is the type of person who has a lot of brains.
Of course, the two of them also have one thing in common, which is that they are both too ugly.
But tonight, this baby-faced central defender met the beast Drogba, and he actually used a persistent way to pester Drogba so much that he lost his temper. This was indeed completely beyond everyone's expectations.
Guardiola had already made sufficient plans before the game, and even thought about how Pepe would defend and how the team would cooperate if Kompany could not stop Drogba.
Unexpectedly, Kompany did not give this method a chance to be implemented.
He didn't completely freeze Drogba throughout the first half, but he just didn't allow the Ivorian to create any threatening attacking opportunities, which in itself was quite a difficult thing to do.
Thinking of this, Guardiola couldn't help but turn his head and look at Su Dong again, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.
He discovered that Su Dong's vision was really accurate.
This was true for Toni Kroos and Kompany.
Kompany also looked at Su Dong with gratitude, because he knew that it was Su Dong's support that gave him such an opportunity, allowing him to deal with Drogba on his own.
This was his chance! As long as he succeeded in freezing Drogba, he would surely become famous.
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"According to our statistics, this is the first time Chelsea have fallen behind this season!"
Guardiola analyzed the current situation eloquently, while also guessing Chelsea's tactics in the second half.
Because of the low goals conceded and every game is a win, Chelsea has not been in a situation where they have lost the lead to their opponents so far this season, but tonight, they lost two goals in one go.
"I guess Ancelotti will adopt a more aggressive style of play in the second half, especially at the beginning. They will not let us control the ball easily, so we have to be mentally prepared for a tough battle."
Guardiola's face was very serious, and it was obvious that he was not joking at all.
There is no doubt about Chelsea's strength. If they all come out to fight, even Manchester City may not be able to withstand it.
Every player must give their all to stop Chelsea's counterattack.
What Guardiola wants now is to unify everyone's thoughts and make them realize the seriousness of the problem.
"The start of the second half will be more difficult than the first half, with greater consumption and a tougher test for us. This requires every player to stay absolutely focused!"
After Guardiola gave some instructions, the two assistant coaches also said a few brief words about their analysis and judgment. Finally, before going on the court, captain Su Dong stood up again.
Everyone also raised their heads and looked at Su Dong deeply.
Unconsciously, after several games, they had become accustomed to Su Dong's presence and even developed a sense of dependence on him.
And Su Dong did not let them down and lived up to their trust and reliance.
"On the technical and tactical level, the coaches have already said it, and I believe everyone knows what to do..."
When he said this, Su Dong paused, and he suddenly realized that perhaps at this moment, what his teammates needed was not encouragement and analysis, but confidence.
"I won't say much else. Just guard the goal, control the ball, and leave the goals to me!"
Su Dong said this with great pride and confidence.
The teammates were also very motivated after hearing this.
(End of this chapter)
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